This artist made a fittingly disturbing Donald Trump piñata so Mexicans can beat him up

Donald Trump Piñata
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Very serious Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump took time during last week's campaign announcement to totally rail against Mexicans and further Latino stereotypes under the guise of sharing his position on U.S. border control.

"[Mexico is] sending people that have lots of problems and they're bringing those problems," he said. "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards and they're telling us what we're getting."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.