Trump's latest fear-mongering ad takes dirty Willie Horton-style politics to a whole new level

Trump immigration policy.
(Image credit: Screenshot/Twitter/Donald J. Trump)

President Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has reached a new level.

The Trump campaign, in an attempt to vouch for Republicans, rolled out what CNN calls "the most racially charged national political ad in 30 years" on Wednesday. It features a twice-deported Mexican man who returned to America and killed two police officers, and menacingly claims, "Democrats let him into our country."

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.