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Donald Trump: Announced his 2016 candidacy at Trump Tower in Manhattan. In the speech he said of Mexican immigrants, in his own words, that they are not sending their best, that they are bringing drugs and crime and that they are rapists, and pledged to build a wall on the southern border paid for by Mexico.

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2015-06-16
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Announced his 2016 candidacy at Trump Tower in Manhattan. In the speech he said of Mexican immigrants, in his own words, that they are not sending their best, that they are bringing drugs and crime and that they are rapists, and pledged to build a wall on the southern border paid for by Mexico.

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