As dumb as Trump!:
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott, fresh off another disappointing poll result, says international college students attending U.S. schools who are encouraging "mass murders" should be deported, referring to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
"Frankly … that for those college kids on college campuses who are encouraging terrorism, genocide and Jewish genocide and mass murders — that they should be deported," Scott said, drawing a round of applause from audience members on a Thursday evening stop in this northeast Iowa town.
"Having a visa to come to school here is a privilege, it is not a right," he said.
Scott's response came following an audience member's question about what he would do as president to gain broad Republican support to halt illegal immigration — specifically from countries like Yemen, Syria and Iran — rather than keep the "status quo" of immigration policy.
His answer was in reference to the Israel-Hamas war, a conflict that began Oct. 7 when Hamas launched a series of attacks on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages.
Israel has launched airstrikes in response, which have killed more than 8,000 as of Oct. 29, according to the Gaza Health Ministry run by Hamas. Over the weekend, Israel expanded its ground invasion of Gaza.
Scott's brief visit to eastern Iowa comes amid an aggressive campaign shift to the first-in-the-nation state in an attempt to regain footing on a nationally sputtering campaign. His campaign in late October, announced plans to double staff, establish a West Des Moines headquarters and campaign weekly in the Hawkeye State after the Nov. 8 GOP presidential debate in Miami.
The latest Iowa Poll show Scott stuck in the single digits amid mounting pressure to differentiate himself from frontrunner former President Donald Trump and other candidates.
Scott has dropped from 9% to 7%, putting him in fourth place behind Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, according to a new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott, fresh off another disappointing poll result, says international college students attending U.S. schools who are encouraging "mass murders" should be deported, referring to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
"Frankly … that for those college kids on college campuses who are encouraging terrorism, genocide and Jewish genocide and mass murders — that they should be deported," Scott said, drawing a round of applause from audience members on a Thursday evening stop in this northeast Iowa town.
"Having a visa to come to school here is a privilege, it is not a right," he said.
Scott's response came following an audience member's question about what he would do as president to gain broad Republican support to halt illegal immigration — specifically from countries like Yemen, Syria and Iran — rather than keep the "status quo" of immigration policy.
His answer was in reference to the Israel-Hamas war, a conflict that began Oct. 7 when Hamas launched a series of attacks on Israel, killing more than 1,400 people and taking more than 200 hostages.
Israel has launched airstrikes in response, which have killed more than 8,000 as of Oct. 29, according to the Gaza Health Ministry run by Hamas. Over the weekend, Israel expanded its ground invasion of Gaza.
Scott's brief visit to eastern Iowa comes amid an aggressive campaign shift to the first-in-the-nation state in an attempt to regain footing on a nationally sputtering campaign. His campaign in late October, announced plans to double staff, establish a West Des Moines headquarters and campaign weekly in the Hawkeye State after the Nov. 8 GOP presidential debate in Miami.
The latest Iowa Poll show Scott stuck in the single digits amid mounting pressure to differentiate himself from frontrunner former President Donald Trump and other candidates.
Scott has dropped from 9% to 7%, putting him in fourth place behind Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, according to a new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
Tim Scott: International students in US encouraging 'Jewish genocide' should be deported
Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott said "having a visa to come to school here is a privilege, it is not a right."
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