Washington, DC, April 23 (ANI): President Donald Trump amplified a critique of birthright citizenship by sharing a video of conservative commentator Michael Savage. The clip, originally aired on Newsmax’s The Savage Nation, was highlighted by the “Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social” account, which reposts the president’s social media activity.
In the video, Savage claimed the legal system allows immigrants to exploit U.S. law by arriving in the “ninth month of their pregnancy,” producing a child who becomes an instant citizen and then bringing the rest of the family from “China or India or some other hellhole on the planet.” He said he was angered after listening to Supreme Court arguments on the issue and dismissed those discussions as “legalese.”
Savage criticized the attorney arguing in favor of birthright citizenship as “a Chinese American who looks to me like the classic ACLU attorney. Very smart, very evil, and very devious,” and accused the American Civil Liberties Union of trying “to turn America into a cesspool,” calling the ACLU “the head of the snake.”
Framing the debate as one of public opinion rather than purely legal analysis, Savage warned that efforts to change constitutional interpretation would meet resistance and could endanger other rights: “We can’t modify the Constitution because it’s written in stone, and if we do, they’ll take away our First and Second amendment.” He also argued the Constitution was drafted before modern developments like air travel and the internet, complained that “English is not spoken here anymore,” and questioned immigrants’ loyalty.
Savage contrasted current immigration with earlier European waves, saying Irish, Italian and Polish immigrants integrated into a once-functioning “melting pot,” which he asserted no longer exists, calling it now “a cash in pot” and “the chamber pot.” He urged a democratic solution over judicial review, saying he had posted a poll on his social channels proposing that birthright citizenship be decided by a national vote rather than left “in the hands of lawyers.”
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