Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (D) bizarrely accused President Donald Trump of disliking “brown people” after restricting immigration from third-world countries.
On Thanksgiving, the president released a fiery message on Truth Social, outlining his administration’s plan to combat America’s vast foreign population.
Trump’s message came on the heels of a terror attack in Washington, D.C., where an Afghan Army veteran allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition.
The suspect, 28-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, served in Afghanistan and worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a “partner force.” In 2021, after the U.S.’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, Lakanwal was granted a temporary visa to reside in the U.S.
The Afghan national’s visa expired in 2024, but was later granted by the Trump administration.
Nonetheless, Trump released a statement hours after the tragic attack in D.C., calling for a pause on third-world immigration.
“The official United States Foreign population stands at 53 million people (Census), most of which are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels,” Trump pointed out, before noting that Americans are forced to bear the costs of foreign nationals residing in the U.S.
“This refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II (Failed schools, high crime, urban decay, overcrowded hospitals, housing shortages, and large deficits, etc.),” the president explained.
“Even as we have progressed technologically, Immigration Policy has eroded those gains and living conditions for many. I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover,” he later said.
Trump’s statements were met with fierce criticism by Democrats, such as Kelly, as reported by the Daily Mail.
In an interview with NBC News, Kelly reacted to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealing that the U.S. would pause all immigration from third-world countries.
“When I heard her say that they’re going to pause immigration from third-world countries, I mean, I take that as a message that they don’t want brown people coming to the United States,” the Arizona Democrat said.
Kelly’s war with Trump extends to earlier this month, when the Arizona senator was one of six Democratic politicians who called on U.S. troops to refuse so-called “illegal orders” from the president.
Trump reacted to such a demand from his opposition, calling for the Democrats to be charged with sedition and arrested.
“This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???” the president wrote on Truth Social.
In response to Trump’s comments, Kelly released a video on X denouncing “political violence” by pointing out that his wife was nearly killed as a result of such an act. The Arizona Democrat vowed to continue “speaking out.”
“A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence. Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say. Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do,” Kelly wrote.
