If you pick up a copy of The New York Daily News today, you'll see this quote from President Trump on the front page:
If you follow The New York Times on Twitter, you may have seen this (now viral) tweet accusing Trump of calling undocumented immigrants "animals."
NBC's Andrea Mitchell likewise accused the president of calling Mexican immigrants "animals."
With so many media outlets pushing the same talking point, the story has quickly gone viral.
The only problem?
Trump wasn't talking about Mexican immigrants, but rather members of the brutal gang, MS-13.
Below is a video the White House roundtable Wednesday on sanctuary cities:
Here's a transcript of the exchange:
SHERIFF MIMS: Thank you. There could be an MS-13 member I know about — if they don’t reach a certain threshold, I cannot tell ICE about it.
THE PRESIDENT: We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — and we’re stopping a lot of them — but we’re taking people out of the country. You wouldn’t believe how bad these people are. These aren’t people. These are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before. And because of the weak laws, they come in fast, we get them, we release them, we get them again, we bring them out. It’s crazy.
The dumbest laws — as I said before, the dumbest laws on immigration in the world. So we’re going to take care of it, Margaret. We’ll get it done. We’re going to ask that man right there, because that man can do it. (Laughter.) Right now he’s the most important man in the room. Kevin can do it.
Kevin? Please.
Clearly the president was asked specifically about MS-13 and answered accordingly. The story, in other words, is untrue, inaccurate, a hoax ... fake news.