With a mishmash of false claims about crime and ridiculous race science, Trump makes explicit the racism at the heart of his politics.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday there are "a lot of bad genes" in the United States, while discussing murders allegedly committed by immigrants living illegally in the United States.

Former President Donald Trump on Monday suggested undocumented immigrants who commit murder have “bad genes,” in the latest example of the former president using dehumanizing rhetoric as he tries to stoke fears about those in the country illegally.

Trump made the comment during a radio interview Monday while criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris’s record on border security.

Donald Trump decided to start off his week by accusing immigrants of having “bad genes” that make them predisposed to murder. During a Monday interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt, the former president turned a question about Kamala Harris’ plan to give money to homebuilders into a rant against immigrants coming to the U.

In an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show” that aired Monday morning, former President Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her policies on the southern border and suggested that migrants have “bad genes.