DNC Airs Debunked Claim Trump Called Asylum Seekers ‘Animals’

President Donald Trump holds a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on Aug. 19, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

An edited video montage played during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday showed President Donald Trump referring to MS-13 gang members “animals,” but spliced it between videos of asylum seekers and children held in detention centers.