Trump compares migrants to serial killer Hannibal Lecter: “We don't want them in this country”. “Hannibal Lecter, does anyone know Hannibal Lecters?” he added amid laughter from the audience.
Trump has invoked the same film when speaking about immigrants on other occasions, including at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last month and in January in New Hampshire. Trump also claimed without evidence that sports are no longer played in cities that have experienced the greatest influx of immigrants.