Trump’s Caravan Fearmongering Sounds Just Like His Appalling Ebola Comments

Author Marlene Cooper Vasilic describes President Donald Trump's disturbing pattern of fearmongering and spreading misinformation about immigrants.

It’s déjà vu, except this time, the divisive, false and fear-stoking rhetoric is coming from the president of the United States ― not just a fringe potential candidate.

In November 2014, my birth country of Liberia endured a devastating Ebola epidemic. The virus, which is transmitted through touch and contact with those infected, ripped through the population, infecting over 10,600 and killing more than 4,800 people.

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