Claim: Donald Trump tweeted that his "grandparents didn't come to America" to see the country taken over by immigrants.
FALSEExample: [Collected via Email, December 2015]
Did Donald Trump say the following? "My grandparents didn't come all the way to America from Germany just to see it taken over by immigrants. Not on my watch."
Origin:In December 2015, Facebook users began sharing a quote, purportedly from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, about his immigrant grandparents and his anti-immigration stance:
While it's true that Trump's grandfather Frederick Trump emigrated from Germany to the United States, and that Trump the candidate has made immigration reform a central plank of his platform the above-displayed quote was not uttered by Donald Trump.
The quote first appeared on the twitter account @McDonaldJTrump on 6 September 2015:
This tweet issued from a Donald Trump parody account and not Trump's real Twitter account, as is clearly stated in the bio associated with the former:
I will make America great again because I myself am great. The J in my name does NOT stand for Joke. Also I have really great hair. I'm not Donald J. Trump.
Last updated: 22 December 2015
Originally published: 22 December 2015
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