Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) got one of the biggest applause lines of Saturday night's debate for his criticism of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
Asked about border security and immigration reform, O'Malley called for a path to citizenship for immigrants living in the US illegally and slammed Trump for supposed "immigrant bashing."
"The fact of the matter is, and let's say it in our debate — because you'll never hear this from that immigrant-bashing carnival-barker Donald Trump — the truth of the matter is that net-immigration from Mexico last year was zero," O'Malley said.
"There is no substitute for having comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship for 11 million people, many of whom have known no other country but the United States of America. Our symbol is the Statue of Liberty, not a barbed-wire fence."
The line is part of O'Malley's standard campaign stump speech. In the first Democratic debate, O'Malley called Trump a "xenophobe" and a "carnival-barker."
Trump responded promptly Saturday night on Twitter:
Hillary and Sanders are not doing well, but what is the failed former Mayor of Baltimore doing on that stage? O'Malley is a clown.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2015
Watch the video below, via Politico:
.@MartinOMalley bashes @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/2uyOmzwGht pic.twitter.com/vbfg7mCcLG
— POLITICO (@politico) November 15, 2015
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