How Donald Trump’s 1993 comments about ‘Indians’ previewed much of his 2016 campaign [View all]
REP. GEORGE MILLER (D-CALIF): Is this you, discussing Indian blood: "We're going to judge people by whether they have Indian blood whether they're qualified to run a casino or not?"
TRUMP: That probably is me, absolutely. Because I'll tell you what. If you look, if you look at some of the reservations that you've approved, that you, sir, in your great wisdom have approved, I will tell you right now -- they don't look like Indians to me. And they don't look like the Indians ... Now, maybe we say politically correct or not politically correct, they don't look like Indians to me, and they don't look like Indians to Indians.
And a lot of people are laughing at it. And you're telling me how tough it is and how rough it is to get approved. Well, you go up to Connecticut and you look. Now, they don't look like Indians to me, sir.
MILLER: Thank God that's not the test of whether or not people have rights in this country or not -- whether or not they pass your "look" test.
TRUMP: Depends whether or not. ... Yeah. Depends whether or not you're approving it, sir.
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