Diego Luna: ‘I’ve Never Been Fully Able to Understand’ How Donald Trump Could ‘Acquire this Level of Power’

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LUNA: "I have never been able to fully understand how it is that someone like Donald Trump is able to acquire this level of power. I also struggle to understand how his hate speech can take root in a country whose nature has always been a welcoming one. Today many people are feeling persecuted, far too many people live in fear, fear of taking their kids to school or going to the places where they earn an honest living. These people, they are your neighbors, your friends, immigrants. This is very unfair. Let me tell you why. The multiple times that this country has had to rebuild itself, immigrants were always there to pick up the slack.
(Cheering and Applause)
Earlier this year when L.A. burned, immigrant workers risked their lives to stop the flames.
(Applause)
They are the ones who build this country. They feed it. They nurture and teach its children. They care for the elderly, they work in construction, hospitality, they run kitchens. They’re technicians, merchants, athletes, drivers, farmers. They pay a lot of taxes, a lot of them, with their jobs, papers or no papers.”