Knowles Defends Trump's Deportations, Says "We Need Prejudice" and "Stereotypes Are All True

Far-right commentator Michael Knowles defended Donald Trump's mass deportations on Tuesday, claiming that the president was only targeting violent criminals. He argued that "we need prejudice" and that "stereotypes are all true."

Knowles insisted that the Trump administration was only going after dangerous criminals with its immigration raids. He claimed that the people being deported were "rapists, murderers, human traffickers, drug dealers, psychos and actual Satan-worshiping face tattooed gangsters." He added that "the face tattoo part is really important because it paints an image for people," conjuring up images of gang members.

Knowles went on to assert that while prejudice "can be a bad thing" if it is "unjust," it is also a "basic conservative insight" and necessary. He likened it to a choice in breakfast cereal, saying that "you just kinda do it. Why do you reach for the Cheerios instead of the Raisin Bran? I don't know. You just kinda like Cheerios more. It's just a prejudice."

He also praised the use of stereotyping, insisting that it is beneficial because it never ends up being false. "You just go on your gut. OK? And your gut is usually right. That's the part the libs don't wanna tell you. Your gut is usually right. And stereotypes are all true," he proclaimed. "It doesn't mean that they apply to every individual within certain categories, but stereotypes are stereotypes because they are generally true."

"And a guy with a face tattoo and a mean-looking mug who doesn't speak English and has weird gang signs on him, he is not going to be the head of your local bank, and you should probably get him out of your country."

Despite Knowles's certainty that the Trump administration was only going after the "worst" criminals "first" in the United States illegally, government data suggests that roughly half of the people swept up by ICE have no criminal record.