Speaking at a packed rally on Friday night in Montana, former President Donald Trump lamented the death of a Nashville business ow...
Speaking at a packed rally on Friday night in Montana, former President Donald Trump lamented the death of a Nashville business owner who police say was killed by an illegal immigrant from Mexico in a deadly hit-and-run.
During his rally, Trump spoke about 42-year-old Matt Carney, a restaurant owner who died in Nashville on July 4 after police say he was struck by a truck on June 19 driven by 29-year-old illegal immigrant Ulises Martinez. Martinez’s immigration status was first reported by The Daily Wire last month with ICE saying that he entered the country at an unknown date and location.
Trump, who has frequently warned of a “migrant crime wave,” spoke about Carney’s death as he listed a number of violent crimes illegal immigrants have been arrested for in recent months.
“They’re coming from prisons, they’re coming from jails, they’re coming from all over the place,” Trump said Friday during his rally in Bozeman. “Every day, Kamala is letting migrant criminals roam free to assault, rape, mutilate, and kill our citizens.”
“Look at what’s happening to our cities. Our cities are being overrun,” Trump said. “On July 4th, a 42-year-old Nashville man died after he tried to stop an illegal alien from stealing tools out of his truck. The illegal alien did a number on this man that nobody could even believe. The police officers said one of the most vicious crimes they’ve ever seen.”
“He was thrown from the hood of the illegal’s pickup truck and left to die in the street after being beat to hell,” Trump said.
According to police, Carney was struck on June 19 by a truck in the parking lot of his popular Nashville-based smoke chicken restaurant and bar Smokin Thighs after he attempted to stop Martinez and another illegal immigrant from stealing tools out of his truck. Carney died from his injuries on July 4.
Prior to the hit-and-run, Martinez was charged in March over a previous incident after a police officer arrested him for driving a stolen vehicle and the officer saw him taking tools out of parked vehicles. The charges were dismissed after a Nashville judge said that prosecutors failed to prove probable cause.
Martinez is currently being held in Davidson County Jail on multiple charges including criminal homicide, and his next hearing is scheduled for August 27.
After discussing a number of victims of illegal immigrant crime, Trump promised to enact a “Trump mass deportation,” warning that illegal immigrants would continue to surge into the country if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected president in November.
Trump has kept immigration a key part of his 2024 presidential campaign, calling out Harris’ performance as President Joe Biden’s “border czar.”
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