For the first 10 or so minutes of tonight’s third (and thankfully, final) presidential debate, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton remained somewhat civil. Then, once abortion and immigration were brought up, things started to go off the rails. And SNL‘s writers and Alec Baldwin got the soundbite they were looking for: Trump reiterated his stance on immigration by stating:
“We’re going to secure the border, and once the border is secured at a later date, we’ll make a determination as to the rest. But we have some bad hombres here and we’re going to get them out.”
These “bad hombres” are why Trump thinks he should become the next president, and when he’s elected, he’ll build his infamous Wall. “Right now, we’re getting the drugs, they’re getting the cash,” the Republican presidential nominee said, adding that he wouldn’t grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. “We have millions of people… they’re in line, they’re waiting to become citizens. Very unfair that somebody runs across the border [and] becomes a citizen.” But it was the “bad hombres” line — which Trump has reportedly used before at his rallies; the term pairs well with Mike Pence’s “whipped out that Mexican thing again” — that the internet keeps coming back to.
We've got some bad hombres here #debate pic.twitter.com/vE3pKqctgf
— Courtney Jacquin McManus (@courtneyjacquin) October 20, 2016
Alec Baldwin: "Wait. He really said 'bad hombres?' Ooookay… Let's do this."
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/Anthony/status/788914294511591427
Is "bad hombre" Spanish for deplorable? #debate
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) October 20, 2016
Trump just lost the bad hombre vote. #debate
— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/ziwe/status/788913635296935936
https://twitter.com/brentalfloss/status/788913854893948928
He who accuses people of being a "bad hombre" is THE bad hombre. #debatenight
— Elysse, MPH (@elysse_renee) October 20, 2016
"We have some bad ombres out there." -Trump pic.twitter.com/sefnhYTEcN
— Caitlin Doughty Updates (@TheGoodDeath) October 20, 2016
"Bad Hombres kick your ass. Bad Hombres kick your face. Bad Hombres kick your balls into outer space."
— Sean O'Neal (@seanoneal) October 20, 2016
Trump: We have some bad hombres here and we're going to get em out. pic.twitter.com/U4gBfakDWh
— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) October 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/788913440689709056
A white dude who routinely says "Bad hombres" could be president. :( #debatenight
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) October 20, 2016
Bad hombres! First dog whistle. #debatenight
— Larry Wilmore (@larrywilmore) October 20, 2016
He just said Bad "hombres". That is all
— Chloë Grace Moretz (@ChloeGMoretz) October 20, 2016