Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn is on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump‘s ever-shortening VP shortlist, and on Sunday morning, probably did himself a lot of good with Trump’s anti–immigration supporters during his veep audition on ABC News’ This Week with George Stephanopoulos. When This Week fill-in host Martha Raddatz asked Flynn if he believed in mass deportation, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency put on a Trumpist-pleasing clinic on the nomenclature of immigration:

RADDATZ: Let’s talk about immigration. Let me ask you immigration: should all undocumented immigrants be deported? FLYNN: So undocumented or illegal? RADDATZ: Undocumented, illegal… FLYNN: OK. So if you’re — if it’s illegal, it’s illegal. So… RADDATZ: Undocumented? FLYNN: Are they here illegally? I mean, if they’re here illegally, then it’s illegal. I mean, again, back to my very first point, the rule of law in this country is probably the single biggest strategic advantage that we have, above and beyond all other countries in the world. And we cannot allow the rule of law to break down.

Trump and his supporters pride themselves on not being “politically correct,” even if, or especially if, that means using a term that is considered a slur by many people.

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