--- ---  # See Martin O'Malley Call Donald Trump an 'Immigrant-Bashing Carnival Barker' by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:36 PM UTCPublished: Nov 15, 2015 3:20 AM UTC  Martin OMalley speaks during the second Democratic presidential primary debate in Des Moines, IO on Nov. 14, 2015. Martin OMalley speaks during the second Democratic presidential primary debate in Des Moines, IO on Nov. 14, 2015.Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:36 PM UTCPublished: Nov 15, 2015 3:20 AM UTC Presidential candidate Martin O’ Malley called Donald Trump an “immigrant-bashing carnival barker” at Saturday night’s Democratic debate, criticizing the GOP candidate’s stance on immigration. The former Maryland governor noted that net immigration from Mexico last year was zero, after drawing a distinction between border security and a comprehensive immigration policy. “We’ve actually been focusing on border security to the exclusion of talking about comprehensive immigration reform,” said O’ Malley. Trump responded in a tweet during the debate. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/665735985704095744) Dem Debate: O'Malley Calls Trump 'Carnival Barker' ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113486/democratic-debate-omalley-trump-carnival-barker/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113486/democratic-debate-omalley-trump-carnival-barker/"},"headline":"See Martin O'Malley Call Donald Trump an 'Immigrant-Bashing Carnival Barker'","datePublished":"2015-11-15T03:20:40.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T22:36:28.000Z","description":"He was talking about comprehensive immigration reform","url":"https://time.com/4113486/democratic-debate-omalley-trump-carnival-barker/","keywords":["2016 Election topic","debate","Donald Trump","Martin O'malley"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd85b4fd8abbea4aa/698871282dce01f5c49e6810/omalley-debate3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd85b4fd8abbea4aa/698871282dce01f5c49e6810/omalley-debate3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-DEBATE","caption":"US-VOTE-DEMOCRATS-DEBATE","creditText":"Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4113486/democratic-debate-omalley-trump-carnival-barker/","name":"See Martin O'Malley Call Donald Trump an 'Immigrant-Bashing Carnival Barker'"}}]}] ```