An MSNBC host has called for banning the term “illegal” to refer to illegal aliens who commit heinous crimes such as rape and murder, due to the fact that the term is “offensive” to minorities.

The call to ban the term occurred during a discussion between former RNC chairman Michael Steele, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, and co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend.

Modernity.news reports: After Sanders-Townsend insisted she was “just giving the numbers,” Roberts countered “Well, what do you tell the parents of those people, those young girls that are being killed? This is absurd. The preponderance of these folks, Michael, are male…”

Steele interjected and asked, “What is the difference between an illegal immigrant who, unfortunately, engages in that activity…” with Sanders-Townsend then interrupting and stating “we don’t like that, I want to be clear, we don’t use the term ‘illegal’ for undocumented indviduals.”

Steele then pathetically corrected himself, “yes, undocumented individuals,” while Roberts asserted “they’re illegal aliens.”

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We wouldn’t want to hurt the feelings of the ‘undocumented individuals’ who are raping and killing people, including children now would we.

This ridiculous use of semantics to deflect from the horrible truth is a Democrat talking point.