“Certainly, there are statements that he makes that, you know, many Americans would not agree with and many Americans would agree with it,” he added.

For months, Trump has warned of dire consequences if he loses the contest, saying the reelection of President Biden would mark the end of democracy.

He’s also returned to a key theme of his successful 2016 run, the demonization of immigrants.

Trump continued the harsh rhetoric Saturday.

“I don’t know if you call them people,” he said, prefacing the comment with a ramble about members of the MS-13 gang.

“In some cases they’re not people, in my opinion. But I’m not allowed to say that because the radical left says that’s a terrible thing to say,” Trump continued, repeating promises of a massive deportation effort if he returns to the White House.

Turner offered subdued criticism of the “not-human” remarks, saying, “I, of course, have disagreed with those in the past.”

The “bloodbath” comments — and Trump’s praise during the same speech of people imprisoned over the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol — didn’t nudge Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) from his support of Trump.

“I talk in a different format than what the former president does,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I’m endorsing the Republican nominee for the presidency. And if that’s Mr. Trump, then that’s the best choice of the two choices that we have got.”

Trump’s trademark outlandish rhetoric has spawned endless analysis of what he really means.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the latest instance is cause for alarm.

“What does that mean — he’s going to exact a ‘bloodbath?’ There’s something wrong here,” she said on “State of the Union.”

“How much more do they have to see from him to understand this isn’t what our country is about?” Pelosi said of voters.

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