Despite GOP pressure, Trump not going away
Arizona’s Jeff Flake spoke out today against Trump’s remarks, but then went a step beyond that. After all, he’s pretty certain that he’s going to win the latino vote.
Here’s one 1% figure billionaire Donald Trump likely wants no part of: His odds of winning the Republican nomination for President.
This being the case, Priebus’s plea to Trump can be rephrased as “please stop playing our party’s racism to your advantage”.
Donald Trump denied Thursday that he got a lecture from the head of the Republican Party for rants about immigration – but the GOP’s 2008 nominee asserted in a TV interview that Trump’s rhetoric is “offensive”.
When it comes to Donald Trump attacking the ex- governor’s handling of illegal immigration, Perry said it serves no objective to spew rhetoric and reminded the listeners that illegal immigration is not a state responsibility, it is a federal responsibility and the feds have failed over and over under the leadership of the last two presidential administrations.
“Totally false reporting on my call with @Reince Priebus”, the presidential hopeful tweeted in response to news accounts of the GOP boss asking him to tone it down. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people, but I speak to border guards, and they’re telling us what we’re getting.’.
Pivit says the public is skeptical that Trump will continue to tolerate the financial losses that have ensued since he announced his campaign, which included incendiary remarks about Mexican immigrants. He did say, however, that if it is found that any of the workers are illegal in this country, they would be fired immediately.
The Washington Post reports several workers say “a Trump company” may be relying on some undocumented workers to finish the $200 million Trump worldwide Hotel, Washington, DC, which will sit five blocks from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she is “disappointed” in Trump and used his comments to paint the entire GOP field as hostile to immigrants.