Walker’s Lead Drops Among Wisconsin Republican Primary Voters

The issue of nullifying birthright citizenship, while long in the sights of Republican legislators, recently took off in the 2016 policy debates when billionaire Donald Trump proposed to do away with it as part of his comprehensive immigration plan.

A leading US Muslim advocacy group has called on the Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walkers to apologize over his anti-Muslim remarks, in which he claimed that there are only a “handful of reasonable, moderate followers of Islam”.

“I’m not taking a position on it one way or the other“, he said.

After the event, Walker told reporters he’s looking to distinguish himself from other GOP candidates – and his sharper tone on the stump reflects a changing dynamic in that field. “I’m not intimidated by the special interests from Washington, I’m certainly not intimidated by the big government union bosses”.

Trump appeared earlier on the same show, to accuse Walker of copying his brand of politics.

Didn’t he say just four days ago that he opposed birthright citizenship for the children of illegals?

But with all due respect to Christie, Perry, and Jindal, Scott Walker is widely seen as a far more competitive candidate for national office. Gov. Walker is a team builder who can unite Republicans and bring Democrats and independents to support his conservative reforms like he did in Wisconsin. “I’ve actually talked about doing it”.

“But his state has not performed well”, the Republican frontrunner said.

On Sunday, Walker said that position was finally a “no”, but not before trying to evade the question.

Asked by MSNBC if birthright citizenship should be ended, the Wisconsin governor replied: “Yeah, to me it’s about enforcing the laws in this country“.

Walker added that he opposes a repeal of the 14th Amendment legalizing birthright citizenship, saying border security and immigration law enforcement are the more pressing issues. Trump has spent much of this week talking about the scourge of “anchor babies”, who he maintains aren’t citizens, and that we should amend the Constitution to declare them not-citizens, since those positions aren’t contradictory at all. “So I think that is a bit of a problem for him in the Republican base”. His first stops last month were jam-packed with people listening in on the newest entry to the race, at that point. Some of Walker’s recent actions are also unpopular in the state, including the decision to cut funding for the University of Wisconsin System by $250 million over two years, the poll found. But voters backed Walker’s tuition freeze on in-state tuition at UW.