The guy doesn’t know history. The GOP took the country dominantly for one reason only: under Lincoln and Seward and Stevens they unabashedly took on THE issue of the day, slavery. Trouble is today we have several issues but Trump so far the only one unabashedly taking on one of these, illegal immigration.
He needs to take on immigration period. Legal immigration is a bigger problem than illegal immigration. We have just had the two largest decades of legal immigration in our history. Over 30 million legal permanent immigrants have entered this country since 1990. They are taking jobs from Americans, depressing wages, using the welfare system to a much greater degree than the native born, and vote more than two to one Dem.
How can we justify bringing in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants a year along with 640,000 guest workers annually while we have the lowest labor participation rates in 38 years and stagnant or declining wages? Trump says he loves legal immigration. Sounds like Herman Cain and his higher walls and wider gates.
Only Santorum and Walker are talking about reducing legal immigration.
“The GOP took the country dominantly for one reason only:”
Lincoln was elected with only 39% of the vote. He was a sectional candidate in a four way race.
Post Civil War the South was occupied territory with generals ruling over military districts. ‘Dominating’ politics during Reconstruction was as easy for the GOP as for the soviets when they occupied eastern Europe. It would have been impossible for them not to.