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On Sunday, Donald Trump Showed Why His Campaign Is Doomed
The Fiscal Times ^ | July 26, 2015 | Rob Garver

Posted on 07/26/2015 1:51:12 PM PDT by EveningStar

For the past six weeks, an overarching concern for the Republican Party has been the impact that Donald Trump might have on the GOP primary election – particularly the damage he could do on the debate stage by turning an already unmanageable 10-candidate forum into a full-on circus.

On Sunday, though, Trump himself gave one of the clearest examples yet of why his candidacy is doomed to fail, and why, if handled properly, the debate stage could be his Waterloo.

Trump has staked much of his campaign on his promise to solve what many of his supporters see as a major immigration crisis. As anyone serious about the issue of illegal immigration recognizes, there are at least 11 million undocumented workers in the U.S. right now, and rounding them up for deportation is not a viable option.

Tapper asked Trump to expand on his policy beyond building a wall on the border. The host may have been hoping for a considered reply revealing Trump’s detailed thinking on immigration.

Trump called in to CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning to speak with host Jake Tapper.

Much of the appearance was, in fact, more of a Trumpian soliloquy, which appears to be his favorite form of expression, than an interview. However, when Tapper was eventually able to interrupt him and press for some policy specifics, the cracks in Trump’s façade quickly became evident.

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; fiscaltimes; robgarver; thefiscaltimes; trump
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

This deserves a thread Cin.


41 posted on 07/26/2015 2:29:36 PM PDT by z taxman
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To: hosepipe

and jail for anyone caught employing any of them.


42 posted on 07/26/2015 2:29:46 PM PDT by curth
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To: BobL

I am sure Donald doesn’t leave his safety to the Secret Service. He probably has a trustworthy team!


43 posted on 07/26/2015 2:30:11 PM PDT by Yaelle (Trump is the Political Plumber, flushing out the PC sewer. So what if we see a little butt crack?)
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To: Yaelle

I’m sure his team is fine, but the SS has access to some serious intelligence capabilities. Maybe Trump can at least get that information, even if he keeps his own people with him.


44 posted on 07/26/2015 2:32:38 PM PDT by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win (see my 'profile' page))
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45 posted on 07/26/2015 2:33:03 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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46 posted on 07/26/2015 2:35:45 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: EveningStar

Donald on illegals

“We’re going to take the high ground. We’re going to do what’s right. Some are going to have to go and some – Hey, we’re just going to see what happens. It’s a very, very big subject and a very complicated subject”

that’s political speak for... LIAR!

He wants us to elect him first and THEN he will SCREW US by... doing “what’s right” AKA amnesty!


47 posted on 07/26/2015 2:35:51 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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To: mrsmith

the answer is simple: Attrition thru enforcement. The amnesty advocates like to offer the false choice between mass deportation or a blanket amnesty. Why the urgency to legalize them?


48 posted on 07/26/2015 2:36:11 PM PDT by kabar
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To: RoosterRedux

Every time they say he is doomed, he jumps up 2 poll points.


49 posted on 07/26/2015 2:37:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: tennmountainman
Yup.

He's dominating this election.

50 posted on 07/26/2015 2:38:10 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: hosepipe

That was tried near my home town. Fremont, Nebraska had a ballot on that very law.

Everyone from the local Catholic Bishop to the NAACP showed up. Hormel threatened to leave town (a large employer of illegals), and many other businesses protested. The kicker was when the police and State of Nebraska said they would not enforce the law.

It failed.

If that happens in a small town in Nebraska, you don’t have much chance.


51 posted on 07/26/2015 2:38:45 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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52 posted on 07/26/2015 2:40:45 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: EveningStar

Wishful thinking editorial board


53 posted on 07/26/2015 2:41:09 PM PDT by BigEdLB (They need to target the 'Ministry of Virtue' which has nothing to do with virtue.)
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54 posted on 07/26/2015 2:46:03 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: EveningStar

How many Trump obituaries a day are there?

Pray America is waking


55 posted on 07/26/2015 2:47:19 PM PDT by bray (Cruz to the White House)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Trump isn’t wrecking the GOP—he’s wrecking the RINOSaurus Party (Democratic Parties Right wing—stalking horse). The left is losing a valuable wing—that was to appoint Jeb Bush to be beaten by Hillary/Castro Ticket. Trump is wrecking their plans.


56 posted on 07/26/2015 2:48:57 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: EveningStar

Rob Garver is national correspondent for The Fiscal Times, based in Washington, D.C. A longtime reporter on the intersection of the federal government and the private sector, he previously reported on the FDA’s botched oversight of drug trials for ProPublica and worked as senior researcher for Bob Woodward during the writing of Woodward’s New York Times bestselling book, The Price of Politics. Garver holds a master’s degree in public policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont.

57 posted on 07/26/2015 2:48:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: txrefugee

Just wait till Robert Joseph Dole comes out to put Trump in his place!


58 posted on 07/26/2015 2:49:32 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: timestax

They may tune them out, but they still seem to do whatever the elite media say.


59 posted on 07/26/2015 2:50:38 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: A CA Guy

“Because all the candidates have written books stating their how to strategies.”

So has Trump.


60 posted on 07/26/2015 2:50:41 PM PDT by odawg
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