Posted on 08/27/2015 8:43:52 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
The Republican Party will continue to lose presidential elections if it comes across as mean-spirited and unwelcoming toward people of color, Donald Trump tells Newsmax.
Whether intended or not, comments and policies of Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates during this election were seen by Hispanics and Asians as hostile to them, Trump says.
“Republicans didn’t have anything going for them with respect to Latinos and with respect to Asians,” the billionaire developer says.
“The Democrats didn’t have a policy for dealing with illegal immigrants, but what they did have going for them is they weren’t mean-spirited about it,” Trump says. “They didn’t know what the policy was, but what they were is they were kind.”
Romney’s solution of “self deportation” for illegal aliens made no sense and suggested that Republicans do not care about Hispanics in general, Trump says.
“He had a crazy policy of self deportation which was maniacal,” Trump says. “It sounded as bad as it was, and he lost all of the Latino vote,” Trump notes. “He lost the Asian vote. He lost everybody who is inspired to come into this country.”
The GOP has to develop a comprehensive policy “to take care of this incredible problem that we have with respect to immigration, with respect to people wanting to be wonderful productive citizens of this country,” Trump says.
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I really do like what he is saying about the border and immigration, and I agree with it. I just don't trust him.
Does “telling the truth” imply being “mean spirited” ?
It’s wrong when a politician has to be afraid of saying something about an illegal immigrant because that illegal immigrant won’t vote for him. He shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
I think we should propose letting Mexico vote in our elections. Hell, the let Houstonians vote in New Orleans elections.
So, does unwelcoming to minorities translate to “treat them as individuals with their own minds and not pander to them as if they are special children incapable of running their own lives”?
What the hell? This is almost exactly the same column this douchebag wrote a week or so ago. Are they just recycling crap now?
He’s exposing them using their own language.
Donald Trump is not “mean spirited”. Far from it. He is showing he cares more about working Americans than either the republican elites or the democrats. People see that but the press is blind.
Bingo. Sad truth is, many of them aren’t. Only running they do is to the mailbox every month.
The press has an agenda. I don’t even read the negative articles any more because I know what they are doing. My mind is made up as to my top 2 candidates are and nothing they say or write will change that. These tactics worked well in the past, but not this time.
Now he wants a wall with a really nice door for the good ones (I.e. Amnesty). No inconsistency with his earlier position except Mexico pays for a wall.
You have a point. I don’t trust him but at the same time, I don’t trust any of the other candidates as well. I’m also tired of being burned by the GOP. If Trump turns out to be this so called “Trojan Horse” as some have said, it would be hard to tell him apart from the rest of the GOP.
Until then, I will enjoy watching him attack the establishment, the media lap dogs and others.
It doesn’t matter he said this in 2012, Trump is by far the most consistently conservative candidate in the race and he takes to Twitter to beat the living crap out of people and I’m pretty sure he’s going to deport illegals, so we really need him in the White Hut in 2017. </s>
If Romney’s policy was “mean-spirited”, then what is Trump’s?
Actually, it might not be a bad idea to implement both. That’s called comprehensive immigration reform.
That was then. Four more years of constant strife, racial division, being told we’re not just wrong but evil have changed things. The electorate (us) is actively ticked off and have found a candidate that reflects that anger.
Trump is just making it up as he goes along. His positions change continually, and when called out on it he claims to be the 2nd coming of Reagan.
Now all the sudden the Bible is his favorite book, this coming from a guy who claims he’s never asked for forgiveness. Many of the things he criticizes his competitors for now, he supported or otherwise echo’d in the past.
I can’t imagine Trump in office the first day Congress or the Courts tell him no. He might think he can direct the military to arrest all his “stupid” and “dumb” political opponents because they aren’t as “great” or “terrific” as he is. The really sad thing is many Trumpettes would probably support such action.
Yes, what America has needed for decades, a President who’s not afraid to call Rosie a fat broad.
It sure did matter what Obama said in his past, I remember all of the post when Obummer was going up for his first presidential term. But now we have Trump and some people no longer care to hear about his past.
As our immigration law is now, if they are actually deported they cannot just come back and it is all but impossible for them to come here legally after being deported. This is why the supporters of illegals say our immigration law needs to be reformed to make it easier for them to come here legally- they mean after they have violated our immigration law to begin with it is hard for them to ever become legal. So without changing immigration law letting some or the “good ones” come back it is not going to happen legally.
That is part of the beauty of a plan to secure the border and deport- if it really gets done then our immigration law will work if enforced. It is another reason if there is a serious crack down on illegal immigration many will leave on their own in droves. They know if they are actually deported it will be all but impossible for them to ever be legal here.
This is why the mantra of supporters of illegal immigration have pushed so hard for “immigration reform” they want to take away any penalty for being deported.
And you would probably be saying the same thing if it was last month. Some of the other candidates said things much longer ago, but there is no forgiveness if they now have a different opinion. Why does Trump get a pass?
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