Posted on 09/22/2015 7:34:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
“It is time — and Mr. Trump has said this, time and time again — to put Americans first.”
Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday that the United States “should take in zero” Syrian refugees.
“This is very simple, the bottom line is we should take in zero,” Lewandowski said when asked by radio host John Fredericks what a President Trump would do about the refugee crisis.
“And the Untied States, to be clear, has a process for bringing refugees into the country, and an individual must qualify as a refugee to begin that process, is how it works. Individuals caught in a civil war do not necessarily qualify as refugees,” Lewandowski continued
“If Mr. Trump were the president of the United States we would not be bringing refugees into the country under this criteria,” Lewandowski said.
In past interviews, Trump has not completely ruled out taking in refugees from Syria.
On September 8th, Trump told Bill O’Reilly: “I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, you have to” accept some refugees.
On September 15th, Trump told Morning Joe that “the answer is possibly yes” to accepting refugees, even though “we have so many problems of our own.”
“There’s only so much we can do — we have to fix our own country,” he explained. “Now, Europe is handling it, Germany has been very generous so far, which is very surprising to me, to be honest with you.”
“But it’s a huge problem, and we should help as much as possible, but we do have to fix our own country,” Trump concluded.
On Tuesday, Lewandowski took this line of argument a step further, arguing that “it is time — and Mr. Trump has said this, time and time again — to put Americans first.”
“While I understand our position in the global economy, and how important the United States is in world public affairs, it is time to look at the people who are in our country first who are struggling — the middle class, the bottom class of people who can’t survive — and give them opportunities,” said Lewandowski. “And this is exactly what the issue is, when it comes to not just bringing in refugees, but illegal immigrants.
“It is time to build a wall, it is time to make sure our borders are secure, it is time to make sure that the people who are at the lowest economic status in this country, their jobs are not being taken away from illegal immigrants who are coming to this country illegally,” he continued. “Why don’t we let those people — give them the opportunity to do the jobs, give them the opportunity to have a leg up, give them the opportunity to make their lives better, before we worry about the people in other parts of the world who aren’t U.S. citizens to begin with?”
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No, we just do not appreciate text taken out of context, which is pretext - something that you and the other TDS infected twits are masters in the art of propagating all over this site.
We are not “listening” to you, because, truth be told, you want every voice on FR to be an echo of your own ... Well, sparky, that ain’t gonna happen.
In this case, obviously, but his followers here are too proud to act in similar fashion.
Id venture to guess I can guess a persons choice in presidential candidates ..PER PARTY....based on the number of hours per week they watch TV
just a hunch
we who?? you and your gerbil?
adios
... And I note that understanding how to write a proper English sentence is not within your mastery either.
Have a Nice Epiphany!
I’m usually not a grammar Nazi, but your posts are some of the most unintelligible things I’ve ever read. Good grief, I hope you communicate better than this in other areas of your life.
Your grammatical skills look like something I see in the comments section of a YouTube video.
Good grief, at least make an effort.
Wow, this is exactly the way most Americans feel.
Even Christians?
“Id venture to guess I can guess ...”
Wow, such excellent grammar there, Mr. Intellectual! Well, guess what, joker? I do not watch television. Have not done so in over 10 years. But you go right on with your “venture” of guessing what others do. Must be a absolute joy, living in an echo chamber. Who knows? Perhaps, this time around, you and the GOPe might actually pick a winner out of your dilapidated stable of tired old mares.
have trouble following the logic
ask a tutor!
At least he is evolving in the right direction.
Likely.
Trump is with the majority of the American people on this one as he is with most else.
at least hes listenng to the focus groups that inform his campaign people
But Im fairly certrain that we cant afford that sort of LAXITY n President in 2017.
Fifty years ago maybe
“stuff” moves very rapidly today...in the matter of a few moments...the world can ha has drasictally changed
in repsomse the the attacks om the USA...on September 11 2001... was there TIME to EVOLVE a postion based on findings from a focus group?
Politickng during a campaign is a LOT DIFFERENT that LEADING during the most dangerous era of America History.
Theres a candidate out there who doesnt want us talking about :”stuff” like that.
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>> “Meanwhile, Snarly’s quote for the day is that she’s good with a mooselimb prezzie.” <<
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She belongs to the same club as Boner and McConnell.
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As Mark Levine said "Round em up"
ROUND EM UP....send them back (the words of Mark Levine)
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>> “There’s a candidate out there who doesnt want us talking about ‘stuff’ like that.” <<
There are a few would-be FReepers who don’t want us talking about ‘stuff’ like that.
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