Posted on 11/28/2015 3:51:34 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Former Republican Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode endorsed Donald Trump for president earlier this month and The Daily Caller caught up with the ex-representative to find out why he feels the flamboyant billionaire is the best choice for the White House.
"The primary reason is his good positions opposing illegal immigration and reducing legal immigration," Goode told TheDC. "Mr. Trump understands how important that is to stopping the constant flow of illegals across the border. He also wants to mandate e-verify which would help keeping illegals from getting U.S. jobs."
While in Congress, Goode was a strong proponent of border security and signed onto legislation that would've constructed a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico boundary line.
He also supports Trump for the mogul's stances on trade policy.
"He's opposed to Obama trade, and wants to renegotiate our trade agreements. And as an opponent of NAFTA, and the fast track, I think he's right on target on that," the Virginian said.
Goode, who ran for president himself in 2012 as the Constitution Party's nominee for the high office, believes that one of the biggest positives about Trump is how he is supposedly free of intrusive donor influence.
"The super PACs have tremendous influence on a Republican primary field. For example Marco Rubio. He's got significant super PAC donations, which means a few billionaires are contributing a lot," the ex-congressman explained. "And I think if he were to win the nomination, and win the presidency, Rubio would be under tremendous influence by those big donors. And that interest, so many of them really want open borders and bring in more people from more countries just to keep wages low. And I think it's awful for the American worker."
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Why Virgil Goode remained a democrat for so long is one of life’s great mysteries.
What Is the total up to now?
I held out hope for Rubio till the end but now I see he is just a whore.
And he will sell himself to the highest bidder,
Goode was also one of a handful of Democrats who voted FOR Articles of Impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
This endorsement by Goode is good. Sorry, I had to get that in there before another FReeper did.
:)
And General Chuck Yeager also just endorsed him!!!!!
I voted for Virgil in 2012.
The son of Paul Singer, the guy bankrolling Marco Rubio is gay and Singer himself is a very big supporter of the homosexual agenda. We need Marco to start talking about his position on homosexuality. Singer is also pro-amnesty unsurprisingly hence Marco's weakness on this issue.
Cause his daddy and grandaddy and g-granddaddy were dems and democrat voting strength persisted on the local level in his area are the usual reasons, the first reason is stupid and the second cynical, neither is particularly mysterious, changing parties is like changing religions to some people.
Left the rats in 2000, earlier than some, and he was disloyal to them before that.
You seem not to know much about the emotional realities of the Post-Reconstruction South.
Almost all of us white people in that region, except for a big cluster in the mountains of East Tennessee, were dyed-in-the-wool segregationist Democrats until very recently.
Therefore, it wouldn't surprise me if Virgil grew up hearing tales from his grandparents or great-grandparents about how terribly the Republicans devastated Virgil's Southern homeland during the 1860's and 1870's. I certainly did.
In fact, my own grandfather despised the GOP so fervently that he probably would have banished me from the family if he ever knew that I had ever voted for a Republican -- much less that I had given money to 'Pub candidates!
That was the only choice for Conservatives in the general election.
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