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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 09:45 PM Jul 2015

Hispanics love me, Trump declares at Mexican border

Source: Yahoo! News / AP

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump paid a visit to the Mexican border Thursday, predicting Hispanics would love him as president despite roiling the Republican race by branding Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. His comments have sparked a feud with exasperated Republican rivals who find the billionaire's words worrisome as they court the surging bloc of Latino voters.

Trump's in-and-out border visit came as the businessman and reality TV host has dominated attention in the Republican presidential race and seen his ratings roar, though he remains a longshot candidate for the White House. He has thrust himself into America's heated immigration debate, one that has put Republicans in a bind as they try to woo Hispanics, the biggest U.S. minority and one that has voted overwhelmingly Democratic in recent presidential elections.

"There's great danger with the illegals," Trump told reporters, referring to the millions of Americans living in the U.S. illegally, many of them Hispanic. But he claimed a "great relationship" with Hispanics, even as Latino leaders have come at him with blistering criticism for his painting Mexican immigrants as criminals.

"I'll take jobs back from China, I'll take jobs back from Japan," Trump said. "The Hispanics are going to get those jobs, and they're going to love Trump."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/trump-travels-border-republicans-try-woo-hispanics-130321617.html

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Hispanics love me, Trump declares at Mexican border (Original Post) Little Tich Jul 2015 OP
Good let him immigrate to spain and see if they love him there. cstanleytech Jul 2015 #1
Any time one refers to a group of people... 3catwoman3 Jul 2015 #2
It also betrays the fact they're not present in the room. Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #12
Not this hispanic ... aggiesal Jul 2015 #3
yo soy muy gringo Botany Jul 2015 #5
I bet you sing "Jesus loves me" too. Donald, it just may not be. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #4
Trump is delusional Gothmog Jul 2015 #6
Which explains why they're making pinatas shaped like his empty melon head... jmowreader Jul 2015 #7
He's not a piņata, he's a puņetas. Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #13
He's both jmowreader Jul 2015 #16
How is he going to get the jobs back from Asia? What's he gonna do? Or is he lying? n/t freshwest Jul 2015 #8
the big lie, Herr Goebbels would have loved Trump nt steve2470 Jul 2015 #9
Trump is delusional Gothmog Jul 2015 #10
Was he honking a squeeze bulb horn? truthisfreedom Jul 2015 #11
How exactly is he going to "take back jobs from China"? TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #14
"My peasants LOVE me...PULL!" louis-t Jul 2015 #15

3catwoman3

(24,026 posts)
2. Any time one refers to a group of people...
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:00 PM
Jul 2015

...as "the..." or "they..." it betray that the speaker thinks of them as a group for whom he has neither affection nor affinity.

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
12. It also betrays the fact they're not present in the room.
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 07:40 AM
Jul 2015

Whoever he was talking to there, it was not "the Hispanics".

Botany

(70,552 posts)
5. yo soy muy gringo
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 10:39 PM
Jul 2015

And I think he is an a-hole too. I couldn't believe the crap coming from his mouth
today ...... not only doesn't he have any real plans on what to do outside of his "I'll
get a good deal on it," but he is a fire breathing idiot too.

"Gonna build a wall to stop the illegals." D. Trump

Good thing you hispanics don't know about airplanes.

aggiesal

TexasBushwhacker

(20,209 posts)
14. How exactly is he going to "take back jobs from China"?
Fri Jul 24, 2015, 09:59 AM
Jul 2015

How can he force companies to make their products here? Wouldn't any measure be considered anti-business? Or does he plan on allowing the Slavery 2.0 labor practices of sweatshops and Foxconn?

This is especially rich coming from Trump, considering all of his clothing line was made outside the US. That didn't keep Macy's from charging $60 for one of his ties though.

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