Posted on 07/04/2015 6:49:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump continues to stand by controversial comments he made about Mexican immigrants as his standings in Republican primary polls improve despite increasing criticism.
The presidential hopeful placed ahead of perceived front-runner Jeb Bush in a new aggregated 'poll of polls' with 13.6 per cent support compared to the former Florida governor's 13.3.
The rise comes as public figures and businesses continue to admonish Trump because of the comments saying that those crossing the border from Mexico illegally were 'rapists'.
Former Republican candidate Mitt Romney told CNN Saturday that the businessman 'made a severe error in saying what he did about Mexican-Americans'.
Trump defended the remarks, and used an interview on Fox and Friends Saturday morning to take a dig at fellow presidential hopeful Marco Rubio.
'Rubio is weak on immigration,' Trump told Fox, while praising the stance of Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz.
He linked policy at the southern US border to crimes, including the San Francisco shooting of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle by a man who had been deported back to Mexico five times.
'The crime is raging and people don't want to talk about it. And if you talk about it you're a racist,' he said Saturday....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I don’t see headlines about the backlash against Hillary for her own comments on any of a number of matters.
Yeah, the illegals are doin' the killin' that the rest of America doesn't want to do.
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.
Best line of the week!
Funny!
The Stupid Party is too dumb to attack the real opposition. Just more indications that the GOPee are greedy leftists.
Soon there will be only a handful if they persist in this rearguard action against Trump. Everything they (RINO’s) say boomerangs as it should.
I hope Trump lasts long enough to build the Fence/Wall and man it appropriately (along with working with the Israelis to get that tunnel recognition tech finely honed).
LOL & WOO-HOO!
Ahead of Jeb!
What now GOPe?
Trump is feeling the heat. If you read the whole article you will find this quote by Trump:
He denied that the ordeal was helping him by making him more recognizable. ‘This is not good for my brand, I think it’s bad for my brand. Maybe I’m leading in polls, but this is certainly not good. I lose customers, lose people,’ he said.
I predict Trump’s interest in the presidency will evaporate before the end of the year. Hopefully he endorses Cruz on his way out.
Fairly certain Trump is in it all the way until he is mathematically eliminated in the primaries or wins the nomination. And an almost complete certainty he won’t leave because of lack of funds, which drops out many candidates in a race for instance like Gingrich in 2012 after the Florida primary.
What backlash....A few million of us agree with him....and that includes Cruz.
Sounds good to me.
“You can tell by the pile on by the GOPe’s, the amnesty pimps are in full
panic mode, with flop sweat pouring out.”
See how quickly their true color, yellow, comes out.
Amnesty pimping has been very profitable for the gop. I hope they’re all having sleepless nights.
Who’s Hillary?
The truth is that the only backlash that’s growing is among professional politicians who have no achievements in life except running for office and journalists who for the most part are considered somewhere south of Phys Ed majors in academic ranking.
Everyone else thinks the guy’s great for simply telling it like it is.
If you're a serious candidate for President, losing 'customers' is secondary. Trump talks a good game on immigration, granted, but his party history, contributions to Democrats and 2008 support for Obama belie any sort of claim he might have to conservatism.
Cruz is just as good on immigration and a much better conservative candidate.
Go Donald!
It appears that Trumps remarks are not so controversial.
I see the possibility of Ted and Donald working together. Imagine The Donald as Cruz’s Chief of Staff telling hundreds of useless government bureaucrats YOUR’E FIRED!!!
To Myth Romney - Trump never said Mexican-Americans. He was referring ti illegal aliens. Stupid, stupid, people.
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