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GOP is not slamming Donald Trump's views fast enough: Latino advocates
The New York Daily News ^ | July 4, 2015 | Celeste Katz

Posted on 07/04/2015 8:01:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Motormouth Donald Trump isn’t doing the Republican Party any favors — and his fellow GOP candidates are adding to the damage by being slow to condemn him, Latino advocates said Friday.

“Trump’s comments are causing irreparable harm to the brand. It’s going to be very hard to come back from it,” said Felix Sanchez, chairman of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.

The billionaire candidate sent the debate over border control into overdrive — and cost himself business deals — by saying Mexico exports “rapists” and drug dealers to the U.S.

He upped the ante Friday after Kate Steinle, 32, was shot to death on a San Francisco pier by a man who had been deported five times and has seven felony convictions.

“This senseless and totally preventable act of violence committed by an illegal immigrant is yet another example of why we must secure our border immediately,” said Trump. “This is an absolutely disgraceful situation and I am the only one that can fix it. ”

Hispanics Across America Chairman Fernando Mateo said a failure to slam Trump may end up backfiring on the GOP.

“Anyone that has not denounced Trump’s position is weak and does not deserve Hispanic support come election time,” Mateo said, calling Trump a “frustrated” attention-seeker.

Trump, for his part, basked in his success in early surveys.

Trump came in with an average of 13.6% support in opinion polls, which leads all GOP candidates.

“Wow, Huffington Post just stated that I am number 1 in the polls of Republican candidates,” the real estate mogul tweeted earlier Friday. “Thank you, but the work has just begun!”

Trump was touting his first-place finish in an average of 105 opinion polls tracked by the news outlet: He came in with an average of 13.6% support to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s 13.3%.

While Trump has gained traction, Latino groups and some of his fellow candidates who are mindful of GOP efforts to appeal to Latino voters have told him to back off.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — the son of Cuban immigrants — on Thursday called Trump’s comments “not just offensive and inaccurate, but also divisive.”

Marco Rubio came out against Trump’s comments, saying the next President needs to bring Americans together, ‘not someone who continues to divide.’

But another senator of Latino heritage, Ted Cruz of Texas, stuck up for Trump. He’s accused NBC Universal — which has broken ties with Trump — of folding to political correctness.

Others have yet to comment on Trump’s remarks, although Bush, whose wife was born in Mexico, has called them “wrong,” and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has said Trump’s comments don’t reflect the GOP.

Former Gov. George Pataki on Friday launched an online “Stand Up to Trump” petition.

Critics have called Trump out for his “racist” assertions about Latinos and have urged businesses to drop their dealings with him — a move that would put them in the company of Univision, Macy’s, and Serta.

They were joined Friday by NASCAR, which said it will not hold its season-ending awards ceremony at the Trump National Doral Miami.

Mateo said the party as a whole needs to speak up.

“We are the real men in this Republican Party. As a longtime Republican myself, I’m ashamed that the chairman of the party has not come out to condemn Trump's actions,” he said.

An RNC spokesman pointed to earlier remarks by Chairman Reince Priebus, who said of Trump's tirades, “Those particular comments — not helpful.”


TOPICS: Florida; Massachusetts; New York; Texas; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; donaldchump; donaldhump; donaldtrump; election2016; florida; georgepataki; hispanics; immigration; jebbush; kathrynsteinle; marcorubio; massachusetts; mexico; mittwit; newyork; tedcruz; texas; therug; trump
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To: Tzimisce

>>>”They demand that politicians do what they say, even though they’re in the country illegally.”<<<

Anyone who is in the USA illegally should have NO say, officially.

>>>”The politicians and press respond by giving these people everything they want.”<<<

The press plays an important part, but mainstream press in the U.S. (like most other countries) is largely controlled by the gov’t.


41 posted on 07/04/2015 9:21:48 PM PDT by odds
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To: odds

So now he is a “pimp”. I guess his bitches are Jeb and Krispy.

Ouch!


42 posted on 07/04/2015 9:28:49 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: odds

...Promise a lot.. can you deliver though?...

The only President in recent memory who delivered almost everything he promised is the current White House occupier.
He delivered a fundamental transformation of America for the worst. He achieved that.

No one knows what other candidates are promising can or will because delivered, do we? There have not been alot of specific promise details from any candidate. What most people who support Trump like, and I don’t necessarily count myself one of them, is is candor in vocalizing what many think, but have not said, perhaps for fear of criticism, or not beliving others feel the same way, to this point. He is onto something with that.


43 posted on 07/04/2015 9:30:22 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: jmacusa

Let your friend also know that when LBJ passed his “Great Society” laws, he had something to say.

We will have those N_gg_rs voting Democrat for the next 200 years.


44 posted on 07/04/2015 9:31:57 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: smoothsailing

“Bombs away!”


45 posted on 07/04/2015 9:42:18 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: 17th Miss Regt
The flak is heaviest when you are over the target.

BTTT


46 posted on 07/04/2015 9:49:57 PM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless)
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To: Sasparilla

>>>”He delivered a fundamental transformation of America for the worst. He achieved that.”<<<

Specifics? Am not sure about that beyond perception. I think Obama et al have been quite good at managing the MSM in shaping public perceptions - not to say he didn’t actually implement some things; but it more managed perception than reality.

Where I’m coming from are these:

1) as a rule, you can’t trust a politician, because they’re, individually, power motivated and promise anything to satisfy their agenda.

2) even the most honest & naive politicians find that once they win office they can’t deliver because the bigger wheel is, well, bigger than them & they need to fall in line at times acknowledge constraints - (Obama did the same).

3) we (as voters) are typically in a position to choose from a few candidates who may not or may not differentiate themselves well on specific policy, in words. It really depends on what you want, personally (as a voter) find attractive, or in line with your essentials or ideals, or appeals to you as a primary jibe.

4) in the end, if you choose to vote, do your homework throughout and especially before you vote - obviously there are no guarantees.


47 posted on 07/04/2015 9:55:23 PM PDT by odds
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To: odds

Sometimes you keep the details to yourself. Why would he put them out there to be dissected by the leftists and RINOs? Nope, some things you keep close to your chest. I notice the Demoncrats are never asked for specifics for their hair-brained ideas.


48 posted on 07/04/2015 10:07:39 PM PDT by Catsrus
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To: Catsrus

>>>”I notice the Demoncrats are never asked for specifics for their hair-brained ideas.”<<<

Maybe they should be.


49 posted on 07/04/2015 10:10:15 PM PDT by odds
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To: eyedigress

He is a ‘pimp’ & good at it - I wouldn’t vote for him, at present... :)


50 posted on 07/04/2015 10:11:18 PM PDT by odds
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Via Huffington Post 80% Of Central American Women, Girls Are Raped Crossing Into The U.S.

............"As the number of Central American women and girls crossing into the U.S. continues to spike, so is the staggering amount of sexual violence waged against these migrants who are in search of a better life.

According to a stunning Fusion investigation, 80 percent of women and girls crossing into the U.S. by way of Mexico are raped during their journey. That’s up from a previous estimate of 60 percent, according to an Amnesty International report. ".......

Well, it sounds like the raping is being done in Mexico.
51 posted on 07/04/2015 10:35:41 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: eyedigress

LBJ was wrong, more live 1,000 years, instead of 200.


52 posted on 07/04/2015 10:39:17 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Catsrus

Funny how none of these minority *leaders* ever seem to give a flip about Hillary’s missing emails/Benghazi, etc.


53 posted on 07/04/2015 10:41:10 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Theodore R.

LBJ new global warming would kill everybody by 2165.


54 posted on 07/04/2015 10:41:35 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: jmacusa

There were over 1000 white men lynched in the South by the KKK. Why? They were trying to register black voters as Republicans.


55 posted on 07/05/2015 12:16:13 AM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

looks like the Al Sharptons of the Latinos understand that the Truth will not harm Conservatives so they are trying to keep the meme alive in hopes that the GOPe and other “moderates” will “come to their senses” before the illegals are so unmasked that it can never be covered up again.


56 posted on 07/05/2015 4:25:11 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: rikkir

I’ve noticed. And there have been others around the country.


57 posted on 07/05/2015 4:26:49 AM PDT by jimjohn (You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
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To: jmacusa

“Can anyone give me a reliable source concerning republican suppression of black voters in the South.”

No one can, because it doesn’t exist.


58 posted on 07/05/2015 4:37:43 AM PDT by odawg
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To: jmacusa

“Can anyone give me a reliable source concerning republican suppression of black voters in the South.”

No one can, because it doesn’t exist. The Voting Rights Act of 1964 was passed because blacks were not supposed to have been allowed to vote in the South. However, if you check the history of the Louisiana governor’s race in 1963, you will see how many hundreds of thousands of blacks voted that year. The “black voting bloc” for the liberal candidate was an issue for that election (and it did happen).


59 posted on 07/05/2015 4:43:05 AM PDT by odawg
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To: eyedigress
The ‘’right’’ to an abortion isn't in the Constitution either but liberals swear it is. Some of them make a vague argument along the lines of The Fourth Amendment. Liberals and their ‘’living document’’ bs.
60 posted on 07/05/2015 4:34:51 PM PDT by jmacusa
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