"Sigh. Okay, yes, after a couple of bourbons at the Country Club, my pals and I might tell a few wetback jokes, but that's not the point here, Donald."
Posted on 07/09/2015 6:14:08 AM PDT by bestintxas
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus has asked GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to tone down his rhetoric on calling illegal immigrants criminals, The Washington Post reports.
Donors appear alarmed that Trump's rhetoric may cause the party serious trouble with the very Hispanic voters they have been trying over the past few years to court, the Post noted.
"Many financiers who are influential at the RNC have been fuming about Trump’s ascent and told Priebus that he must ensure that the RNC’s efforts over the past year to win more of the Hispanic vote is not harmed," the Post reports.
The phone call lasted about 45 minutes and covered various topics, including immigration, according to RNC officials. Trump had called Priebus over the weekend and left a voicemail, making the return call less confrontational.
Trump has come under fire since he said in his June 16 campaign announcement that Mexicans are crossing the border bringing drugs and committing rape and murder. "And some, I assume, are good people," he said.
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Rinsing Priapus is panicking because his buddy Scott Walker and the rest of the establishment are fading.
The GOPe will be running ads for Hillary if they can’t fix the race for a “moderate.”
Double speak. It's not their real agenda.
Does the GOP-e really think that Hispanics are blind to the problems walking across the border?
Priebus is presiding over a party on the verge of extinction and doesn’t know it.
"Sigh. Okay, yes, after a couple of bourbons at the Country Club, my pals and I might tell a few wetback jokes, but that's not the point here, Donald."
I hope Mr. Trump told Mr. Priebus exactly where to pound the sand!
Truth hurts. Many (most) Republicans d not know that and thus the GOP keeps losing. Along with the decent people in America.
= the ESTABLISHMENT of the DC status quo.
Trump tweeted its not true. He says the call was 10 minutes and Priebus praised him.
The Panderers are upset that Trump is not pandering.
“Why don’t you just...cut it out?” —”Duel” (1971)
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