I swear, it seems sometimes like the whole population is incapable of comprehending plain English.
These pundits are always trying to ‘nuance’ words into our guy’s mouths that they DID NOT SAY.
What Trump DID say, is that:
1. He wants the bad actors out NOW.
2. He appreciates the fact that some illegals have worked hard, and have committed no other crimes.
3. That the southern border has to be closed before ANYTHING happens with regards to the working illegals.
That’s it. He’s not calling for amnesty. He says he doesn’t know what the ultimate solution to the 30 million will be, but that he believes in the ‘merit system’. How that merit will be determined, and what final allowances will be granted to those people, is unknown at present.
What I do know, is that if Trump keeps his cool, he’s going to attract millions of moderates, Independents, and Democrat voters to his bandwagon. If he starts talking like Atila The Hun right now, he’s going to turn off everyone but Free Republic.
He’s already got a lot of support from non-conservatives, simply because he’s going as far as he is, with this issue. It’s pretty obvious that a huge majority of Americans want SOMETHING DONE to stop the invasion and get rid of the worst offenders.
Trump is the ONLY one who’s promising Americans that he’ll get the job done.
Start talking about loading train cars with illegals, and he’ll lose them all. This needs to be done a step at a time. You can’t expect those in the mushy middle and center left to come to full awareness overnight. A step at a time, people.
merit system
AKA Amnesty.