Similar quotes can be found for Reagan.
Similar quotes can be found for Winston Churchill.
The quotes prove, beyond a doubt, that if you diligently comb through the records of a public persona over many decades, you can finds some instances in which they said some dumb things off the cuff, and changed their mind later.
Yeah, youthful indiscretion for Trump. He was only 64 then.
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The difference is these aren't “decades” old quotes. Just like the low info voters of 2008 with Obama, Trumps adherents are projecting what they want on an empty palette. They willingly choose to ignore what he says about many things while chasing the shiny object of a wall and someone that's not politically correct.
That’s a fair point, but we’re talking about things The Donald said a few months ago...
Support for single-payer, abortion, the Kelo decision and gun control were long-held stances of Trump’s. It doesn’t take an extensive cherry-picking effort to flesh them out.