Republicans too often have failed to address the open border, affirmative action, etc. when they had the power to do so; they are simply one half of the Uniparty/Republocrats.
Trump is doing well because many Republicans have finally realized this. Will he fix it? Who knows...but we know who won’t.
You may remember in 1986 President Reagan signed Simpson-Mazzoli which gave amnesty to about 3-million illegal immigrants in exchange for promises of better border controls.
It didn't happen, and instead 11 million new illegals flooded across our "open borders".
However, illegal immigration was not an issue in the presidential campaigns of 1988, 2000 or 2004, when Republicans won, or in any others when Democrats won.
kearnyirish2: "affirmative action"
Abolishing affirmative action was David Duke's issue in 1988.
It has never been a Republican issue, and is not something mentioned at any time by Donald Trump.
kearnyirish2: "Trump is doing well because many Republicans have finally realized this."
You may remember, in 1992 Trump the Elder (Ross Perot) won 18% of the vote and helped elect a Clinton president.
Yes, at the time people said Perot took as many votes from Democrats as Republicans, but even if that's true, they were surely the Reagan Democrats Perot took, and so cannot be counted as solid Dems.
Today we have Trump the Younger running on the old Perot "giant sucking sound" from NAFTA, and related issues like border control.
So, if Trump the Younger helps elect another Clinton president, I'd say the billionaires deserve whatever punishments she dishes out to them.