Posted on 02/21/2016 1:42:04 PM PST by bolobaby
Here is a serious question I want everyone to consider:
When Trump announced his presidential run on June 16th of 2015, if he had announced he was running for the DEMOCRATIC nomination, would it have be unbelievable? Could he have positioned himself as a "moderate" democrat and gotten away with it? Would his history have supported that kind of announcement?
When he talks about his “big, beautiful door” in the wall, he is saying, “Once we get them out, it will be easy for them to get back in, so long as they follow the process.”
Have you never seen him talking about a big, beautiful door...?
The vanity is meant not to instigate, but to make people think about the possibility and what would have happened if he had.
The truth - which may be hard for some to swallow - is that Trump probably could have run as a democrat and no one would have considered it as unbelievable as, say, Cruz running as a democrat.
Outed myself as what?
I know, scary, right? He’ll get elected for sure and then betray conservatives in every possible way imaginable. Then, when the country goes to pot, the democrats will sit back, laugh, and blame *conservatives* even though Trump really isn’t one. This is how conservatism effectively dies.
I sure hope he never figures out how to be effective with his attacks.
Well, when you are done with your crystal ball, please let me know.
omg give it up already.
I don’t like Trump. I don’t hide that. As such - yes - this post is meant to undermine the (D)onald by pointing out the obvious: that he could have run as a “moderate” democrat and few would have thought otherwise.
As far as kicking illegals out, to achieve buy-in from the democratic base, all he would have had to do is talk about how illegals were taking American jobs, especially UNION jobs.
Finally, as mentioned several times on this thread, The Wall(tm) is one issue. A moderate can disagree on one issue and still claim party affiliation.
Hillary's property, what else?
What else is the “big, beautiful door” besides touchback amnesty?
Nonsense. That's hardly a new concept. Democrats want government benefits. If they could connect the dots on losing union work, the illegals would be long gone. And Hillary's idiots don't give a damn anyway.
Enforcement of preexisting immigration laws, for one. Combined with automatic exclusion of illegals who don't leave voluntarily first, and wait to get deported.
I don't believe you...Provide documentation...
In response to questions from The Washington Post, Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the Trump Organization, issued a statement saying that the company and its contractors followed all applicable U.S. immigration laws when hiring the site’s several hundred workers.
“Our contractors are required to have prospective employees produce documentation that establishes identity and employment eligibility in compliance with immigration law,†the Âe-mailed statement said.
Lend Lease, the lead contractor at the site, “requires all contractors performing work at the project to follow all applicable federal, state and local laws,†the statement said.
Michael D. Cohen, executive vice president and legal counsel to Trump, said the question of illegal hiring practices had not arisen before at a Trump work site.
“Mr. Trump, who is the 100 percent owner of the Old Post Office, hired one of the largest contractors in the world to act as the general contractor,†Cohen said in a telephone interview. “That company is Lend Lease. They then go out and employ subcontractors to work for them. The obligation to check all workers on site is exclusive to Lend Lease. This of course assumes that the assertion regarding the employees’ status is accurate.â€
And please see Trump op-ed from 1999 (A Choice for Human Rights) if you haven't already. Only Menendez among the Democrats might agree with what he wrote.
ML/NJ
he has always said, “legally.”
I think that if Rubio had proposed this plan, he would be pilloried today as a traitor for promoting amnesty.
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/trump-walking-back-some-amnesty-comments-and-filling-some-blanks-and-we-raise-his-grade
http://www.newsweek.com/who-knew-trump-favors-amnesty-undocumented-immigrants-395512
http://soshable.com/trumps-amnesty-plan-is-supported-by-many-except-his-supporters-who-dont-know-what-it-means/
As someone said above, it’s really about the art of selling the idea. Trump is selling a moderate, NYTimes-sanctioned approach, yet has passionate foes of amnesty giving him a pass, because of the way he says it. Embarrassing. Trump = Kay Bailey Hutchison, and is no tougher on illegals than Rubio.
Hell if he said he was running on both party’s tickets
would that be believeable?
Who cares at this stage. He’s in the GOP nomination field, win or lose.
If everything was all different, would it be all different?
Yes or no.
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