Posted on 07/11/2015 11:36:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If anyone in the GOP field knows how to draw attention, it’s Donald Trump. And if anyone has a recipe for coping with Trump’s unfiltered and inflammatory comments, lots of Republicans would love to hear it.
Two Texans in the 2016 field offered studies in contrast as outrage bubbled over Trump’s depictions of Mexican immigrants as thugs and rapists.
“Donald Trump does not represent the Republican Party,” said former Gov. Rick Perry.
“I am proud to stand with Donald Trump,” said Sen. Ted Cruz.
Governing is about choosing, and so are campaigns.
“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. ... They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,” Trump had said in launching his presidential bid.
Repudiation was by far the most common response from fellow Republicans.
Jeb Bush hung back at first but eventually called Trump’s comments “extraordinarily ugly.” The party’s national chairman, Reince Priebus, got Trump by phone in a futile effort to get him to “tone down” rhetoric that alienates Hispanic voters.
Trump shrugged off the call, insisting it was congratulatory; the master of the deal is also a master spinmeister.
As for Cruz and Perry, they face similar political imperatives, even if they responded differently....
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasnews.com ...
“Perry has a long history of being pro-ILLEGAL alien.
Cruz does not.”
Perry has hired the Barbour brothers, Henry and Austin, the dirty tricks guys from the Mississippi Senatorial runoff.
Ted Cruz. Accept no substitutes.
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