His response is a joke.
Read it again. He does not say its a GOOD short term solution, just that its a short term solution. That’s a brilliant splicing of words, he did NOT endorse the action, yet at the same time, he does not aggresively alienate hispanic voters.
The future of conservatism in this country depends on convincing as many people as possible of the merits of conservatism, regardless of which box they check.