Posted on 07/13/2015 1:06:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Tom Tancredo thinks Donald Trump has taken his anti-immigrant rhetoric a bit too far.
The real estate mogul and 2016 presidential hopeful “needs to be a little bit more artful,” Tancredo told the Denver Post. When asked whether he supports Trump’s stance on immigration, though, Tancredo responded, “God, yes.”
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. “He should take lessons from me on how to talk to the press. For a small fee — no, actually for a very large fee — I will help him out. You’ve got to learn how to talk about it, which takes years of practice, which God knows I’ve had,” said Tancredo.
Tancredo, a Republican from Colorado who served five terms in Congress, is perhaps best remembered for his opposition to illegal immigration and bombastic rhetoric on the subject.
“People who cannot even spell the word vote, or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House. His name is Barack Hussein Obama,” Tancredo once said in a speech at a tea party convention in 2010.
During his unsuccessful 2008 presidential campaign Tancredo boycotted a debate at the University of Miami because it was being broadcast in Spanish. He also ran an ad that referred to “vicious central American gangs, now on U.S. soil, pushing drugs, raping kids, destroying lives, thanks to gutless politicians who refuse to defend our borders.”
After losing in the primaries, Tancredo introduced the Jihad Prevention Act in Congress, which required immigrants to pledge that they would not advocate sharia law in the U.S.
Republicans and Democrats alike have criticized Trump for similarly extreme rhetoric on immigration, including a statement in his announcement speech that Mexicans entering the United States illegally are “criminals” and “rapists.”
Trump has refused to apologize for the comments, instead doubling down and appearing publicly with controversial Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a prominent anti-immigration activist.
In a recent speech in Phoenix, Trump said that Mexicans “are taking our jobs. They’re taking our manufacturing jobs. They’re taking our money. They’re killing us.”
I am looking at you, Tommy Boy.
VRW Conspirator to Trump: DON’T tone it down!
Tancredo is an ass.
This sounds like a Tonight Show punch line!
“Tancredo tells Trump to tone it down”
Upon reading the article Tancredo emphatically agrees with Trump. Don’t believe the hype!
Madonna to Miley Cyrus: tone it down.
Lindsey Graham to Adam Lambert: tone it down.
Says the guy whose presidential campaign never got above negative numbers.
Tom Tancredo has a lot longer record of fighting illegal immigration than the NY blowhard.
I had thought better of Tancredo.
Politico parsing.
Tancredo is a loser—he was unable to get much traction—now that Turmp is getting it—he’s all sour grapes. He should be cheering!
can’t we all just get along?
Can’t the GOPe just ignore the GOPt
Meanwhile the GOPc gathers momentum
Never did trust him. Now I know why.
You don’t talk to the press Tom. I say that as a former member of the press. You control them. Or they control you.
That’s what ‘we’ do. and why ‘I’ got out of the business.
Take a flying leap, Tommy! We’re done with mealy-mouth politicians who can’t gather the nerve to tell the truth.
Trump’s getting lots of advice, solicited or not. Given time most likely
someone else will become the reccipient of the advice.
Tom has also gone nowhere. Perhaps he needs to listen to Trump.
So what’s your reason for now thinking less of him?
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