You have to understand what Trump does, to understand how he operates....he ‘baited’ the media with this ‘mexican’ thing and like a group of dogs, he threw the bone and all the dogs went running after it, and gnawed each other, growled, barked, bit and then Trump threw out the ‘truth’ about what LA RAZA was, and who was involved, kind of like, he then threw the dogs the rest of the bones so each one had one...as the dogs (media) looked at one another, not knowing why he did this, this way, they looked at each other foolishly....which the media is now looking very stupid....
I will tell you I have a personal stake in this matter. One of my grandsons is of “Mexican heritage”. His father is a very conservative member of ten brothers and sisters who he has been coaxing onto the Trump train. Like many Texans their American ‘heritage’ goes back many generations. Some, including my son-in-law and grandson don’t speak Spanish as well as I do.
Once you bring the words “Mexican heritage” into a discussion as though being of “Mexican heritage” is somehow proof that you aren’t quite American, susceptible to biases in favor of Mexico, you lose a lot of fine folks to the conservative cause. Not to mention their votes in 2016.