Posted on 09/01/2016 6:33:40 AM PDT by xzins
One speech does not a campaign victory make – that is until last night when Donald Trump delivered his much-anticipated speech on immigration. The speech was, in its passion, in its emotional connection with Trump’s audience, and most importantly in its substance, a speech for the ages.
And, we might add, in Trump’s adoption of the very language we here at CHQ have used since his first major speech on economic growth, a renewal of his promise to “forgotten Americans” of all races, creeds and colors 
that hope and help are on the way.
While much of the establishment media commentary focused immediately on Trump’s 10-point plan for reestablishing America’s borders and immigration system in a way that serves and protects Americans first, we think one of the most important parts of the speech was Trump’s vision for his Administration beyond immigration enforcement.
It is “We will accomplish all of the steps outlined above, and when we do, peace and law and justice and prosperity will prevail.”
What has Hillary Clinton got to offer to counter that?
The chaos and terror of open borders, the free-falling quality of life of economic stagnation and the cultural disaster of Muslim immigration that has destroyed Sweden and that is despoiling Germany and France even as you read this column.
As important as that theme was to the speech, the most important rhetorical element of the speech was how Donald Trump established the need for his 10-point plan:
When politicians talk about immigration reform, they usually mean the following: amnesty, open borders, and lower wages.
Immigration reform should mean something else entirely: it should mean improvements to our laws and policies to make life better for American citizens.
But if we are going to make our immigration system work, then we have to be prepared to talk honestly and without fear about these important and sensitive issues.
For instance, we have to listen to the concerns that working people have over the record pace of immigration and its impact on their jobs, wages, housing, schools, tax bills, and living conditions. These are valid concerns, expressed by decent and patriotic citizens from all backgrounds.
We also have to be honest about the fact that not everyone who seeks to join our country will be able to successfully assimilate. It is our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish here.
In those five short paragraphs Donald Trump threw down the folly and conceit of Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, John McCain, the Gang of Eight, Facebook Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, the US Chamber of Commerce and the rest of the open borders econometric school of immigration policy.
And finally, Donald Trump framed the core debate going into the post-Labor Day campaign as immigration and claimed the mantle of change agent by challenging the Washington establishment and media:
Instead, the media and my opponent discuss one thing, and only this one thing: the needs of people living here illegally.
The truth is, the central issue is not the needs of the 11 million illegal immigrants – or however many there may be.
That has never been the central issue. It will never be the central issue.
Anyone who tells you that the core issue is the needs of those living here illegally has simply spent too much time in Washington.
Only out of touch media elites think the biggest problem facing American society today is that there are 11 million illegal immigrants who don’t have legal status.
To all the politicians, donors and special interests, hear these words from me today: there is only one core issue in the immigration debate and it is this: the well-being of the American people. Nothing even comes a close second.
If Hillary Clinton has been looking weak and haggard on the campaign trail she must be positively terrified now, because last night Donald Trump rallied an army fiercely determined to take its country back and reclaim the promise that she and Barack Obama have stolen from them.
To read the text of Donald Trump’s August 31 speech on immigration policy click this link.
Trump knocks it out of the park. Silences all those who misled over the ‘softening’ issue. The media were still arguing that ‘he’s gone back on softening’ when all his spokespeople said he hadn’t changed his policies.
It was driven home to me last night that Fox’s, Carl Cameron, is a rabid anti-Trumper.
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It was Reaganesque just like his Detroit Club economic address.
We’ve been waiting a lifetime for a candidate who makes us feel proud to be American.
Trump has earned my vote.
Delivering another doozie this morning to the American Legion. The guy is an energizer bunny for sure.
If it walks like Shep and quacks like Shep...
Hillary has no choice but to respond to this and future speeches like it. And single sentence brush-offs will only placate her True Believers.
She does not have the mental, moral or physical capacity to do so.
History will be made in the next couple of months, but I’m not all that sanguine. Hillary and her bosses are the equivalent of an injured bear. They are more dangerous than helthy ones, at least in the near future. This could get ugly in so many ways that involve actual live ammunition. Seriously.
I think Trump gave the mixed signals when he said himself he was "softening" on the issue of immigration. His speech last night made it clear he is not.
His speech was about the best speech ever from any presidential candidate that I’ve heard in our lifetime. Trump is really on a roll and he’s got the libturds and the Crooked Old Bitch running scared!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk2bLUa8e_g
WOW! He hit it out of the park. A grand slam!
——living conditions——
Locally, there is almost no single family home construction
There is a boom in apartment construction. There will be a glut of apartments by 2017.
Apartment rents will be cheap and some marginal developers will fail
i have no choice but to listen to erik erikson some evenings. what a douche. He was going on and on about he told us so - that Trump would flip flop.
Erikson will not ever admit he’s been wrong - and it just makes him look worse. Poor fat slob.
Another challenge DT has to tackle is how to re-assimilate the elite establishment, the hate-america 1st entertainment industry and the academic Gestapo back into America.
They could care less about America at this point.
There are a few on Fox that are so over the top anti Trump it makes it hard to watch that station. They are overly critical of Trump while glossing over Hillary, who is the epitome of an evil politician.
——the Crooked Old Bitch running scared!!!!——
While I agree with the sentiment, where is your evidence?
Trump got everyone to focus on his immigration stance.
Got a presidential press conference with Mexican Prez (a home run for Trump).
Then gave the best speech of his political life. The angel moms at the end was moving. Yesterday was the best day he’s had since he announced. Was outstanding.
The MSM is trying to spin it. Problem for them is people can go to youtube and actually watch the speech.
ANY American - including legal immigrants - would vote for Trump after watching that speech.
Hillary has maxed out. Her 35-40% is as much as she’ll ever get because she’s a known political player.
Trump has had high negatives because of massive MSM disinformation. We’re talking ALL the networks, including Fox. The late night comedy. Newspapers, magazines. ALL strongly anti Trump and misleading.
People will seek out the truth and if they sit through one speech like we saw last night will realize Trump is the guy for the job. He has nowhere to go but up from here.
We also need Jill Stein to get more attention and press. She’s the natural home for Bernie supporters.
Trump gave an outstanding speech. It is no wonder that Morning Joe and other Hillary supporters are going ballistic. Their accusations make no sense. False accusations of “racism,” which has become a meaningless term, are repeated.
I don’t want the establishment to re-assimilate.
They’re the ones who caused all our messes.
Erik Erikson is a phony.
If one thinks about it, there was absolutely no reason for Trump to go back on his immigration position. That position is what propelled him to where he is.
All that discussion of softening had to do with choosing better words to describe what he means.
He did that last night.
1. Criminals out first.
2. Lawbreakers out next.
3. Welfare users out third.
4. Wall built, visas controlled, e-verify in place.
5. Discuss how to handle the removal of those who remain who are illegal but who have committed no illegality beyond their illegal entry.
6. No one who is illegal ever gets a path to citizenship. All who enter in the future will enter legally if they desire any path to citizenship.
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