Posted on 08/21/2015 8:59:19 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Donald Trump may be the spinning top that won’t fall down, but his Iowa co-chair is cringing at some of his recent statements.
“On illegal immigration, he wants to gather up the families and ship them out? That was a boondoggle. The caucusgoers are like, ‘What?’ That was a big mistake,” Richard Thornton told The Des Moines Register.
But Thorton still thinks the Republican candidate can plow forward, but he is going to have to expand his policy issues to do so.
He told the Register Trump needs to focus on the economy, bringing back jobs from overseas and term limits.
So far, Trump has only detailed one policy proposal: His controversial immigration plan.
At his first town hall in New Hampshire Wednesday, Trump was asked about his other campaign ideas.
The business mogul promised “wonderful” policies in the future, but cautioned against laying too much out ahead of time.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
The raft is completely yours!
Cruz or Lose!
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I think air is leaking out of your GOPe raft.
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ROFLMAO! :-D
...and "fat" and "classless" too. Maybe throw in "ugly" and "stupid" as well. He will probably mention how he doesn't make a lot of money either.
It will be great when he is president and he tells the other world leaders how unattractive their wives are.
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He has no substance, and his total adherence to immigration is wearing thin. He needs a new horn to blow.
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I did read the Des Moines article. It stated it the same way. (That’s where Polutico pulled the “quote” from.)
Fool Thornton said it was a “boondoggle”, then he went on to say that the CAUCUSGOERS said it was a “big mistake”.
Here’s the quote...
The caucusgoers are like, ‘What?’ That was a big mistake,” Thornton told the Register.
If it were Thornton saying that, it should read...
The caucusgoers are like, ‘What?’ “That was a big mistake,” Thornton told the Register
See the difference? Or, it could be a poorly written quote by a CommieCore educated reporter :)
Regardless, this fool has no business even yapping with the Register.
Too late, Thornton. The Trump train has left without you. Today’s headlines show that 51% of Americans are in favor of securing the borders and 57% of Republicans believe Trump will be the nominee.
;-)
Like I’ve mentioned in other posts....the GOPe is in SERIOUS meltdown mode :)
I think you remove the benefits and they will self deport from need.
You’ve pinpointed it.
A socialist society with open borders doesn’t work long term.
Put American Workers First
Decades of disastrous trade deals and immigration policies have destroyed our middle class. Today, nearly 40% of black teenagers are unemployed. Nearly 30% of Hispanic teenagers are unemployed. For black Americans without high school diplomas, the bottom has fallen out: more than 70% were employed in 1960, compared to less than 40% in 2000. Across the economy, the percentage of adults in the labor force has collapsed to a level not experienced in generations. As CBS news wrote in a piece entitled “America’s incredible shrinking middle class”: “If the middle-class is the economic backbone of America, then the country is developing osteoporosis.”
The influx of foreign workers holds down salaries, keeps unemployment high, and makes it difficult for poor and working class Americans – including immigrants themselves and their children – to earn a middle class wage. Nearly half of all immigrants and their US-born children currently live in or near poverty, including more than 60 percent of Hispanic immigrants. Every year, we voluntarily admit another 2 million new immigrants, guest workers, refugees, and dependents, growing our existing all-time historic record population of 42 million immigrants. We need to control the admission of new low-earning workers in order to: help wages grow, get teenagers back to work, aid minorities’ rise into the middle class, help schools and communities falling behind, and to ensure our immigrant members of the national family become part of the American dream.
Additionally, we need to stop giving legal immigrant visas to people bent on causing us harm. From the 9/11 hijackers, to the Boston Bombers, and many others, our immigration system is being used to attack us. The President of the immigration caseworkers union declared in a statement on ISIS: “We've become the visa clearinghouse for the world.”
Here are some additional specific policy proposals for long-term reform:
Increase prevailing wage for H-1Bs. We graduate two times more Americans with STEM degrees each year than find STEM jobs, yet as much as two-thirds of entry-level hiring for IT jobs is accomplished through the H-1B program. More than half of H-1B visas are issued for the program's lowest allowable wage level, and more than eighty percent for its bottom two. Raising the prevailing wage paid to H-1Bs will force companies to give these coveted entry-level jobs to the existing domestic pool of unemployed native and immigrant workers in the U.S., instead of flying in cheaper workers from overseas. This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities.
Requirement to hire American workers first. Too many visas, like the H-1B, have no such requirement. In the year 2015, with 92 million Americans outside the workforce and incomes collapsing, we need to companies to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed. Petitions for workers should be mailed to the unemployment office, not USCIS. End welfare abuse. Applicants for entry to the United States should be required to certify that they can pay for their own housing, healthcare and other needs before coming to the U.S.
Jobs program for inner city youth. The J-1 visa jobs program for foreign youth will be terminated and replaced with a resume bank for inner city youth provided to all corporate subscribers to the J-1 visa program.
Refugee program for American children. Increase standards for the admission of refugees and asylum-seekers to crack down on abuses. Use the monies saved on expensive refugee programs to help place American children without parents in safer homes and communities, and to improve community safety in high crime neighborhoods in the United States.
Immigration moderation. Before any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers. This will help reverse women's plummeting workplace participation rate, grow wages, and allow record immigration levels to subside to more moderate historical averages.
My son is an operations mgr for a good sized construction company in western Washington state. ..he cannot find Siding people...I think welfare etc pays too much
Like I’ve mentioned in other posts....the GOPe is in SERIOUS meltdown mode :)
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Yep!
The GOPe did this to themselves!
Go Trump (and Cruz)!
No where does Trump talk about mass deportation. His plan is essentially attrition thru enforcement.
We’ve shown that with the great society junk of the 60s.
To expand that to non-citizens by way of anchor babies and others has been equal to us trying to swim with an anchor on our ankles.
We are dying.
Same for Hawaii, few will actually work.
Agree.
This Thornton has no business being affiliated with Team Trump, in any way.
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He has no substance, and his total adherence to immigration is wearing thin. He needs a new horn to blow.
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Where have you been?
* Trump released his position paper: “Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again”
* He details a 3 point strategy: 1)(build/maintain a wall between Mexico and the USA), 2) strict enforcement of immigration laws, and 3) interests of American Citizens comes before those entering our nation.
* He also spoke about greatly increasing Border Patrol Agents on the Sothern border.
* Because of Trump (and to a lesser degree Cruz), this issue is front and center in our nation.
Isn’t it time for your nap about now?
gope zombie mole?
Sounds like Donald needs a new Iowa campaign manager.
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