Here you show your cognitive bias. The Democrats have their 'e' - elites as well. Those elites also infest union leadership. So yes, the rank and file are strongly anti-illegal immigrant.
Reagan gave amnesty to 2.1 million illegals.
That's critical and I am glad you mention it. The major failing of Reagan is that he didn't dismantle the BigGov machine. He could have knocked out both DoEs as they were very new, but didn't.
It is that BigGov machine that sends tax money to liberal groups who then donate to Dems who then empower BigGov to grow government bigger. Illegal immigration is part of that, part of runaway lawless government, government that works for the elites and against the American interest.
The only proven candidate to have taken on and defeated BigGov is Walker. That's why I back him over any other candidate in the Primary.
It is the Primary. Shouldn't we work to elect the most conservative candidate we can?
Walker had to be poked and prodded to even support a border wall (assuming he even does). I have interviews where he dodges questions just to avoid saying the word "wall." On birthright citizenship he flip flopped several times in one day. And he won't use the "d" word, deportation.
Walker is probably further left than your union guys on illegals.
Shouldn't we work to elect the most conservative candidate we can?
If you're wrong on immigration, you're not conservative.
“The only proven candidate to have taken on and defeated BigGov is Walker.”
I think that we all appreciate your honesty, as most anti-Trump people won’t name their candidate (assuming that they even want a Republican to win) but I don’t see Walker going anywhere. In fact, I haven’t seen a word about him in any of the articles since the debate. You’ll likely have to find someone else...but I’m also happy you didn’t drink the Carson/Carla Kool-Aid like many, many, here have (i.e., the only way a Republican can ever hope to win is by running a black that won’t get any black votes, or running a woman that won’t pick up any additional female votes).
You’ll probably want to go shopping for someone else now.
“The major failing of Reagan is that he didn’t dismantle the BigGov machine. He could have knocked out both DoEs as they were very new, but didn’t.”
I agree partially with this. And when I looked into it, I came away with the impression that Reagan wasn’t able to knock out BigGov and DoEs because of the democrat controlled congress. Reagan achieved remarkable things, and all of it was with a democrat controlled congress. If he had a republican congress, he could gave dismantled the BigGov machine and knocked out both of DoEs. So, this is what I am left with as my analysis.