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Immigration Flip-Flop
Tricky For Trump
“Get ’em out of here!” “Build a wall!” “Send them all back!” Those slogans have been the very foundation of Donald Trump’s immigration policy. Except now… well… maybe not!
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In perhaps one of the most epic flip-flops in modern political history, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is oddly walking back his anti-Muslim, anti-Mexican, anti-immigrant “deportation force” plans.
Trump and his advisors have been hinting all week that a “softening” of his harsh immigration policy was very possible. However, during an interview yesterday with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, the Republican nominee made it official.
“When I look at the rooms and I have this all over, now everybody agrees we get the bad ones out,” Trump said. “But when I go through and I meet thousands and thousands of people on this subject…they’ve said, Mr. Trump, I love you, but to take a person that has been here for 15 or 20 years and throw them and the family out, it’s so tough, Mr. Trump.”
Trump says he has been moved by concerns from fans who oppose his plans for a “deportation force” to remove all of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
“Let me go a step further — they’ll pay back-taxes, they have to pay taxes, there’s no amnesty, as such, there’s no amnesty, but we work with them,” Trump added.
“What people don’t know is that Obama got tremendous numbers of people out of the country,” Trump continued, noting that he was going to focus on removing “the bad ones” (without being at all specific on how such a move would be possible). “Bush, the same thing. Lots of people were brought out of the country with the existing laws. Well, I’m going to do the same thing.”
When asked by Hannity if accommodations would be made for “those people that contribute to society, have been law-abiding, have kids here,” Trump replied, “There certainly can be a softening because we’re not looking to hurt people.”
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For Trump to make such a drastic reversal some 70 days prior to the election is not only surprising but unprecedented. Most of the tens of thousands of supporters who filled arenas to support him did so because of his radical plans to “put the illegals out!” Now, where does Trump’s latest position leave his base of Mexican/Muslim-hating racists??
For supporters of former GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz, they have a message for Trump followers: “We told you so!”
“Everything Trump promises comes with an expiration date,” Cruz’s former Senate communications director Amanda Carpenter said. “We knew it during the primary, and now it is apparent he has duped his most loyal supporters on the issue they care about most, immigration. Don’t say we didn’t warn them.”
Even Trump’s fiercest protectors are crying foul.
“There’s nothing Trump can do that won’t be forgiven,” supporter Ann Coulter said of the GOP nominee… “Except change his immigration policies.”
So, what is Donald Trump’s game here? How does he go from saying “Throw the illegals out,” to “Eh…not so much” in such a short amount of time? Why is he doing this? How does this new plan jive with new campaign manager Steve Bannon of the ultra-conservative Breitbart News?
In the alternate universe known as Trump-World, it’s anyone’s guess!
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James 1:8: "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." (KJV). Thanks for the video DJ. I rarely agree with Krauthammer on anything. I agree with his take on this. . Okay so you asked: "How does this new plan jive with new campaign manager Steve Bannon of the ultra-conservative Breitbart News?" Gonna be tricky. Bannon is a White-nativist, I doubt this flip-flop was his idea. And some of his readers ain't happy about this at all. In fact,I did a quick drive-by of conservative world and let's just say Trump still has some solid support out there. But there is also a growing Anger building now…against him. But I digress. . I hesitate to give credit to KellyAnne for this flip because ..well it's Trump for goodness sake! What major issue hasn't that clown flipped-flopped on during these many months of running a sham of a presidential… Read more »