After refusing to back off during weeks of fierce backlash for his comments about the alleged criminality of undocumented Mexican immigrants, Trump met on Friday in Beverly Hills with the families of people killed by such immigrants. A day later, he came to Arizona and said, “We have to stop illegal immigration. We have to. We have to,” to the cheers of 4,000 supporters.
“I love the Mexican people … I respect Mexico … but the problem we have is that their leaders are much sharper, smarter and more cunning than our leaders, and they’re killing us at the border,” said Trump, in front of a giant American flag at the Saturday afternoon rally at the Phoenix convention center. He added, “They’re taking our jobs. They’re taking our manufacturing jobs. They’re taking our money. They’re killing us.”
At one point, Trump brought a man named Jamiel Shaw up to the podium to talk about his late son, explaining, “an illegal immigrant shot him violently.” Trump also said that he supports legal immigrants.
“They flow in like water, and I love legal immigration. I love it,” he said. “We should make it easier, and faster.”
He compared himself favorably to other moguls like Martha Stewart and Richard Branson, mocked the brands that cut ties with him, and called out “lyin’ Brian Williams” and much of the rest of the news media.
He assured his supporters, “I’m, like, a really smart person.”
At one point Trump claimed that his crowd of around 4,000 blew away Bernie Sanders, who attracted a crowd of 7,500 in Portland, Maine. So I guess Trump isn't very good at math either.
I watched some of this spectacle yesterday on TV, and I think I did so with my mouth hanging open in shock at just how ignorant and arrogant this bloated asshole was showing himself to be.
He openly pandered to those people who are inherently afraid of Mexican immigrants, both legal and illegal, and made ridiculous statements such as accusing the protesters across the street of being sent by the Mexican government, and that if he was President he would take out ISIS:
“They will be in such trouble . . . ISIS, believe me, I would take them out so fast. You have to do it.”
Yeah right. I assume he would do this just like he would build that wall separating the United States from Mexico, and have the Mexican government pay for it.
After it was over I had to wonder what Trump was really trying to do?
Was he trying to start a race war with the Mexican people? Get himself a conservative talk radio program? Or perhaps simply destroy the Republican party's chances of EVER winning a national election again?
Beats the hell out of me. But what I do know is that his campaign is helping to illustrate in no uncertain terms that the base of the Republican party, whether they want to admit it or not, is made up the most vile racists in the country.
And THAT presents a very serious problem for the Republicans moving forward.
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