Tag: Donald Trump
Trump Has Officially Lost the Hispanic Vote
79%
Of Hispanic voters polled find Donald Trump’s comments on immigration offensive, and 71% hold an unfavorable view of Trump himself, a new Univision poll finds. “While a majority of those polled say they don’t think Trump’s comments represent his party, Trump and Florida Gov. Jeb Bush trail Hillary Clinton badly among Hispanic voters.”
McCain Explains Trump’s Acclaim
What he did was he fired up the crazies.
— Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), in an interview with the New Yorker, on Donald Trump’s surging presidential campaign.
Trump Supporters Are Deeply Angry
“Despite what you’ve read in the media, even some outposts of the conservative media, these Trump acolytes in general are not racist against Latinos and they have not been seized by madness. … They are, however, angry. Very angry. And many are agonizingly fearful about the future of the nation. They believe that vast changes to the country are being wrought in ways that are undemocratic, dishonest and perhaps even illegal. Trump, who seems perpetually angry, is an expression of the angst of conservatives who believe the United States has gotten so deep into a mess that a little extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. What they adore about Trump is that he is a pugilist who has emerged at a time when someone needs to start throwing punches.
— Keith Koffler, writing in Politico.
Majority of Republicans View Trump Favorably
57%
Republicans now have a favorable view of Trump, compared to 40% who have an unfavorable one, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. “That marks a complete reversal from a late-May Post-ABC poll, in which 65% of Republicans saw Trump unfavorably. Donald Trump’s popularity has surged among Republicans after dominating several news cycles with his anti-illegal immigration rhetoric.”
Trump Leads Nationally Among GOP Voters
17%
Donald Trump’s lead over the Republican presidential field, followed by Jeb Bush at 14%, Scott Walker at 8%, Ted Cruz at 6%, Marco Rubio at 5%, Ben Carson at 4%, Mike Huckabee at 4% and Chris Christie at 3%, according to a new Suffolk University/USA TODAY national poll. Said pollster David Paleologos: “Trump is making daily headlines in advance of the primary season. This has vaulted him to the top of the pack on the backs of conservative voters.”
Trump Says He Could Handle ‘El Chapo’
Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with ‘El Chapo’, the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? Trump, however, would kick his ass!
— Donald Trump, using the escape of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman last weekend to criticize his presidential rivals, Politico reports.
Trump vs. Trump: MTP Chronicles the Donald’s History of Mitt Romney-esque Flip Flops
In the 2012 presidential campaign, Republican nominee Mitt Romney seemed to set a world record for prevaricating and flip-flopping. In the 2016 GOP cycle, Donald Trump has emerged from the pack by portraying himself as a tell-it-like-it-is straight shooter. However, a look at the facts reveals that the Donald is just following a page from Romney’s lying, flip-flopping playbook. Politifact has nailed Trump on his lies about immigration and just about everything else — the right-leaning site found that, as of July 14, 2015, zero (0) of Trump’s recent statements were true. And now NBC’s “Meet the Press” — yes, MTP — has put together a reel of Trump’s flip flops that might even make the Mittster blush.
