The video marks the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between billionaire and reality TV star Donald Trump and other candidates for the Republican presidential nomination.
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The executive board of the National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 was scheduled to meet with the 2016 presidential candidate Thursday afternoon in Laredo, but announced Thursday morning they would not participate in any events with Trump.
A statement from Trump’s office said that border patrol agents have been “silenced” by superiors in Washington, D.C. “I used to run track and I ran the half mile”, he said.
Trump stepped off his plane in Laredo and said the union members backed out because they were “petrified and they’re afraid of saying what’s happening” at the border. He said agents had intended to give Trump and the accompanying press a “boots-on-the-ground perspective” at the border.
The same day, he mocked former Texas governor Rick Perry who in recent months has taken to wearing eyeglasses.
Viewing the border, Mr. Trump said he had concluded that Mexico was “doing so well”. “Make no mistake, our border with Mexico is not secure and there’s no doubt that we need to have an honest discussion about that with the American people”.
“I’ve been invited by border patrols and they want to honor me, actually, and thousands and thousands of ’em because I’m speaking up”, Trump said in an interview with Fox News, as reported by CBS News.
Many of Trump’s Republican opponents said he is providing false information about migrants.
The RNC had issued a statement saying remarks by Trump, who on Saturday disputed the heroism of McCain, who was held prisoner for five years during the Vietnam War, had “no place in our party or our country”. Donald Trump is surging in the polls, yet you like the entrenched bureaucracy, want to tell us what is good for us [“Trump should end his bloviating sideshow,” July 21].
“He’s a war hero because he was captured“.
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“The best way to allow her to win is to continue to talk about Donald Trump“, Graham added, noting that his primary competitor “wouldn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell” versus Clinton. They were always supportive when I was a contributor. John McCain’s record on veterans affairs, but he did concede on Wednesday that the former POW is a “great guy”. “If you compare that to New York, where he lives, I can bet that Laredo is a lot safer”. In the video entitled “How to destroy your cellphone with Lindsey Graham” released by the conservative media outlet, IJReview, Graham attacks a flip phone with a knife, golf club, sword and more, puts it in a blender, sets it on fire and drops it from a roof.
