With these moves, though spoken in a more measured manner than usual and with the aid of a teleprompter, Trump tried to make it clear that his immigration message is a tough as ever in a week when he spoke of a possible softening in this area as a strategy for attracting Hispanic voters.
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He offered his candidacy as a chance to “open a brand new handsome chapter” in American history.
“These worldwide gangs of thugs and drug cartels will be, I promise you, from the first day in office the first thing I’m going to do, the first piece of paper that I’m going to sign is we’re going to get rid of these people, day one, before the wall, before anything”, he said to boisterous cheers.
“The White House will become the people’s house”, he said. “As an ag state we just unify and elect leaders that will not shy away from tough decisions”. Naeve said he jumped on board with Trump early in the campaign. “These are the people who work hard, but who don’t have a voice”. Last year’s even raised about $15,000 for America’s Fund. Branstad says he thinks Trump and Clinton are running “about even”. And although he skipped the “ride” portion of the event – a 42-mile, 400-person motorcycle ride through central Iowa – Trump joined a slew of Iowa Republicans for a rallying of the political troops and a family-friendly roast pork barbecue. Chuck Grassley, Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann, the state’s three GOP congressmen – Rod Blum, Steve King and David Young – and 2nd District congressional challenger Chris Peters. “She will do this not only through radical regulation, but also by raising taxes on family farms – and all businesses – to rates as high as almost 50 percent”.
Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to end the “war on the American farmer”, telling a crowd in Iowa that rival Hillary Clinton “wants to shut down family farms” and implement anti-agriculture policies.
He also linked illegal immigration to unemployment affecting United States citizens, including African Americans. “Their reign of terror will be over”, he said, while contending Clinton would expand executive amnesty and trigger a constitutional crisis. Trump tweeted. He later sent a tweet offering his “condolences to Dwyane Wade and his family”.
Democrats criticized the gathering, with Iowa Democratic Party Chair Andy McGuire saying in a statement: “While other Republicans have distanced themselves from Trump’s candidacy and warned of the dangers of his leadership, Iowa Republicans, up and down the ticket, choose to stand with Trump and continue to condone his divisive rhetoric and rationalize his unpredictable behavior”. “He offered lots of bombastic hyperbole without comprehensive plans or solutions”.
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has once again pledged to deport “illegal immigrants” as soon as he is sworn in as president.
Speaker to reporters Saturday after touring a small event production company in Miami Lakes, Florida, Kaine said he doesn’t see the GOP presidential candidate’s effort as “that serious”. “It was really a gorgeous ride”.
The billionaire real estate magnate and former reality TV host – in a white baseball cap – said that “If we don’t enforce visa expiration dates, then we have an open border”. Let’s talk about that record of failure. “That’s what we need”.
Trump’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state during President Barack Obama’s first term in office.
“I am with him 1,000% on immigration”, said Diane Brock of Newton, a retired airline operations manager who echoed the sentiments of many attendees.
Trump is taking a different approach, his allies say.
“I’m all about the food”, she added.
“We’re always up for a ride and a great cause”, noted Wes Renken, a Johnston motorcyclist who had Ernst autograph the back of his shirt before participating with her in his second ride.
Naeve called Trump “the complete opposite of Hillary Clinton”.
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Joe McKenna of Des Moines was part of the Big Barn Harley-Davidson “hog” group that helped organize the ride and acted as a road captain during the ride that also occurred under the watchful eye of the Iowa State Patrol.
