When Ramos took his seat again in the front row of reporters, Trump called on him and Ramos immediately launched into a question about the immigration plan the billionaire businessman has introduced – that includes deporting all illegal immigrants now in the United States. Donald forcibly tells Jorge to “sit down” while reminding him, “you weren’t called”. Ramos was escorted out of the event after Trump called on another reporter for questioning and Ramos did not stop speaking. While being escorted, Ramos said, “I have the right to ask a question.”
Advertisement
“So you know, maybe he’s at fault also”, Trump said.
Trump rejected the suggestion that he had Ramos removed from his news conference. “I would take his question in two seconds”, Trump said, adding that he wouldn’t mind if Ramos – “a very emotional person” – returned to ask a question politely.
Trump has frequently slammed the network since it made a decision to pull Trump’s Miss Universe pageant from its airwaves earlier this year.
“We’re going to do it in a very humane way”, Trump replied.
But his fight with Ramos, who remains an admired figure in Hispanic media, shows that Trump remains by no means an establishment figure – even as he tries to build out a more professional campaign.
Ramos was reportedly allowed back in after a 10-minute standoff between Trump’s team and the anchor.
“Sit down. Sit down”, Trump barked at Jorge Ramos of Univision before a suited security guard marched Ramos out of the room.
Trump jokingly said he would stop eating Oreos when talking about Nabisco closing their plant in Chicago.
Trump has used crime as a wedge in the immigration debate, citing in particular a killing in San Francisco last month in which the suspect had been deported five times.
Any hope the Republican Party might have had that Donald Trump might soften his stance on illegal immigrant evaporated in the opening minutes of a press conference in Iowa on Tuesday night.
Michael Stewart-GC Images Presidential candidate Donald Trump seen at the Air Pegasus West 30th Street Heliport on August 23, 2015 in New York City.
Trump rebutted that they are “when they cross the border, from a legal standpoint”.
“Nobody’s going to buy me”, he said.
Advertisement
Jorge Ramos, a presenter for Univision, the nation’s leading Spanish-language network, stood up and began asking Mr Trump about his policy on immigration.
