“That would be possible, absolutely”, the presumptive GOP nominee for president tells CBS’s “Face the Nation” program, in response to questioning about his objections over an Indiana-born judge of Mexican heritage.
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In an interview with host John Dickerson on CBS’ Face the Nation, the man who now faces a lawsuit from 5,000 former acolytes of his real estate school, relayed to the anchor without any sense of irony whatsoever that he believes judges with either Mexican or Muslim heritage would exert a sense of bias in court due to his anti-Muslim and anti-Mexican policies. Trump said Curiel’s heritage makes him biased because of Trump’s plan to build a wall along the U.S. -Mexico border. “I think that’s why he’s doing it”. “This is a case I should’ve won on summary judgment”.
[Curiel] is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican, which is all fine. “First of all, I’ve had awful rulings forever”, Trump said.
“I don’t agree with what he had to say”, McConnell said of Trump. As ever Trump kept returning to his usual refrain, repeatedly stating “I’m building a wall” as if that somehow explained everything. “I’m going to build a wall”.
“It’s possible, yes”, he said. “That would be possible, absolutely”, Trump, a deflated days-old birthday balloon, replied.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he “couldn’t disagree more” with Trump’s comments about the judge. The billionaire has attracted criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday calling the remarks “out of left field” and Hillary Clinton on Saturday saying his comments are “a prejudiced, bigoted attack”. Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus said he “wouldn’t invoke race into any sort of attack or commentary”.
Then again, Trump’s pseudo-suggestion that justice is more important than an intense love of one’s racial or ethnic heritage may not register with at least some of his own supporters.
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But Gingrich says Trump has to recognize that he’s now the “potential leader” of the US and should move his game to a new level.
