Donald Trump last night was in Derry, New Hampshire, at a press conference. The reporter replayed it yet again on Friday. Do you have a better term? “People find that hurtful!”
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As Trump tweeted, the former Florida governor is indeed affiliated with a group that has advised Republicans to stay away from the derogatory term for American babies born to undocumented immigrants.
Llamas played footage of Jeb Bush being berated on the subject.
Now to your voice, your vote, Donald Trump holding a pep rally tonight in Alabama.
Many, including the director of the Washington-based Immigration Policy Center cried foul. ABC’s Tom Llamas has been following it all and has the latest from Atlanta, Georgia this morning.
In split-screen New Hampshire town halls this week, Bush and Trump volleyed attacks on each other. And as the billionaire rides this wave of popularity, one candidate is trying to take him head on.
That debut comes after the Kochs introduced Bush earlier this month to some of the most generous donors in their political network. He’s previously talked about how his kids were taunted growing up because of the color of their skin, and Bush has used his life’s story as a way to try and connect with nontraditional Republican voters. In a video released by his campaign on Wednesday, Bush came down on the Republican presidential frontrunner for promoting policies that are progressive to the core. “The knock against Jeb is that he’s low voltage and not willing to fight”. The memo, titled “Suggested Messaging Dos and Don’ts of Immigration Reform”, aimed to offer alternatives to the “negative and harsh rhetoric that has hurt conservatives in the past”. Unable to pay back billions of dollars of debt, he threatened to tie up lenders in court, threw two of his casinos into bankruptcy, cut a series of deals that erased most of his personal liability, then began buying and building once again. It’ll disrupt – Hang on. It will disrupt family.
Alan Brew, head of consultancy BrandingBusiness, isn’t sure Trump’s brazen say-what-you-will campaign will prove a victor in politics but suspects it will help his business.
“Between Common Core and his “act of love” on immigration and “skin in the game” with Iraq“, Trump said. “Do you have a better term?”
“You know what’s happening to Jeb’s crowd?” he asked at one point. “OK, you give me, you give me a better term and I’ll use it”.
Bush doubled-down on this notion, supporting the use of the term and by default, his Republican rival. “We need to speak candidly about the problems facing this country”, Cruz said as he continued at length about the immigration issue, although he never used the term “anchor baby” in his answers.
“They’re called babies”, Clinton said on Twitter Wednesday.
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“There are some things in his record we like, and want to hear more about his economic agenda and how he’s going to get this country moving”, Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips said about Bush.
