Black and Latino voters prefer bubonic plague over Donald Trump, according to a new survey from PPP. Trump likes to boast about his standing among voters of color — honestly, who can forget that cringeworthy “Look at my African-American over there!” moment — but the PPP findings show these voters...
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Some two months before the general election, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan is making robocalls in support of Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for President. “Hi, this is David Duke,” begins the call. “I’m sorry I missed you. I’m running for U.S. Senate. I’ll tell...
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His name may not be on the ballots in Florida and Arizona today, but Donald Trump’s shadow still looms over two Republican Senators facing primary challenges. Both Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio have said they will vote for Trump for President, despite criticizing some of his past comments....
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Pro-Clinton super PAC to invest in ground operations to mobilize voters of color By Vanessa Williams Washington Post: Hillary Clinton dominates among Hispanics — unless they’re English-speaking or American-born By Aaron Blake RealClearPolitics: Trump, Clinton Ads AWOL on Spanish-Language...
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One year ago this month we saw the height of Donald Trump’s contempt for Latinos when he deported Jorge Ramos from a press conference in Dubuque, Iowa. His offense? Trying to ask Trump a question about immigration. “Sit down!” Trump boomed while ignoring Ramos’s query about how he would deport...
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Maine Governor Paul LePage made it pretty clear why he’s on Team Trump during a racist, fact-free rant last Friday. From the Huffington Post: Earlier this week, he said he keeps a binder with mugshots of all the drug dealers arrested in Maine, and he claimed that 90 percent...
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English (en español al final de la página): NBC: Immigration Wonks Struggle to Decipher Trump’s New Position By Benjy Sarlin Dallas Morning News: Trump’s softening on immigration: Some angered, others don’t buy it By Todd Gillman New York Times: Donald Trump Tries to Clarify Immigration Plan, but Avoids Key...
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English (en español al final de la página): USA Today: Trump’s ‘softening’ immigration view may not broaden Hispanic support By Alan Gomez Los Angeles Times: Trump’s immigration pivot: Will he be the latest Republican to alienate the base? By Lisa Mascaro ThinkProgress: Trump Adopts Jeb Bush’s Immigration Policy After...
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Donald Trump has been trying to change how he talks about his immigration positions without actually changing his immigration positions, and his own campaign just confirmed that. “He hasn’t changed his position on immigration,” Trump spokesperson Katrina Pierson said during a CNN appearance earlier today. “He’s changed the words...
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Donald Trump may be unsure of his own immigration views depending on who he’s talking to, but at least on paper he couldn’t be any more clearer. As Matt Hildreth wrote yesterday, Trump’s official immigration policy has not changed — mass deportation of all 11 million undocumented immigrants and their families; banning...
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