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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:00 PM Aug 2015

Trump supporter tells CNN: Immigration plan means more jobs for whites ‘and some of the blacks’

Donald Trump supporter Terra Compton Grant explained to CNN that the GOP presidential candidate’s plan to deport up to 20 million undocumented immigrants was a way to provide more jobs for whites “and some of the blacks.”

Over the weekend, Trump released details of his plan, which would make Mexico pay for a wall along the southern border, end birthright citizenship, and it would triple the ICE budget to forcefully deport all undocumented immigrants in the country.

On Monday, Grant told CNN host Carol Costello that she agreed with Trump’s plan even if it was not clear how he was going to pay for all of it.

“We’ve got to get a border, we’ve got to get a wall,” Grant insisted. “We have a lot of illegal immigrants that come into this country, they work illegally, they make American money, and then they send it back to Mexico to support their family. So, that money is going back to Mexico. So, the money is there to make that happen.”

According to Grant, Trump’s heart and mind were “in the right place.”

“I really do, I love the plan,” she continued. “I love the idea that, hey, let’s get some of these illegal immigrants out of the country, let’s get them out of here so maybe more whites who have not been able to acquire jobs, maybe they can get into jobs (and) some of the blacks.”

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pampango

(24,692 posts)
1. Once we get Mexicans 'back in their place' perhaps we (white men) can put Blacks then women back
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:04 PM
Aug 2015

in their places. More jobs for white men!

Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
3. The hatred of the other is seeping out of all the edges of the
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:06 PM
Aug 2015

republican candidates.. they are so afraid.. so very afraid..

 

Glitterati

(3,182 posts)
4. Can't wait for Terra Compton Grant to start working gutting chickens at Tyson
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:13 PM
Aug 2015

in the local chicken plant here.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
5. Absolutely disgusting.
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:17 PM
Aug 2015

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The bigots are really out in force and showing their true colors.

They need to either join the human race or crawl back into their caves.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
9. Why do I always hear numbnuts say "whites" and then "THE blacks" when it comes to black people?
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 12:37 PM
Aug 2015

Maybe it's just nitpicking on my part but it sounds like a subtle us and them distinction.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
10. I saw that live this morning --
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 01:02 PM
Aug 2015

as she said it, I thought to myself: 'Well, the mask just slipped...'

The Republican (!) who was also speaking did a good job of totally trashing Trumps plan as undoable and an expansion of government.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
11. This guy would have no problem with the Mitt Romneys
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 01:24 PM
Aug 2015

hiding billions in the Cayman Islands, but has a problem with someone trying to support their family. Like that's evil. Er somethin'.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
13. Without even touching on the ugly hatred that is in that statement...
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 02:06 PM
Aug 2015

these fools who talk about building a wall...they don't even sound like they are part of this century.

Aside from the humanitarian side of it, it would be awful for the planet itself (that is a pretty long border there) and would that seem pretty odd, considering the whole NAFTA thing??

I just live a simple like here in the middle of this country, but it seems to me it would be cheaper and more ethical and better for the environment to go after the people who HIRE the "illegal" workers? I am pretty sure they aren't paying them what they are worth, they are not paying pay roll taxes on them and probably, in general, don't treat them well.

Is that too obvious of an answer? That sounds like it would be cheaper, and with our technology I think it can be done much easier than splitting an entire continent with a fence or a wall.

One_Life_To_Give

(6,036 posts)
14. Reminds me of a summer jobs story in the late 80's
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 02:38 PM
Aug 2015

TV Station did a story on summer jobs for kids in Boston. Showed video of group of kids noting that "those other kids have/took our jobs" Yup it's those people over there that took our jobs. The "other" who is "Not one of US"

Seems the real solution is/should be for everyone who wants one to be able to get a decent job.

Johonny

(20,854 posts)
15. We'll need lots of jobs to build a wall but he's already given them all to Mexico, he insists on it!
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 04:02 PM
Aug 2015

typical Republican.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
17. It's amazing how many ignoramuses believe this crap, even amongst people at DU.
Mon Aug 17, 2015, 04:09 PM
Aug 2015

"Deport them and our wages will rise" is the equivalent of throwing a snowball on the Senate floor in response to climate change.

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