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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:21 PM Aug 2016

Trump makes pitch to Hispanics

Source: MSN/The Hill

Donald Trump is making his most visible play for Hispanic support yet, meeting Saturday with a group he calls the "National Hispanic Advisory Council For Trump."

The Republican National Committee (RNC) will be joining the GOP presidential nominee at Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with "business, civic, and faith-based Hispanic leaders have travelled from twelve states," according to an RNC statement.

RNC chairman Reince Priebus said in the statement that the convening of Latino leaders at Trump Tower "is just one component of our expansive effort to engage the Hispanic community."

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After alienating many Mexicans at the outset of his campaign by saying that their country was sending rapists and drug dealers across the U.S.-Mexico border; Trump also received criticism for tweeting a photo of a Taco Bowl with the caption, "I love Hispanics!"

Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-makes-pitch-to-hispanics/ar-BBvQw6F



Hey, all those remarks about immigrants being terrorists and rapists and a Mexican American judge being unable to perform the duties of his office because he was a Mexican? Trump was being sarcastic!
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Trump makes pitch to Hispanics (Original Post) TomCADem Aug 2016 OP
Anyone falling for his bullshit and lies and the new Trump really needs their head examined. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2016 #1
These Trump "outreach" efforts to blacks and Hispanics stopbush Aug 2016 #2
Hispanics know that they say "Mexicans" they are talking about the rest of us GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #3
He must think they´re all like this lady: forest444 Aug 2016 #4
Very believable... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #11
This much we know: forest444 Aug 2016 #35
Benny Hinn is more credible. rug Aug 2016 #34
Lawd have mercy. forest444 Aug 2016 #36
That's pretty much as I imagined him. rug Aug 2016 #37
Even being Middle-Eastern himself, Hinn wouldn't dare knock Trump - not living in S. Orange County. forest444 Aug 2016 #38
Spread the word to his suporters that he's selling them out. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2016 #5
exactly.... dhill926 Aug 2016 #26
How can a meeting at Trump Tower be outreach? geek tragedy Aug 2016 #6
All the hotel workers bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #7
Turd polishing jpak Aug 2016 #8
He probably will pick a few votes from this. But, not many mucifer Aug 2016 #9
Time for another taco salad photo op for the Donald keithbvadu2 Aug 2016 #10
Free taco bowls... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #12
Latino leaders Cartoonist Aug 2016 #13
"National Hispanic Advisory Council For Trump." Tempest Aug 2016 #14
Yup. How much did he have to pay them? Who bought the hats? Coyotl Aug 2016 #19
"National Hispanic Advisory Council For Trump." Cryptoad Aug 2016 #15
And meanwhile his first TV ad is the hate piece against immigrants without documentation. n/t pnwmom Aug 2016 #16
Immigrants malcolmboeing Aug 2016 #27
Few immigrants support mass deportations -- deporting 12 million people, as Trump has promised. pnwmom Aug 2016 #29
Reminds me of the story Trump likes to tell about the sake. world wide wally Aug 2016 #17
By insulting Cruz BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #18
Weekly Florida International University-Adsmovil poll shows Trump's support below 13% Coyotl Aug 2016 #20
He should memorize this... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #21
he so stupid he would think that is a spanish dish.lol SummerSnow Aug 2016 #23
Pendejo awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #24
His new people told him that he can't win the election without the African American and Latino vote. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #22
Picking the scabs off of the lesions Alkene Aug 2016 #25
ĦAi, pinche...! Iggo Aug 2016 #28
Next group to make an appeal to....Muslims? Peregrine Took Aug 2016 #30
Yep. Workin' his way down the list of undesirables. truthisfreedom Aug 2016 #31
Freepers are Losing Their Shit TheBaculumKing Aug 2016 #32
I think a Trump sticker in NM would get your car keyed. Warpy Aug 2016 #33
Wonder if any actual Hispanics are involved? lark Aug 2016 #39

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
2. These Trump "outreach" efforts to blacks and Hispanics
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:27 PM
Aug 2016

are one-day photo ops. Nothing more, nothing less.

Where is the commitment to minorities to be found in the R platform? Where is the understanding of minorities to be found in any of Trump's many pronouncements made to date?

It's like they're checking off the boxes - get the meetings on tape ONCE, then cut and dice that tape into a couple dozen different TV ads in hopes of making it look like Trump abd the Rs actually care.

Man, they think we're all stupid.

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
3. Hispanics know that they say "Mexicans" they are talking about the rest of us
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:29 PM
Aug 2016

We will all see you driven from the national stage. Even the drooling evangelicals know what your doing.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
4. He must think they´re all like this lady:
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:29 PM
Aug 2016


Unfortunately for Trump, very few of them are that impressionable - far from it.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
36. Lawd have mercy.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 09:54 AM
Aug 2016

Holy rollers are like the GOP itself: a testament to the amount of medieval credulousness in this country.

Incidentally, I knew Benny Hinn slightly. I lived for a few years in Laguna Beach, CA - where Hinn lives. He had a massive thug for a bodyguard that he took with him everywhere. Nobody bothered him, of course, except a few of the local homeless who had heard of him and who hounded him on sight to "cure" whatever ailments afflicted them.

A greasy midget with a huge, Idi Amin-like goon shadowing him; Hinn's fat, ill-bred children running around; and one or more these poor souls tailing behind, asking for a "miracle." Not a pretty sight.

forest444

(5,902 posts)
38. Even being Middle-Eastern himself, Hinn wouldn't dare knock Trump - not living in S. Orange County.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 10:12 AM
Aug 2016

You probably won't find more intense hatred of Hispanics in general, and Mexicans in particular, than in the Republican areas of Orange County (who, of course, are just crazy about Trump). Hinn, clever businessman that he is, knows not to get on their bad side.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
6. How can a meeting at Trump Tower be outreach?
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:45 PM
Aug 2016

More like in-reach.

And LOL that only 12 states are represented.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
7. All the hotel workers
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 02:57 PM
Aug 2016

won't vote for him

These 23 Hispanics won't be able to raise 300 votes

This is like the movie "Viva Max!" for Trump

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
15. "National Hispanic Advisory Council For Trump."
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:05 PM
Aug 2016

Thats as Funny as a Chicken joining the Colonel Sanders Fan Club.!

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
29. Few immigrants support mass deportations -- deporting 12 million people, as Trump has promised.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:18 PM
Aug 2016

Or building a giant wall between the US and Mexico.

Trump won't find much support for either of those positions beyond his core of right-wing haters.

world wide wally

(21,743 posts)
17. Reminds me of the story Trump likes to tell about the sake.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:58 PM
Aug 2016

After the man's kindness toward it, the snake bites him anyway and explains it by saying, "what did you expect? I am a snake."

BumRushDaShow

(128,963 posts)
18. By insulting Cruz
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 06:08 PM
Aug 2016

and his father, he basically torpedoed the only Hispanic group (Cubans) who were attempting to stick with the GOP.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
20. Weekly Florida International University-Adsmovil poll shows Trump's support below 13%
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 06:21 PM
Aug 2016

GOP helps assemble national Hispanic council for Trump

A pair of Telemundo and Univision polls last month showed record-low Hispanic support for Trump. A weekly Florida International University-Adsmovil tracking poll showed Friday that Trump's support is below 13 percent nationally.

"He is unlikely to have any impact on our Latino numbers in the near future and if you examine the past 18 weeks, it is unlikely that he will manage to recover even his highest score of 17.3%," Professor Eduardo Gamarra wrote.

In contrast, Trump's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, has maintained "an iron clad grip" among Latinos of more than 70 percent support since May.


Meanwhile, Trump is alienating his fervently racist base. Republicans had already alienated Latinos with voter suppression laws.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
23. he so stupid he would think that is a spanish dish.lol
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 07:44 PM
Aug 2016

" Mr. Trump would you like some pendejo?"

Trump: " Oh yea, I love Hispanics"

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
22. His new people told him that he can't win the election without the African American and Latino vote.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 07:42 PM
Aug 2016

Why he didn't know this is mind boggling. They told him you have to beg for their votes. lol


Omg he thinks cause he has a so called advisory council ...roflmao. he think were stupid

TheBaculumKing

(102 posts)
32. Freepers are Losing Their Shit
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:08 PM
Aug 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump plans to present an immigration plan in Colorado Thursday that will include legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants, according to three people present at a meeting the candidate attended Saturday with Hispanic leaders at Trump Tower in New York.

Warpy

(111,256 posts)
33. I think a Trump sticker in NM would get your car keyed.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 10:44 PM
Aug 2016

It's not fair, it's just as bad as the reverse happening to us during Stupid's years in office and besides, I want to know who the assholes are and they do love to advertise, so I'm at peace with it.

I also haven't seen any yard signs, although I've seen a few Clinton signs here and there.

I don't think anybody's thinking about the election right now, beyond hating Trump's guts. This part of the country doesn't get particularly active until mid September, at the earliest.

lark

(23,099 posts)
39. Wonder if any actual Hispanics are involved?
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 11:08 AM
Aug 2016

This could be like his talk on AA relations given to an all white audience?

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