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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:51 PM Mar 2013

Trump on immigration: Let in white Europeans

Source: Seattle PI

Republicans are on a “suicide mission” if they back a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the United States, and should be encouraging immigration by white Europeans, real estate mogul Donald Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday morning.

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The undocumented workers already in the U.S. are to be feared as voters, said Trump. He argued:

“When it comes to immigration, you know that the 11 million illegals even if given given the right to vote — you know, you’re gonna have to do what’s right — but the fact is, 11 million people are going to be voting Democratic. That’s the way it works, and you have to be very, very careful . . . You’re just not going to get those votes.

“Now I say to myself, why aren’t we letting people in from Europe? Nobody wants to say it, but I have many many friends from Europe, and they want to come in. Tremendous people, hard-working people. They can’t come in. I know people whose sons went to Harvard, top of their class, went to Wharton School of finance, great great students. They happen to be a citizen of a foreign country. They learn, they take all of their knowledge, and they can’t work in this country.”

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/03/15/trump-on-immigration-let-in-white-europeans/

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Trump on immigration: Let in white Europeans (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 OP
I thought the right wing absolutely HATED the socialist EUROPEANS ... Now Trump INVITES JoePhilly Mar 2013 #1
I'm already packing my bags. GermanSmoker Mar 2013 #12
Europeans don't want to live under America's Hobbesian capitalism n/t RainDog Mar 2013 #28
I wonder how many illegals work in Trumps businesses? denverbill Mar 2013 #2
So Trump doesn't even try adieu Mar 2013 #3
I have become convinced that Neo-Trump is a GOP satire Blasphemer Mar 2013 #4
Great idea! Let's start with Bosnia. KamaAina Mar 2013 #5
Quandry for them get the red out Mar 2013 #13
That sounds racist. So only white Europeans like his ex-wife and current wife are acceptable? kimbutgar Mar 2013 #6
I don't believe you, Donald. tanyev Mar 2013 #7
None of the white Europeans I know want to come here pscot Mar 2013 #8
I'm darn sure you're right about that ! xtraxritical Mar 2013 #20
Exactly. I still have family in Europe. They feel very differently than their parents felt. maddiemom Mar 2013 #37
The white Europeans Berlin Expat Mar 2013 #24
I have a Facebook friend in Sweden davidpdx Mar 2013 #35
no body wants to move anywhere unless they have it worse where they currently are. olddad56 Mar 2013 #9
Which is exactly why I want to move to the northwest. sangsaran Mar 2013 #18
You Mean Like People From, GASP............. Caeser67 Mar 2013 #10
Trump is beyond stupid,why does he assume white Europeans would automatically vote Republican? HoosierRadical Mar 2013 #11
Look at it this way DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #19
We ought to thank The Donald for verifying that the GOP is the White Privilege Party nt MrScorpio Mar 2013 #14
Most European "conservatives" are still to the left of the American Democratic Party. Xithras Mar 2013 #15
Trump Tops Eastwood’s Rambling ‘Empty Chair’ Speech With Rambling ‘Empty Room’ Speech ashling Mar 2013 #16
Are they going to pick lettuce and hang drywall at below minimum wage, too? graegoyle Mar 2013 #17
How does he releive his bladder thru his mouth every day ? olddots Mar 2013 #21
Did he say this to all 20 people attending his speech today? nt kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #22
Coming up next ... Segregated drinking fountains. And No Irish Need Apply! struggle4progress Mar 2013 #23
I thought they didn't like Europeans... SemperEadem Mar 2013 #25
He probably wants a new eastern european wife. n/t Tabasco_Dave Mar 2013 #26
OK-- two parts pangaia Mar 2013 #27
My relatives like to visit for the scenery and to gamble in Las Vegas Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #43
whites only? smallcat88 Mar 2013 #29
Donald Trump Sucks! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #30
What makes Trump think that Europeans would avebury Mar 2013 #31
I think it's a dog whistle appeal to those who resent the 1965 immigration act alp227 Mar 2013 #32
To be fair, he didn't actually say what the subject line says he said. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #33
White Europeans came, saw and conquered Trascoli Mar 2013 #34
Someone should tell The Donald davidpdx Mar 2013 #36
It's amazing the clowns they have at CPAC. It's bad when Christie is the traitor...and Trump speaks fujiyama Mar 2013 #38
Uh, thanks donald. I'll stay put. Celefin Mar 2013 #39
The boy's lost it. Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #40
What About Orange Orangutans like Trump Wolf Frankula Mar 2013 #41
Trump wants more WASPs and the confederate wannabe talks about how great Frederick Douglas had it as yellowcanine Mar 2013 #42
Moran Trump, it is not the 19th century treestar Mar 2013 #44

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
1. I thought the right wing absolutely HATED the socialist EUROPEANS ... Now Trump INVITES
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:54 PM
Mar 2013

them to become AMERICANS.

denverbill

(11,489 posts)
2. I wonder how many illegals work in Trumps businesses?
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:54 PM
Mar 2013

If he really wants illegals out, maybe he should stop hiring them.

Blasphemer

(3,261 posts)
4. I have become convinced that Neo-Trump is a GOP satire
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:57 PM
Mar 2013

The writers of the Colbert show can't come up with better stuff than this. And Trump has described himself in the past as "mostly Democratic." This is nothing but an old rich dude amusing himself.

get the red out

(13,468 posts)
13. Quandry for them
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 04:17 PM
Mar 2013

These Rethug turds would have to decide which was more important to them, Christianity or whiteness. I don't think their brains could stand it.

kimbutgar

(21,174 posts)
6. That sounds racist. So only white Europeans like his ex-wife and current wife are acceptable?
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 03:58 PM
Mar 2013

Trump is such a racist and he denies it, but this current statement is evidence of his bigotry.

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
37. Exactly. I still have family in Europe. They feel very differently than their parents felt.
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 05:00 AM
Mar 2013

Contemporaries of my parents "greatest generation" were interested in coming here. Not so with my "baby boomer" generation and later. Should be telling us something.

Berlin Expat

(950 posts)
24. The white Europeans
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 07:14 PM
Mar 2013

I know, and I'm surrounded by 'em in the Czech Republic, think a whole lot of folks back stateside have lost their damned minds.

And by "a whole lot of folks back stateside", I'm referring to the Teabaggers. It's viewed by a good many here as a populist neo-fascist movement.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
35. I have a Facebook friend in Sweden
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 04:16 AM
Mar 2013

That pretty much says the same thing. He thinks the stances on guns and health care are ridiculous.

sangsaran

(67 posts)
18. Which is exactly why I want to move to the northwest.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 05:20 PM
Mar 2013

Texas is not a very nice place to be.

I sort of feel sorry for Mexican immigrants who end up settling down here just because it's near the border...

HoosierRadical

(390 posts)
11. Trump is beyond stupid,why does he assume white Europeans would automatically vote Republican?
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 04:16 PM
Mar 2013

Yes, Allow of the people from these great SOCIALIST countries to come in;


Denmark
Finland
Netherlands
Sweden
Norway
Belgium

The more the merrier! Perhaps adding more Europeans, will move us faster to single pay health care system, and get rid of the 2 weeks vacation bs, lets go with the standard European vacations of 6-8 weeks!

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
19. Look at it this way
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 05:23 PM
Mar 2013

Many of their right wing elements would come here, because they are SCARED of those Muslims, you know, the ones that grow up listening to Dubstep like every other euro teen. Then Europe can go farther left as she depsotis her right wing trash,

Xithras

(16,191 posts)
15. Most European "conservatives" are still to the left of the American Democratic Party.
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 05:11 PM
Mar 2013

Or, as a German friend once brilliantly put it: "You Americans get to choose between the Conservative Party and the Stupid Party, and Democrats aren't stupid!" He pointed out that many of the stances of the American Republican party would earn them an outright ban as a "hate party" in many European nations.

I agree with Trump! Open the gates! Let them in! The more, the merrier!

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
21. How does he releive his bladder thru his mouth every day ?
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 05:40 PM
Mar 2013

I don't believe in hell but want him to go there anyway .

SemperEadem

(8,053 posts)
25. I thought they didn't like Europeans...
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:10 PM
Mar 2013

with all of their socialist government health care and what not?

I seriously doubt anyone from Europe wants to come over here and subject themselves to this country's system of health care, no decent family leave, no holidays, working til you drop, etc. etc.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
27. OK-- two parts
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 08:32 PM
Mar 2013

Part the First-- he's a racist POS.
Part the Second-- I have well-educated friends in-- The Netherlands, the UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Finland, Austria, Germany.. None of them N-O-N-E would want to move here. They think the right-wingers are clinically insane and the dems are cowards. They are convinced we are done for.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
43. My relatives like to visit for the scenery and to gamble in Las Vegas
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:45 AM
Mar 2013

and check up on relatives who emigrated, but they always go back. It would be easy for one older set of Norwegian relatives to go to Florida to escape the long, dark winters. Instead, they go to Thailand.

My college friend who moved to Norway at age 22 states with confidence that she enjoys a higher quality of life there than she would have if she had stayed here. She has a high-paying job with five weeks of vacation, doesn't need to own a car, got excellent health care when she was involved in a traffic accident twenty years ago, and, along with her long-term gentleman friend, owns a 3-bedroom cabin in the mountains with all the modern conveniences.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
31. What makes Trump think that Europeans would
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 09:39 PM
Mar 2013

want to immigrate to the US? This country is not the land of freedom and opportunity it once was.

alp227

(32,047 posts)
32. I think it's a dog whistle appeal to those who resent the 1965 immigration act
Fri Mar 15, 2013, 10:27 PM
Mar 2013

because that act allowed more non European immigrants and Trump is keeping up with his "white pride" mentality whether it be trolling for Obama's birth certificate or this speech.

fujiyama

(15,185 posts)
38. It's amazing the clowns they have at CPAC. It's bad when Christie is the traitor...and Trump speaks
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 05:35 AM
Mar 2013

the FIRST DAY of the conference. Incredible.

Keep digging GOP. You don't know what's killing you.

Celefin

(532 posts)
39. Uh, thanks donald. I'll stay put.
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 06:43 AM
Mar 2013

Tell you what, you can have our rightwingers, they'd fit in nicely with the third-way Dems.
Can't have our equivalent of Republicans though... they're already gone, in jail or in treatment.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
40. The boy's lost it.
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 08:35 AM
Mar 2013

If I were his kids I'd be quietly trying to take over the empire right about now 'cause daddy's done lost his mind.

yellowcanine

(35,701 posts)
42. Trump wants more WASPs and the confederate wannabe talks about how great Frederick Douglas had it as
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 10:50 AM
Mar 2013

a slave. The new GOP minority outreach program is going great!

treestar

(82,383 posts)
44. Moran Trump, it is not the 19th century
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 11:47 AM
Mar 2013

Europe has immigrants from other parts of the world itself now - it is a first world area.

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