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TexasTowelie

(112,201 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2015, 10:43 PM Jul 2015

Emmitt Smith cites Donald Trump’s statements in decision to not judge in 2015 Miss USA pageant

Add Pro Football Hall of Famer and ex-Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith to the list of personalities and entities distancing themselves from presidential candidate Donald Trump’s empire.



Smith joins NBC, Macy’s and others who have severed ties with Trump after his initial remarks declaring his candidacy for president of the United States.

During his presidential kickoff speech, Trump said Mexican immigrants are “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists and some, I assume, are good people.” He called for building a wall along the southern border of the United States. Trump later said that his remarks were directed at U.S. policymakers, not the Mexican government or its people.

Read more: http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2015/07/emmitt-smith-cites-donald-trumps-statements-in-decision-to-not-judge-in-2015-miss-usa-pageant.html/

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Emmitt Smith cites Donald Trump’s statements in decision to not judge in 2015 Miss USA pageant (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2015 OP
If this keeps up, truebluegreen Jul 2015 #1
thanking Mr. Smith Skittles Jul 2015 #2
 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
1. If this keeps up,
Wed Jul 1, 2015, 11:04 PM
Jul 2015

he's actually going to need the White House job. I, for one, don't believe for a second his self-reported wealth...and, alas!, I bet he bails before he has to release financials.

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