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liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:05 PM Aug 2016

Trump: 'I'm not flip-flopping' on immigration

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday insisted that he wasn't "flip-flopping" on deporting the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S.

"When dealing with people, we have to be very firm. We have to be very, very strong when people come in illegally," Trump said during a phone interview on "Fox and Friends."

"We have a lot of people that want to come in through the legal process," Trump continued. "We're working with a lot of people in the Hispanic community to try and come up with an answer."

"So you're not flip-flopping?" Trump was asked.

"No, I'm not flip-flopping," he responded.

"We want to come up with a really fair but firm answer. It has to be very firm," he said. "But we want to come up with something fair."

Trump's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, on Sunday declined to say whether the GOP nominee still backs a deportation force to remove the millions of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

http://www.thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/292179-trump-im-not-flip-flopping-on-immigration

Deportation force? Sounds like Hitler's Nazis

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Trump: 'I'm not flip-flopping' on immigration (Original Post) liberal N proud Aug 2016 OP
Fire up the ovens Johnny2X2X Aug 2016 #1
In other words VMA131Marine Aug 2016 #2
Important to remember that Trump doesn't actually have any policy positions oberliner Aug 2016 #3
Maybe his base will realize that Raven Aug 2016 #4
Springtime for ... napkinz Aug 2016 #5
Good graphics liberal N proud Aug 2016 #6
Can't truly flip-flop without a before and after plan. Orsino Aug 2016 #7

Johnny2X2X

(19,038 posts)
1. Fire up the ovens
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:08 PM
Aug 2016

So Trump still wants to create Concentration Camps for the deportees. Good to know.

Does he really think 11,000,000 people and their families are going to allow this to happen? It would be a civil war.

VMA131Marine

(4,138 posts)
2. In other words
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:34 PM
Aug 2016

He's realized that deporting 11 million people is unfeasible but can't admit it because it will enrage his base of support.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
3. Important to remember that Trump doesn't actually have any policy positions
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:37 PM
Aug 2016

And has not thought deeply about this or any other issue.

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
7. Can't truly flip-flop without a before and after plan.
Mon Aug 22, 2016, 12:59 PM
Aug 2016

He never really formulated either. At this stage of the campaign, "we have to come up with something" rather clearly expises the lack of direction in the Trump "campaign." They haven't come up with a plan yet, and they never will.

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