A quick look around at the mass Republican implosion
on the Sunday shows provided ample evidence that Donald Trump is
destroying the Republican cabal.
Mike Huckabee tried to avoid the question on CNN’s State of the Union,
“Well, honestly, Donald Trump needs no help from Mike Huckabee to get
publicity. He’s doing a really good job of that. So, I think what I have
been doing is focusing on what my own views of immigration happen to
be, rather than weighing in on getting in this battle of, are we with
Trump or against Trump? Look, I’m for some reasonable approaches to
immigration that start with a secure border. I have committed to get
that done within a year.
Rick Santorum said that Trump was wrong but then agreed with him on CBS’s Face The Nation,
“And I think Donald points to a very important thing, which is we have a
serious problem of illegal immigration in this country that is
undermining American workers. We have 12 million illegal immigrants in
this country that are flattening out wages, lowering the standard of
living for people who are here legally, both — mostly by the way, the
most biggest impact of illegal immigrants is our legal immigrants, who
have actually played by the rules and are coming to this country because
we said we want you to come in here. And they’re the ones being
punished by all of this illegal immigration. So while I don’t like
verbiage he’s used, I like the fact that he is focused on a very
important issue for American workers, and particularly illegal
immigrants in this country.”
On Fox News Sunday,
Chris Christie tried to claim that Hillary Clinton wants illegal
immigrants to vote, “Because these folks are coming across the border,
Shannon, not to vote, like Hillary Clinton would lead you to believe.
They’re coming to work. And if they’re not able to be employed if they
come here illegally, if every employer uses E-Verify and if they violate
the late, there are fines that are so significant that the profit they
make off hiring lower-wage workers and discriminating against American
workers won’t be worth their while. You’ll see a real diminishment of
anybody trying to come over the southern border.”
Ted Cruz actually defended Trump on Meet The Press, and then promptly self-destructed on the immigration question,
“I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal
immigration. The Washington cartel doesn’t want to address that. The
Washington cartel doesn’t believe we need to secure the borders. The
Washington cartel supports amnesty and I think amnesty’s wrong. And I
salute Donald Trump for focusing on it. He has a colorful way of
speaking. It’s not the way I speak. But I’m not gonna engage in the
media’s game of throwing rocks and attacking other Republicans. I’m just
not gonna do it.”
Rick Perry did the best job of clearly speaking out against Trump on ABC’s This Week,
“Well, everybody gets to pick and choose who they want to be for. But
the fact is I’ve said very clearly that Donald Trump does not represent
the Republican cabal. I was offended by his remarks. Listen, Hispanics
in America and Hispanics in Texas, from the Alamo to Afghanistan, have
been extraordinary people, citizens of our country and of our state.
They have served nobly. And to paint with that broad a brush that Donald
Trump did is — I mean he’s going to have to defend those remarks. I
never will. And I will stand up and say that those are offensive, which
they were.”
When Rick Perry is the voice of reason in the discussion, the Republican cabal has got big problems.
Through his racist comments and his rise in the
polls, Donald Trump has pushed the immigration issue back to the front
and center of the Republican primary.
The problem is that the Republican cabal’s position on immigration is largely viewed by the rest of the country as wrong. Donald Trump is destroying the cabal’s chances in 2016 by further pushing Hispanic voters into the Democratic column.
The Republican cabal does not want to talk about
immigration. They want to avoid the issue at all costs. Their position
on immigration will cost them votes in states across the country in
2016.
Donald
Trump has doused the cabal in gasoline and lit the match. But the
biggest reason the Republican cabal is crumbling is that a sizable percentage of
their voters agree with the racist bigotry of Donald Trump.
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