Trump, aiming to widen support, makes pitch to Hispanics

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Trump, aiming to widen support, makes pitch to Hispanics

By JONATHAN LEMIRE

 

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Visiting a battleground state he can't afford to lose, Donald Trump promised Hispanics "a much better life" on Wednesday in a Florida speech that continued his recent effort to soften his tone and broaden his support 11 weeks before the presidential election.

 

The Republican presidential candidate also repeated his promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to keep out immigrants, underscoring the tricky balancing act he faces in retaining backing from conservatives while beckoning to moderates for their votes.

 

"I am going to fight to give every Hispanic citizen a much better future, a much better life," Trump told a rally in Tampa as polls show him trailing in the critical state. "You have the right to walk outside without being shot. You have a right to a good education for your child. You have the right to own your home. You have the right to have a good job."

 

Trump dominated presidential campaign coverage for the day as his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, was fundraising in California.

 

Her drive for the White House got a rhetorical boost when her defeated competitor for her party's nomination, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, told The Associated Press that he'll campaign actively for Clinton this fall. Sanders, who turns 75 on Sept. 8, also said he's leaning toward seeking re-election as an independent senator in 2018.

 

Trump's appeal to Hispanics largely echoed his recent outreach to African-Americans. He rarely tried to explicitly lure minority voters during his unlikely rise to the GOP nomination earlier this year.

 

Now facing a bigger electorate, Trump suggested that Hispanics have been taken for granted by Democrats. He said the 600,000 Latino-owned businesses in Florida would benefit under his economic plan, but he offered few specifics.

 

"Hispanics are tired of being used by these phony politicians," Trump roared above the rumbles of a thunderstorm audible inside. "I say, what do you have to lose? I will fix it."

 

Hispanics make up a sizeable and growing percentage of Florida's population. Trump will have a narrow path to the White House without winning the Sunshine State, where he owns several resorts and which he dubbed "his second home" on Wednesday.

 

Trump made no mention at the rally, largely attended by white supporters, of his remarks Tuesday that he would consider "softening" laws dealing with immigrants in the country illegally.

 

That is a far cry from the early days of the GOP primaries, when Trump vowed to use a "deportation force" to round up and deport the millions of people living in the country illegally.

 

Trump was holding a rally later Wednesday in Jackson, Mississippi, an overwhelmingly African-American city. Reliably red Mississippi is an unusual general election campaign stop, and news of Trump's visit was greeted with skepticism by Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat who is the only black member of Mississippi's congressional delegation.

 

"If you're going to talk to African-Americans about how your policies would improve their lives ... you need to go to those organizations that are predominantly African-American in membership or you go to those communities where African-Americans live," Thompson said.

 

Trump aides confirmed that he will tour churches, local businesses and charter schools in black and Hispanic urban neighborhoods. Dr. Ben Carson, a close ally and former GOP primary rival, said he will accompany Trump on at least one visit.

 

One of Trump's most reliable allies made plans to aid him this fall. The National Rifle Association's political victory fund has reserved about $2.7 million in TV commercials in September and October, Kantar Media's political ad tracker shows. The NRA is focusing on swing states Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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Associated Press writers Jill Colvin and Julie Bykowicz contributed from Washington and Emily Wagster Pettus contributed from Jackson, Miss.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-08-25

[Andaman Al]

Soooo fake it is embarrassing! I wonder how many hispanics went other than those wanting to protest against him.

[Pinot]

Hey, you wetbacks should vote for me! 

 

Yeah, okay Senor Trump. New campaign management is clicking now. 

[DM07]

"Think about it! You have nothing to lose...."

[halloween]

Is pitch what they used to tar and feather?

[Pinot]

"Vote for me. I'll let you mow the grass and may even pay you." 

[bark]

I saw Trump eating a Taco. Good job, Donald.

[Silurian]

I think Trump means to say, "By asking you to vote for me, what do I got to lose? All I can do is ask."

 

Vote Trump -> "Don't make me beg."

[Thailand]

Sound familiar, Trump also has the backing of men with guns! 

[Berkshire]

Trump to Mexicans:  "You may be murderers and rapists, but your vote counts as much as decent white Americans.  Vote Trump!"

[jaidam]

 This demonstrates how bent the US election system now is. Years of democrat governance and they have flooded the country with illegal immigrant liberals(whom they issued passports and citizenship in a real hurry with no background checks) from around the globe that will vote democrat for eternity. If the republicans manage to win this time, they must import any and all right wing sympathizers from around the globe. 500 million of them, and then see how the democrats like going into the next election after that. Good for the goose.....

 

So Donald, yes by all means pretend to suck up to these hispanics, but once you're in deport them all and import some new Americans.

[Chicog]

So....

Mexicans are rapists.

Blacks are lazy.

Muslims should be banned.

But now "Hillary is a bigot".

He's as sharp as a beach ball, that one.

 

 

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

48 minutes ago, jaidam said:

 This demonstrates how bent the US election system now is. Years of democrat governance and they have flooded the country with illegal immigrant liberals(whom they issued passports and citizenship in a real hurry with no background checks) from around the globe that will vote democrat for eternity. If the republicans manage to win this time, they must import any and all right wing sympathizers from around the globe. 500 million of them, and then see how the democrats like going into the next election after that. Good for the goose.....

 

So Donald, yes by all means pretend to suck up to these hispanics, but once you're in deport them all and import some new Americans.

That is absolute BS!!! Immigration from Mexico and South America is much lower under Obama than it was under Bush. It is almost at zero as many are returning home. That;s a fact but of course there is no room for facts when you are a Trump follower.

 

Keep fear alive!!!

Edited August 25, 2016 by ALLSEEINGEYE

[Chicog]

Just now, ALLSEEINGEYE said:

That is absolute BS!!! Immigration from Mexico and South America is much lower under Obama than it was under Bush. It is almost at zero as many are returning home. That;s a fact but of course there is no room for facts when you are a Trump follower.

 

Keep fear alive!!!

 

If it's such a problem, you wonder why no Republican administration has ever done a thing about it, going back as far as Reagan or maybe even further.

[Alive]

Trump eating a taco bowl from March. This time I suggest he goes for the big enchilada. Viva la revolución

 

 

[boomerangutang]

"I am going to fight to give every Hispanic citizen a much better future, a much better life, "

 

He can use the same line for each minority group, including young women he's trying to get to marry him.   just insert the minority-of-the-moment in place of ''Hispanic citizen"  

 

"I am going to fight to give every future wife of mine a much better future, a much better life, "   Now can I get into your panties?

 

note the future tense "I am going to........"

That's because he's never done anything to improve the lives of minorities.  He has no record.  The most he's done for minorities in the past 40 years is withhold their earned wages and then sit back and say, "you don't like it?  Go ahead and sue me.  ha ha ha."

Edited August 25, 2016 by boomerangutang

[dunroaming]

I know his campaign team have to try to turn things around but can they not see by just getting him to keep backtracking and flip flopping that it highlights his inability to commit to any "promise" he has made to the mob.  The danger is that along with isolating his core support they also risk him being ridiculed by everyone else.

 

The circus continues

[Andaman Al]

8 hours ago, DM07 said:

"Think about it! You have nothing to lose...."

 

Funny isn't it. "What have you got to lose" - Nothing -apart from when I am in I am going to build a big wall and deport you all . So the Mexicans are rapists and murderers, now we just have to wait and see if they are stupid - Donald thinks so!

[Andaman Al]

7 hours ago, jaidam said:

 This demonstrates how bent the US election system now is. Years of democrat governance and they have flooded the country with illegal immigrant liberals(whom they issued passports and citizenship in a real hurry with no background checks) from around the globe that will vote democrat for eternity. If the republicans manage to win this time, they must import any and all right wing sympathizers from around the globe. 500 million of them, and then see how the democrats like going into the next election after that. Good for the goose.....

 

So Donald, yes by all means pretend to suck up to these hispanics, but once you're in deport them all and import some new Americans.

 

Uninformed, ignorant and completely bigoted. There has been much lower levels of immigration since Obama took power but you would know that if you bothered to look. There will always be a need for the hispanic general working population because right wing nut jobs will not break their backs picking potatoes all day. It doesn't matter if the republicans do win and import '500 million' people. You see there are very few other people around the globe that 'sympathise' with right wing nut jobs. It is a home grown terminal illness, and whoever you 'import' as your 'new Americans' (is that a new slave cast) will not buy in to your bigoted, inhumane nut job philosophy.