One of the beautiful things about Donald Trump as
a political speaker is that he’s blissfully unburdened by
professionalism or tact or any of the other constraints
non-billionaire advocates face. This was made abundantly clear
during Trump’s speech at the
2014 Conservative Political Action Conference
(CPAC) today. Trump jumped from conservative red meat
topic to conservative red meat topic, touching on the national
debt, Obamacare, Democrats’ “weak” leadership, and entitlement
reform in a matter of minutes. But his strongest approbation seemed
reserved for advocates of immigration reform.
“You either have a country or you don’t; you have borders or you
don’t. If we don’t have a border, what are we — just a
nothing?”
He then added offhandedly:
“They’re taking your jobs and you better be careful.”
Well, okay. Tell us how you really feel, Donald, darling… For
a more libertarian solution to immigration reform,
check out Ed Krayewski’s latest. Trump and his ilk may never be
convinced, but incremental, libertarian-minded immigration reform
could appeal to both liberals and conservatives more interested in
human rights and economic realities than pinning our unemployment
problems on those meddling immigrants.
For the record,
Trump also thinks Jimmy Carter is dead.
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