[–] WalkingShadow 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
"Who's doing the raping?" doesn't seem to me to be a very cogent statement on the state of border security, if that's his point.
[–] HowSoonWasThen ago
Trump is something of an evil genius. Saying something inflammatory and generalizing racially is definitely getting Trump's name in the conversation.
Granted, to anyone paying attention it's bad press. But there will be plenty of people who only hear about this tangentially and will support Trump because he's being picked on, regardless of how fair it is.
So most of us will just write this off as Trump being an asshole but this is one way to build a stronger base, by pretending you're the oppressed, underdog candidate.
I think there was something else going on...either contracts about to expire or negotiations going awry. Like you said, Trump has been who he is for the past 30-years. I never got the Gordon Gecko cult-of-personality that swirled about him, but it still did exist. And everyone knows what he is like--the statement shouldn't have been surprising. So, the outrage that followed struck me as odd.
[–] dv1155 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
This. Exactly this. Yet nobody is talking about this. To the republican establishment illegals will help drive down wages and increase short-term profits, to the liberal establishment illegals represent a solid voting bloc helping them keep power. This is exactly why we need an outsider in the game.
[–] Medwin 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Would have been nice for people to explain those downvotes.