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Donald J. Trump for President
CampaignU.S. presidential election, 2016
CandidateDonald Trump
AffiliationRepublican Party
StatusAnnounced: June 16, 2015
Headquarters725 Fifth Avenue
New York City, New York
Key peopleCorey R. Lewandowski, campaign manager
ReceiptsUS$1,902,410 (2015-06-30[1])
Slogan
Make America Great Again! [2]
Website
www.donaldjtrump.com
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump, real estate magnate and television personality, was formally launched on June 16, 2015.[3] Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2016 election at the Trump Tower in New York City with the slogan "Make America Great Again."[4] His campaign manager is Corey Lewandowski.[5]

Background

Donald Trump speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

Since the 1988 presidential election, Trump has been considered a potential, if improbable, candidate for President in nearly every election.[6][7][8] In October 1999, Trump declared himself a candidate for the Reform Party's presidential nomination,[9] but withdrew on February 14, 2000.[10] Trump rejoined the Republican Party in 2009. In early 2011, presidential speculation reached its highest point and Trump began to take a lead in polls among Republican candidates in the 2012 election. However, Trump announced in May 2011 that he would not be a candidate for the office.[11][12]

At the 2011 CPAC conference, Trump said he is "pro-life" and "against gun control".[13][14][15] He has spoken before Tea Party supporters.[16][17][18] In December 2008, Trump emerged as an early supporter of the 2009 government backed rescue plan for the U.S. auto industry which by 2012 gained the support of 56% of Americans (63% support in Michigan), according to a Pew Research Center poll.[19][20] In May 2015, Trump said he was opposed to granting President Barack Obama fast track trade authority in a Trans-Pacific Partnership.[21] Instead, Trump expressed a desire for stronger negotiations with China on trade together with tariffs if necessary.[22][23][24] Trump has called for a policy of leadership to deal with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) which he has criticized for causing high oil prices.[25][26]

In 2011, polls had Trump among the leading candidates. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll from March 2011 showed Trump in the lead for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.[27] A February 2011 Newsweek poll placed Trump within a few points of President Obama in a potential 2012 presidential contest, with many voters undecided.[28] A poll released in April 2011 by Public Policy Polling showed Trump having a nine-point lead in a potential contest for the Republican nomination for President of the United States while he was still actively considering a run.[29][30] In December 2011, Trump placed sixth in the "ten most admired men and women living of 2011" USA Today/Gallup telephone survey.[31] Trump has been a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).[32] In 2013, Trump researched a possible run for President of the United States in 2016.[33] In October 2013, New York Republicans suggested Trump should run for governor of the state in 2014.[34] In February 2015, Trump did not renew his television contract for The Apprentice, which raised speculation of his candidacy for president of the United States in 2016.[35]

Announcement

On June 16, 2015, Trump made a formal announcement of his candidacy for President of the United States in 2016.[3][36][37] His announcement came at a campaign rally at Trump Tower in New York City.[36][37][38] Trump said, "We are going to make our country great again" and also announced that he would be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created."[37] His 45-minute presidential campaign announcement speech, the longest of the major party candidates to date, included a pledge to restore the "American dream" . . . "bigger and better and stronger than ever before."[38][39] Trump said he would keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and criticized Kerry's Iranian negotiations. He also criticized Kerry's overall judgement, in breaking[40] his leg (at age 72) riding his bicycle; Trump made a campaign promise to "never be in a bicycle race."[41] In the speech, Trump also pledged he would fund Social Security (not cut it), renegotiate U.S. trade agreements, oppose federal Common Core education standards, and complete the Mexican border fence and make Mexico pay for it.[3][41][42] Trump said he would self fund his presidential campaign, and would not need to use money from donors and lobbyists.[41]

During his announcement of his candidacy, Trump made a statement regarding illegal immigration that prompted a backlash,[43][44][45] plus comments from proponents who defended the importance of the issue (if not the specific remarks). Trump stated in part, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best...They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with [them]. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."[46] In the days following, several businesses and organizations – including NBC, Macy's, Univision, and NASCAR (along with sponsor Camping World) – cut ties with Trump over his comments.[47][48][49][50] Reactions from other presidential candidates were mixed, with some Republican candidates disagreeing with the tone of Trump's remarks yet supporting the core idea that illegal immigration is an important campaign issue, other Republican candidates preferring to avoid intra-party feuds with other Republican candidates and concentrate on putting forth their own positions, and several Republican candidates criticizing both Trump's remarks and his policy-stances (as did leading Democratic party candidates).[a][b][c][d] Beyond the candidates, journalistic response to Trump's statement ranged from negative[59][62][63][64][65][66][67] to neutral or positive.[67][68][69][70] Steve King said he admired Trump's response to the backlash, saying that Trump "delivers more facts to support [his] statement" and that on the subject of illegal immigration Trump is more accurate than not (King specifically mentions that his sources at the border confirm roughly three quarters of young female illegal immgrants are sexually abused during their travels from birthplace to entry-point).[71] Rudy Giuliani, who ran in 2008, said Trump's statement could have been better stated, and that most illegal immigrants are good people who come to the country to work, but that an insecure border does also let in "terrorists, drug dealers, rapists, murderers, all of whom I’ve prosecuted."[72] Various families of the victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants have come forth to support of Trump.[73] For his part, Trump has defended his comments,[74] claimed that "Democrats and [my] enemies"[59] picked a relatively small portion of his announcement speech to criticize, cited news articles to back up his claims[75] and made illegal immigration a major issue in his campaign.[76] Trump has clarified that he intended his comments to be aimed solely at the government of Mexico, specifically for using the insecure border as a means of transferring criminals out of their own country, and says he did not intend his comments to refer to immigrants themselves in general.[61]

Trump's announcement generated the highest Google search volume of any of the presidential candidates to date.[77] According to Politico, the speech was "discursive, pugnacious... bizarre... most entertaining."[41] Trump's announcement speech included the song "Rockin' in the Free World", causing Neil Young, the author of this song, to distance himself from Trump; Young supports Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.[78] Despite a casting company having sent emails (some of which have leaked) to background actors explicitly asking them to cheer Trump for money, Trump's campaign manager denied that Trump paid any actors to cheer him at the event.[79][80][81][82][83] An early supporter of Ronald Reagan for president, Trump trademarked the campaign slogan from the 1980 election, "Make America Great Again."[2]

Campaign

See also: Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2016 presidential primaries and Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2016
Trump at an early campaign event in New Hampshire on June 16, 2015

Immediately after his announcement in New York, Trump traveled to Iowa to campaign in the state ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.[84] Trump has also campaigned extensively in New Hampshire, site of the first Republican primary.[85][86] Trump's campaign cancelled events in Charleston, South Carolina, in light of the June 17 mass shooting.[87] Trump kicked off a western swing in early July 2015, giving rallies and speeches in Las Vegas[88] and Los Angeles.[89]

More than 9,000 people registered to attend Trump's Phoenix rally on July 11, 2015.[90][91] An over-capacity crowd at the Phoenix Convention Center of thousands watched Trump speak for more than an hour. His remarks were centered on illegal immigration, but also included denunciations of the businesses that had broken ties with him,[92] the press and President Obama as well as Trump's positions on many issues. The event was hosted by the Maricopa County Republican Party, and Trump was introduced by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Trump invoked Richard Nixon's "silent majority" speech, saying, "the silent majority is back".[93] The event also drew protestors and supporters outside the convention center. Ahead of the event, Trump's comments on illegal immigration were not supported by Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake but supported by former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.[94] Ben Carson, also a candidate for president, defended Trump.[95] Trump later asked McCain for an apology for calling supporters at the rally "crazies".[96]

At an event in Ames, Iowa, Trump said of McCain: "He’s not a war hero" and "He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured." Other Republicans criticized him.[97][98] Trump acknowledged, "If somebody’s a prisoner, I consider them a war hero"; however, he criticized "politicians like John McCain" for having "totally failed" on veterans issues and on securing the border.[99] Trump declared his support for veterans and pledged to "build the finest and most modern veterans hospitals in the world."[99][100] Trump later stated that he did not owe the Senator an apology. Trump received student deferments from the Vietnam draft while he was in college and a medical deferment for 18 months.[101][102][103] Investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson detailed how the Washington Post had taken Trump's remarks on McCain out of context; she stated in part, "In fact, Trump’s actual quote is the opposite of what is presented in the Post’s first sentence."[104] Politifact rated Trump's claim that the quote was taken out of context as "mostly false".[105] Trump's comments generated disagreement among the other Republican presidential candidates, including Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Rick Santorum, Rand Paul, Bobby Jindal, Mike Huckabee, and Chris Christie. Two candidates, George Pataki and Rick Perry, openly called on Trump to withdraw from the race over his comments. Conversely, two other candidates came to Trump's defense: Ben Carson and Ted Cruz, with Carson commenting that all differing opinions should be heard, and with Cruz opining that the party should stop its infighting altogether in order to unite.[106][107]

On July 21, Trump publicly gave out Senator Lindsey Graham's phone number during a speech in South Carolina as a response to Graham calling him a "jackass".[108][109] Graham released a statement on Twitter that he would "probably [be] getting a new phone"[108] and later released a video in which he destroyed his phone.[110]

On July 22, the Federal election regulators released new details of Trump's wealth and financial holdings that he submitted when he became a Republican presidential candidate. Trump's campaign released a statement claiming his net worth to be over US$10 billion, but Forbes estimates that it is US$4 billion.[111] On July 23, he visited the Mexican border to highlight his stance with regards to opposition towards illegal immigration. The border patrol union pulled out of the planned event.[112]

On July 24, the Des Moines Register announced that it had been denied press credentials to cover a Trump campaign family picnic in Oskaloosa, Iowa, due to an editorial the previous week which called on Trump to drop out of the race.[113][114]

Michael Cohen, Trump's senior counsel, was criticized for claiming that "you cannot rape your spouse" in response to a Daily Beast article about Trump's divorce proceedings. The article related how Ivana Trump had accused her ex-husband of raping her, a claim she has since retracted. Cohen subsequently apologized for his comments.[115]

In response to a question asking candidates during the first primary debate, the main Fox News debate held on August 6, 2015, whether they would pledge to support the Republican party in the general election, Trump refused to rule out a third-party candidacy. When pressed, he also refused to say he would endorse the eventual Republican nominee.[116] After meeting with Reince Priebus (chairman of the Republican National Committee) in New York, during a news conference at Trump Tower on September 3, Trump announced he had signed the loyalty pledge.[117]

On August 21, Trump held a campaign rally at the Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, with approximately 30,000 people in attendance.[118]

On August 21, 2015, the Federal Election Commission released the list of filings from Super PAC's backing candidates in the 2016 presidential race, which revealed that Trump is the only major presidential candidate among the GOP candidates who does not have a Super PAC supporting his candidacy.[119]

During an August 25 press conference, Trump's chief of security Keith Schiller forcibly ejected Univision anchor Jorge Ramos.[120][121] On September 3, Schiller was filmed punching a protester.[122]

Fox News debate

Trump was one of ten candidates in the main Fox News debate on August 6, 2015. At the beginning of the debate, Bret Baier asked the candidates in case they do not win the Republican nomination if they would pledge not to run as an independent candidate and would support the eventual nominee. Trump was the only candidate who refused to pledge at that time. Baier questioned Trump about Obamacare,[123] Chris Wallace asked him about Mexican illegal immigrants,[124] and Megyn Kelly asked about how he would respond to a Clinton campaign saying that he was waging a "war on women".[125]

In a later interview with Don Lemon on CNN Tonight, Trump said that Kelly is a "lightweight" and had "blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever".[126][127] Trump tweeted that his remark referred to Kelly's nose but was interpreted by critics as a reference to menstruation. RedState.com editor Erick Erickson cancelled Trump's invitation to a RedState meeting, saying "there are just real lines of decency a person running for President should not cross".[128] The Trump campaign issued a statement calling Erickson "a total loser" and saying that anyone who thought Trump's comment was a reference to menstruation was "a deviant".[129] Kelly reportedly received death threats from Trump supporters.[130]

Trump retained the first place after the debate, with an NBC News poll showing him at 23% support[131] and a Reuters/Ipsos poll at 24%,[132] followed by Ted Cruz at 13% and Ben Carson at 11%.[133]

Veterans for a Strong America event

Further information: Veterans for a Strong America

The Veterans for a Strong America (VSA) organized an event for Trump on September 15, 2015.[134] According to the Associated Press, the IRS revoked the nonprofit status of the organization, and its endorsement of Trump raised campaign finance questions as corporations are restricted to donating up to US$2,700 to a campaign, but the event exceeded that amount.[134] Other concerns raised include reports that the VSA does not appear to have any members or relation with veterans.[135] According to CNN, the group "sounds like a charity", "touted having more than a half-million supporters", "is a political action group whose tax-exempt status was revoked" but is "appealing the decision", and CNN had "found scant evidence" the group has the number of supporters claimed.[136]

Republican front-runner

Trump signs the Republican loyalty pledge: if Trump does not become the Republican Party nominee for the 2016 general election, he pledges not[e] to run as a non-Republican.

A survey conducted by The Economist/YouGov released July 9, 2015 was the first major nationwide poll to show Trump as the 2016 Republican presidential front-runner.[137] A Suffolk/USA Today poll released on July 14, 2015, showed Trump with 17% support among Republican voters, with Jeb Bush at 14%.[138] A Washington Post/ABC News poll taken on July 16–19, showed Trump had 24% Republican support, over Scott Walker at 13%.[139] A CNN/ORC poll showed Trump in the lead at 18% support among Republican voters, over Jeb Bush at 15%,[140][141] and a CBS News poll from August 4 showed Trump with 24% support, Bush second at 13%, and Walker third at 10%.[142]

A CNN/ORC poll taken August 13–16, 2015, in the "swing" states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania showed Trump ahead of, or narrowly trailing Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in direct match-ups in those states.[143] In Florida, Trump led by two points, and in both Ohio and Pennsylvania, he was within just five points of Clinton.[144]

Trump's status as the consistent frontrunner for the Republican nomination led to him being featured on the cover of Time magazine in August 2015, with the caption: "Deal with it."[145]

Although Trump calls his Slovenian-born, naturalized U.S. citizen, wife Melania "my pollster" and says she strongly supports his presidential run, he has held back from asking her to actively campaign for him, although "she will", he told CNN.[146] Unavailable for interviews, she appeared both at her husband's June 2015 campaign announcement and in the audience at the Fox News debate in Cleveland.[146] If Trump becomes President, his wife Melania would become only the second First Lady in U.S. history to be born outside the United States (after Louisa Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams).[147]

Political positions

Trump has stated that he is a "conservative Republican".[148]

Domestic issues

Trump has stated that he supports traditional marriage[149] and has expressed that same-sex marriage should be decided by the states, while he said of the June 2015 supreme court ruling "it's an issue that been determined by the Supreme Court. And frankly, you know, I'm about jobs."[15][150] Trump supports the Second Amendment and is opposed to gun control in general,[15] while supporting a ban on assault weapons and longer waiting periods for gun purchases.[151][152]

Trump pledged in a tweet to reverse the Obama administration's renaming of Mount McKinley to Denali, calling it a "great insult to Ohio".[153]

Economy

Trump wants to eliminate taxes on corporations.[154] He also supports reduced taxation on U.S. workers and business and supports reduced business regulations (including reduced environmental regulation and employee protections).[154] Trump has proposed a 1–5–10–15 income tax plan in order to simplify the tax code, where incomes of up to US$30,000 would pay 1%, incomes of US$30,000 to US$100,000 would pay 5%, incomes of US$100,000 to US$1 million would pay 10%, incomes of US$1 million and up would pay 15%.[154] Further, his plan would eliminate the inheritance tax, lower the capital gains tax, and instead apply a 20% import tariff and a 15% tax on outsourcing to foreign countries.[154] Trump favors stronger trade negotiations with nations such as China, with a more level playing field on trade, to restore American jobs applying tariffs when necessary.[15][39] Trump has stated he wants to simplify the tax code, lower taxes for middle and working class people, and increase taxes on wealthy private equity and hedge fund managers, who Trump says currently pay next to nothing.[155][156] Trump favors a free market energy policy and opposes cap and trade.[15] Trump supports improving America's infrastructure.[148]

Campaign finance

Trump has repeatedly stated, “I love the idea of campaign finance reform".[157] In the first Republican primary debate in Cleveland on Fox News, Trump accused his Republican opponents of being bound to their campaign financiers, and that anyone (including Trump himself) could buy their policies with donations. Trump has stated that it is wrong that as a rich person he can have more influence than people without money. He has called Jeb Bush a "puppet", and said the system of US campaign finance, since the slim majority Supreme Court decision in Buckley v Valeo,[158] is a "disgrace". He has stated limits to contributions or spending would be "okay", although has not stated whether this would be achieved by further limits on contributions, regulating corporate spending, total limits on spending in elections, all of these or a combination.

Education

Trump favors school choice and local control for primary and secondary schools. He opposes the Common Core State Standards Initiative for primary and secondary schools.[15][39] He has called Common Core "a disaster" that must be ended.[159]

Environment

Trump has called global warming "a total hoax".[149] He has stated that "the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive" and has said that "the EPA is an impediment to both growth and jobs". Trump supports increased fracking and has criticized sustainable wind power alternatives, stating that "windmills are destroying every country they touch" while producing "unreliable and terrible" energy.[160]

Foreign affairs and national defense

Trump has stated his intention to provide presidential leadership with strong diplomacy to restore "respect" for the United States around the world and he supports a robust national defense.[3][15][39][148] In his announcement speech he said that the U.S. is getting weaker as a country and that its nuclear arsenal is old and does not work. Trump opposed the Iraq war in 2004 and has pointed to his opposition several times during the campaign.[161]

In an interview with NBC News in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 14, 2015, Trump called the newly announced nuclear deal with Iran "terrible", saying that the president negotiated the agreement "from desperation". He added, "I don't understand the president. He dealt from desperation, and he shouldn't have been desperate." He further stated, "First of all, we're giving them billions of dollars in this deal, which we shouldn't have given them. We should have kept the money," in reference to the sanctions relief for Iran under the deal, which was negotiated by Iran and six world powers led by the United States. "Second of all, we have four prisoners over there. We should have said 'Let the prisoners out.' They shouldn't be over there." Trump also said that any deal should stipulate that inspectors have 24-hour-a-day access immediately to all nuclear sites.[162] On September 2, 2015, Trump told CNN he believed the Iran deal would compel the U.S. to side with Iran in the event of war: "There’s something in the Iran deal that people I don’t think really understand or know about, and nobody’s able to explain it, that if somebody attacks Iran, we have to come to their defense", he said. “So if Israel attacks Iran, according to that deal, I believe the way it reads … that we have to fight with Iran against Israel".[163]

Speaking about the threat of ISIS with Anderson Cooper on CNN, Trump said he would "bomb the hell" out of Iraq's oil fields, which he believes are controlled by ISIS. "If I win, I would attack those oil sites that are controlled and owned -- they are controlled by ISIS. I wouldn't send many troops because you won't need 'em by the time I'm done."[164] Speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN, Trump stated that he doesn't care about Iraq's position on the bombing of their oil fields. "I don't care about the government of Iraq. They're corrupt. The government -- the government of Iraq is totally corrupt. Who cares?"[165]

Healthcare and Social Security

Trump favors replacing the Affordable Care Act (commonly referred to as "Obamacare") with a free-market plan and competition to lower costs. This is a change of his earlier support for a single-payer system.[166] He supports funding Social Security and Medicare rather than cutting them.[15][39] He has previously expressed support for allowing people to privately invest their social security dollars.[167]

Trump describes himself as "pro-life" and would ban abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or health.[15][168] He is in favor of cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood.[169]

Trump believes that childhood vaccinations are related to autism, a hypothesis which has been repeatedly debunked.[170]

Illegal immigration and border security

Trump has emphasized U.S. border security.[3] During his announcement speech he stated in part, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems.... They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."[3] Trump has stated he wants to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico to prevent illegal immigrants from entering into the country.[171] On July 6, 2015, Trump issued a written statement to clarify his position on illegal immigration which drew a reaction from critics. It read in part:

The Mexican Government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States. They are, in many cases, criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc. This was evident just this week when, as an example, a young woman in San Francisco was viciously killed by a 5-time deported Mexican with a long criminal record, who was forced back into the United States because they didn’t want him in Mexico. This is merely one of thousands of similar incidents throughout the United States. In other words, the worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government. The largest suppliers of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs are Mexican cartels that arrange to have Mexican immigrants trying to cross the borders and smuggle in the drugs. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world. On the other hand, many fabulous people come in from Mexico and our country is better for it. But these people are here legally, and are severely hurt by those coming in illegally. I am proud to say that I know many hard working Mexicans—many of them are working for and with me…and, just like our country, my organization is better for it.[172]

The Center for Immigration Studies, an immigration think-tank that advocates lowered immigration, has said illegal immigrants are not necessarily charged and incarcerated accordingly, and more than 36,000 criminally convicted illegal immigrants were released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2013, of which over 32,000 were traffic-related.[173][174] Immigrants account for a proportionate number of U.S. incarcerations.[175] The ACLU[176] and federal National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)[177] have said there is no demonstrated correlation between immigration and crime; Princeton University professor Douglas Massey and executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies Mark Krikorian state that Mexico does not have policies forcing people into the United States.[178][179]

Reactions to comments on illegal immigration

Trump acknowledged that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus asked him to tone down his rhetoric on immigration reform and stated that his conversations with the RNC were "congratulatory" as well.[180] José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, said that "he is a politician who ignores the context in which it is participating", with regard to U.S. international economic relations and Trump's comments.[181] Jeb Bush stated that "Trump is wrong on this" and "to make these extraordinarily kind of ugly comments is not reflective of the Republican Party."[182] However, Jamiel and Anita Shaw, whose son was murdered by an illegal immigrant in 2008, came forward to defend Trump, with Anita Shaw stating on July 7, 2015 that, "it's time people listened to Trump" and "this guy who is running for President, Donald Trump, he's trying to do something and they're trying to shut him down."[183] Jamiel Shaw spoke at the podium for Trump's July 11 rally at the Phoenix convention center, in part declaring, "I Trust Donald Trump."[184] Two days later, escaped high-profile druglord Joaquín Guzmán was alleged to have issued threats through a Twitter account against Trump.[185] The brother of Kate Steinle who was shot in San Francisco criticized Trump for politicizing his sisters death, telling Anderson Cooper Trump's platform "isn't exactly what our family believes in".[186]

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz saluted Trump for giving attention to illegal immigration, while Congressman Steve King also defended Trump's remarks about illegal immigration and crime.[45][71][187] Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has repeatedly praised Trump's comments and his continued response to the backlash, saying that Trump has successfully changed the debate and brought the issue of immigration reform back to the foreground, while also not backing down against media scrutiny and businesses severing ties with him.[188][189][190] Former Arizona governor Jan Brewer said,"I believe that Mr. Trump is kind of telling it like it really, truly is."[187][191] Over 36,000 criminally convicted illegal immigrants were released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2013.[173][174] On July 10, 2015, Limbaugh cited a report which he claimed supports Trump's remarks about illegal immigration and crime.[192]

Univision announced it would no longer carry broadcasts of the Miss USA Pageant.[193] In response, Trump indicated the matter would be handled by legal action, and followed through by filing a US$500 million lawsuit against Univision. The complaint asserts that Univision is attempting to suppress Trump’s First Amendment rights by putting pressure on his business ventures.[194] NBC announced it would not air the Miss Universe or Miss USA pageant.[195][196] Afterwards, the multinational media company Grupo Televisa severed ties with Trump,[197] as did Ora TV,[198] a television network partly owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.[199] Trump gave the rights to broadcast the Miss Universe and Miss USA Pageants to the Reelz Channel.[200]

Paulina Vega, the current Miss Universe and former Miss Colombia, said that, although she repudiates the immigration remarks of Trump,[201] who in turn called her a "hypocrite",[202] that she cannot give up the crown because her contract forbids it, and she could be sued.[203]

Mexico,[204] Panama,[205] and Costa Rica[206] will not send representatives to the Miss Universe competition.

Macy's announced it would phase out its Trump-branded merchandise.[207] Serta, a mattress manufacturer, also decided to drop their business relationship with Trump.[208] NASCAR ended sponsorship with Trump by announcing it would not hold their post season awards banquet at the Trump National Doral Miami.[209] ESPN decided to relocate its ESPY Celebrity Golf Classic to the Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach. The charity golf tournament was once scheduled to be held at a golf course owned by Trump.[210]

Reuters journalists found that Trump's companies sought to import 1,100 workers on H-2B visas since 2000.[211]

Endorsements

See also: Endorsements for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
List of Donald Trump endorsements
State Legislators
Businesspeople
Celebrities and Activists
Political pundits

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    • Ben Carson, the only African-American candidate from either major party in the 2016 race, said that Trump's wording was "perhaps a little inflammatory" but that this was more a consequence of Trump's incendiary style, and that Trump's core message about the problems with illegal immigration was correct.[51] Carson also said that the uproar over Trump's comments was driven by political correctness, under which crimes committed by illegal immigrants was a taboo topic.[52]
    • Rick Santorum said he disagreed with Trump's specific comments, but that the economic impact of immigration (both legal as well as illegal) was an important issue.[44]
  2. ^
    • Ted Cruz, a Republican candidate whose father was from Cuba, said the need to address illegal immigration should no longer be ignored, and although Trump had a "bold... brash... colorful way of speaking," Cruz did not intend to attack Trump over his specific phrasing, furthermore suggesting that the "Washington media" was interested in encouraging such Republican in-fighting.[45]
    • Scott Walker has said he does not wish to "lock horns"[53] with other Republican candidates; when asked about Trump's remarks specifically, Walker said other candidates would have to speak for themselves, and that although Trump may have some appeal to votes for speaking out boldly, Walker respectfully disagreed with Trump's stances, and said he supports securing the border and enforcing existing laws (but that he no longer supports amnesty and that a path to citizenship should have a "high bar").[54]
    • Rand Paul also said he tries to stick to laying out his own immigration plan, rather than commenting on other candidates, but that "most people come to this country in the search of the American dream... doesn't mean you can have a lawless border though... we do need to have security at our border."[55]
    • Mike Huckabee says he focuses on putting forward his own views on immigration, but that he "say[s] some things very differently... thank God I’m in a country people are trying to break into, rather than one they’re trying to break out of... [immigrants are] some of the most conservative, family-oriented and faith-based people... I would never besmirch all the people who come here because [of]... how many people are coming... if they want to come and share our flag, our interests, our language, assimilate into our culture because they believe in what we stand for."[56]
  3. ^
    • Jeb Bush, whose wife is from Mexico, said that "we should control our borders... [but] these extraordinarily ugly kind of comments [are] not reflective of the Republican Party,"[57] and that such comments are meant to inflame and incite.[58]
    • Marco Rubio, the other Republican candidate whose parents are from Cuba, said that Trump's comments were "not just offensive and inaccurate, but also divisive."[45]
    • Lindsey Graham said Trump was a "wrecking ball for the future of the Republican Party with the Hispanic community"[59]
  4. ^
    • Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders said Trump's remarks were "throwing slurs... totally unacceptable... an outrage."[60]
    • Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said "Basta! Enough!... appalling... people and business[es] everywhere rejected his hateful comments... shameful" and that if elected in 2016, said she would create a path to citizenship, preserve Barack Obama's executive orders related to immigration, and do "everything possible under the law to go even further [on immigration than Obama]" despite the likelihood of a Republican-controlled Senate and House.[61]
  5. ^ Recent historical examples: Johnson'12/Roemer'12/Goode'12, Barr'08/Keyes'08, Buchanan'00/Smith'00, Perot'92, Paul'88, and Anderson'80, see also Chafee'16.

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