GOP Should Not Be Attacking Trump, Nor Any Other Republican Candidate?

GOP attacks on Trump play right into the PC media’s election plans

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Chip Wood

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The mainstream media won’t be happy until every Republican running for president has denounced Donald Trump for his remarks about illegal immigration and until every group with ties to a Trump business has fled from any association with him.

Sadly, a bunch of folks who should know better have stepped into the media’s trap. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush foolishly declared:

I don’t assume that he thinks that every Mexican crossing the border is a rapist. I mean — so, he’s doing this to inflame and incite and draw attention, which is — seems to be his organizing principle of his campaign. And it doesn’t represent the Republican Party or its values.

Shame on you, Governor. You know full well that Trump never said “every Mexican crossing the border is a rapist.” For the record, let me repeat what Trump did say, when he announced he was running for the Republican nomination. Here are his exact words:

When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

You know what’s wrong about that statement? Nothing! Every word is correct. And so far, Trump is the only candidate willing to say so.

It’s disgraceful that Bush would create such a dishonest straw man argument just to curry favor with the liberal media — the media that will delight in tearing him to pieces, by the way, should he actually get the Republican nomination for president and run against their current darling, Hillary Clinton.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is the son of immigrants from Cuba, also drank some of the liberal Kool-Aid. He said Trump’s remarks “were not just offensive and inaccurate, but also divisive.”

Even Rick Perry, the former governor of Texas, has jumped on the anti-Trump bandwagon. Perry said that Trump’s remarks were “offensive” and declared that “Hispanics in America and Hispanics in Texas, from the Alamo to Afghanistan, have been extraordinary people, citizens of our country.”

Correction, please, Governor. As Pat Buchanan pointed out in his syndicated column, most of the Hispanics at the Alamo weren’t fighting with Davy Crockett and his colleagues:

But most of the Hispanics at the Alamo were in the Mexican army of Santa Anna, not under Col. Travis, and hardly “extraordinary citizens of our country” as Texas did not even belong to the USA then.

I’ve liked a lot of what Perry has to say and what he achieved during his two terms as governor of Texas. But he made a bad misstep in joining the throngs attacking Trump.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is father was an immigrant from Cuba, is the only candidate who had the nerve to defend Trump for his remarks. In an appearance on “Meet the Press,” Cruz said, “I salute Donald Trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration.”

Cruz said that Trump “has a colorful way of speaking.” And he added, “It’s not the way I speak. But I’m not going to engage in the media’s game of throwing rocks and attacking other Republicans.”

Good for him! The other candidates would be smart to follow his example.

Yes, it’s become open season on Donald Trump. The left is determined to attack his policies, harm his businesses, and, if possible, even keep him out of the coming debates.

But they can’t silence him. And they sure can’t intimidate him. The more they try, the more the public will realize that he’s the one telling the truth. And the left can’t stand that.

Until next time, keep some powder dry.

–Chip Wood