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Originally Posted by kane
This is the biggest problem Trump and now the republicans have. Going into this election the republicans had a tightrope to walk. They needed to have some kind of immigration reform ideas that would get enough of the Latino vote to help them win the white house, but not so much that it would piss off the base. Trump has slammed them all the way to the right and forced them to now either take a position that might piss off the base or take a position that would piss off the Latinos.
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This is the conventional wisdom and until now it has been spot on. Thing is, Trump's appeal is all over the place and includes (a good many) documented Latinos who fear having their wages driven down by the continuing avalanche of new immigrants.
A Santorum, a Bush or even a Rubio dare not say as much to them ... but Trump can.
Trump somehow gets away with saying shit that no other politician dare say. The continuing Megyn Kelly brouhaha being a prime example thereof.
And that is a huge part of his appeal to Gringos and Latinos alike.