Donald Trump to Phoenix: 'Don't worry, we'll take our country back'

[DonViejo]

Dan Nowicki, The Republic | azcentral.com 9:16 p.m. MST July 11, 2015

Donald Trump, the billionaire Republican presidential candidate, on Saturday took his anti-illegal-immigration message to Phoenix, delivering a 70-minute speech to a packed downtown ballroom that at times seemed more about needling his White House rivals and settling scores with his critics than public policy.

Trump's at times undisciplined afternoon remarks at the Phoenix Convention Center veered into international trade, national security and foreign policy but always returned to the topic that has his candidacy climbing the polls: immigrants who commit violent crimes while in the United States without authorization.

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Trump, one of 14 declared GOP presidential hopefuls, has claimed repeatedly that the Mexican government is deliberately sending criminals to the United States, and has vowed to build a border fence and force Mexico to pay for the construction.

On Saturday, Trump said that as president he would charge Mexico $100,000 for every undocumented immigrant who crossed the border. And after the speech, he told reporters, without elaborating, that he believes "without question" that Mexican officials are complicit in sending undesirable immigrants to this country.

About 20 minutes into Trump's speech, a group of protesters disrupted the speech, and the ballroom immediately erupted. Trump supporters shouted "U-S-A! U-S-A!" as the demonstrators were led out.

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Trump was preceded on stage by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has a national reputation as an immigration hard-liner and whose department was found by a federal judge to have racially profiled Latinos.

Arpaio brought up his and Trump's interest in President Barack Obama's birth certificate and the widely debunked conspiracy theory that Obama was not born in the United States and thus is not eligible to serve as president under the Constitution.

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[tabasco]

1. Trump is exposing the true ugly face of the republican party

Ignorance, bigotry and hate.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

8. yup yup. Donald Chump is the poster child of the Rethuglian party. Got bad news for that prick...the country belongs to us, not him n his rich 1% friends...

and we're NOT givin it back.

[rickford66]

2. How many people fit into a packed ballroom?

I thought he was going to move to a stadium?

[DonViejo]

4. 4,200....

Donald Trump wins hearts of some in GOP, scorn from critics during Phoenix visit

In a speech lasting more than an hour, Trump, a real-estate mogul and former reality-TV star, expressed love for Mexico, saying his remarks have been taken out of context by the media. Trump repeatedly said he respects Mexico's leaders, who are "too smart" for American leaders, whom he repeatedly called "stupid." And Trump later told the media that he expects to win the Latino vote.

He offered no detailed plan to address illegal immigration, but pledged before 4,200 people to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/07/11/donald-trump-wins-hearts-gop-scorn-critics-phoenix-visit/30039859/

[onehandle]

3. 10,000+ in attendance! He's Unstoppable! This is a movement, I tell you!

Heh...

[DonViejo]

5. 4,200....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026966301#post4

[lonestarnot]

6. The other 5800 were protesters.

[onehandle]

7. Give him a few weeks!

He's the real deal!

[former9thward]

10. The local media reported there was an equal number

outside who could not get in.

[CanonRay]

9. So, Trump's crowd are the USA! USA! chanters

That sounds just about right. Stupid and jingoistic.

[tabasco]

13. The people at the confederate flag removal in Charleston

were chanting "USA-USA."

Are they stupid and jingoistic?

[CanonRay]

15. You must admit that chant is used in some pretty awful situations

e.g. the St. Louis Cardinal fans recently in response to Ferguson.

[Takket]

11. i wonder what trump will say when he builds his wall and violent crime stats don't change

[lonestarnot]

12. When he builds his wall? Sounds like a given. Does he plan to build on his own dime or ours?

I don't know about Mudflap's wall but it sounds like he's doing a good job of rounding up all the racists. He and Rpiehole are doing a good at their round up, getting them all in one place.

[pinboy3niner]

14. Securing the border...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026966258

[Initech]

16. Take our country back... from what?