RNC Chair: Trump Realizes ‘Degree Of Humanity’ Needed As Election Day Nears

[DonViejo]

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Sunday that his party’s nominee knows that he must inject a little “humanity” into his rhetoric if he hopes to win the presidency.

MSNBC host Chuck Todd asked Priebus if Donald Trump had recently somewhat moderated his tone on immigration because he realized Latino voters may be put off by his calls to deport undocumented immigrants en masse.

“What I think is that Donald Trump understands that with every position that is taken and as you get closer to the White House, a degree of humanity and decency is part of every decision that needs to be made,” the RNC chair replied. “And I know Donald Trump. I know Donald Trump in private, I talk to him every day,” Priebus continued. “I know what he’s thinking about a lot of these issues and this is a good and decent man that wants to do the right thing and wants to take every position that he’s talking about and pepper it with decency, dignity and humanity.”

Trump and his staffers’ contradictory claims about his immigration policies have sowed confusion over the past two weeks. As of late August he still planned to deport millions of immigrants living without papers and build a wall on the US-Mexico border.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/priebus-trump-degree-humanity-as-president

[Koinos]

1. The problem is that Trump doesn't actually have any humanity.

Pretending to be human with a few words now and then won't cut it. Republicans believe people are really stupid enough to be fooled by fake expressions of caring now and then.

[sarae]

3. That's what so insulting and offensive about the way he addresses minorities.

You can tell he thinks African-Americans and Hispanics are too dumb to grasp the insincerity of his message.

[tanyev]

2. But it's such hard work creating the appearance of humanity and decency!

[Koinos]

5. And cultivating the "appearance of humanity and decency" is all that most Republicans care about.

Down deep, their humanity is just as deficient as Trump's. They don't care about minorities, women, the disabled, the poor, the elderly, the sick, and children. They just pretend to. Trump is violating the Republican prime directive of acting rather than being humane. It is, after all, appearance and not reality that wins most elections, probably because most people cannot tell the difference between the two. If a person says that he cares, many people take him at his word and do not examine his actions.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. It's like the the old joke about sincerity-- if you can fake thay, you've got it made.

[yellowcanine]

4. I know Donald Trump in private, I talk to him every day,” Priebus continued.

Sorry Prieby, but we heard what Trump said publicly every day for the last year. Apparently you haven't been listening.

[Koinos]

6. Priebus is a master of character assessment, after all. [sarcasm]

[onecaliberal]

7. We know him too, we read his tweets every day. Those tweets reflect his true beliefs

He's not even sub human.

[Wednesdays]

9. So, he's set to lose the last few supporters he has left

Since 90 percent of the electorate say they've already made up their minds.