Donald Trump, Republican GOP candidate for the 2016 Presidential Campaign. On August 26th, Trump held a conference in Iowa for the press. During this event Jorge Ramos, an admired Mexican-American news anchor was forcibly ejected from the conference before being allowed to be let back in by Security.
"Go back to Univision!" Trump had said during the beginning of his and Ramos' exchange, as the evening went on, tensions grew high. As the conference progressed, Trump repeatedly ignored Ramos telling him to "Sit down. Sit down. Sit down!" Eventually, Trump ejected Ramos from the room.
Ramos reports that whole exchange was far from civil, no matter what Trump himself had reported. Ramos said that Trump's plan to deport over 11 million undocumented immigrants and to take away the legal citizenship of their children born on U.S. soil was immoral and unrealistic.
Trump insisted Ramos was "....raving like a madman!" however, Ramos and other witnesses agree that Trump was generally out of line and over aggressive. However, Trump goes on, determined to win polls, though a large majority agree him and his Campaign advocates are out of line and politically incorrect.
This aggression towards immigrants, legal or not, is not brand new, however. His previous rallies and speeches have been very Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Hispanic. During his August 27th Speech and Conference, his "Opening Act" stated;
(on the "Great Wall of Trump", a theoretical wall Trump wishes to create between the U.S. Mexico border)
".... I'd like to have a two drink minimum, make it a big world-wide tourist attraction and everyday live drone shows so whenever anyone tries to cross the border..."
In fact, in a later panel between John Lemon and Conservative advocate Ben Ferguson, Ferguson stated
"And to be real honest, if you're watching Jorge Ramos, the chances you even understand the words coming out of Donald Trump's mouth tonight -- I highly doubt you're going to know what he was saying anyway."
This caused massive outrage in the Hispanic and Bilingual Communities. Many comments directed towards Ferguson and Trump insisted that "yes we do speak English" Some of the tweets are listed below;
"According to @benfergusonshow, because I watch Univision, I don't understand English," Carlos A. Martinez posted.
Really none of this should be a surprise to Ferguson and Trump, as around 62% of Univison Viewers are bilingual hispanics, while only 3% of Fox News viewers are hispanic, language or not. These events have been a huge blow to the Trump Campaign, and we can only hope that the U.S. will not follow Trump's pathway for America.
Sources listed Below:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/25/politics/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-iowa-rally/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/politics/trump-ben-ferguson-hispanic-english-latino/index.html
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/only-1-of-fox-news-viewers-are-black/
http://forever-westcoaastin.tumblr.com/post/127698927154/this-honestly-disgusts-me-this-is-the-first-time
It's a bit frightening how many support Trump, despite such obvious racism and ignorance.
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