New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
July 9, 2015
Donald
J. Trump‘s views on immigration have drawn bipartisan condemnation but
his surprisingly strong poll numbers are evidence that he is touching a
nerve with a subset
of the Republican party.
The
voice of that support can be heard loudly clearly on conservative radio
and through commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.
Mr.
Limbaugh has devoted substantial air time to Mr. Trump in recent days,
praising him for refusing to apologize for calling Mexican immigrants
rapists and criminal despite
widespread protest.
“Most
people would have buckled long ago,” Mr. Limbaugh said on his radio
show this week. “Most people would have cried uncle and begged
forgiveness of the new totalitarians
long ago. I have an incredible amount of admiration and respect for
just this aspect of what Trump has done.”
Mr.
Trump’s views appear to resonate with at least some of Mr. Limbaugh’s
audience. One caller said that the billionaire businessman’s views have
made him a supporter.
“But
I heard his speech in which he talked about the illegals and there
being criminals and murderers and I told my wife right then, ‘What he’s
saying is what everybody
I work with believes,’ ” said Chester from San Diego. “I’d vote for him
right now.”
Ann Coulter told Laura Ingraham on her radio show on Wednesday that Republicans were being unfair by ganging up on Mr. Trump.
“He
is really striking a chord, and I think all these Republican
politicians who came out and attacked him are going to have to take it
back,” Ms. Coulter said.
While
Change.org petitions have been instrumental in pressuring companies to
sever their business ties with Mr. Trump, he also has his share of
supporters. A spokesman
for Change.org said that about 15 percent of the Trump-related
petitions on its website back him, the most popular being “Support
Donald Trump Against Illegal Immigration.”
Mr.
Trump’s Facebook page is also proving to be fertile ground for support,
with his posts gathering thousands of comments from people cheering him
on.
“It’s
about time someone tells it like it is!” wrote Maggie Haren. “The libs
hate this because the Obama Sheeple are not supposed to be hearing this
stuff.”
Mr.
Trump, who said that he has a good relationship with Mexicans despite
his inflammatory remarks, even appears to have the backing of some
immigrants.
“I’m
a legal Mexican living here in the U.S. I’m a college student in
Chicago,” wrote Arturo Chavez. “I like your honesty. Mr. Trump let’s
make American great again, but
not everyone is criminal and rapists.”
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