Wall Street Journal
By Reid J. Epstein
July 17, 2015
A lot of people are talking about Donald Trump, but Scott Walker is determined not to be one of them.
The
Wisconsin governor, kicking off a three-day tour of Iowa, continued to
parry questions about the billionaire New York developer’s strident
anti-illegal immigration
rhetoric, which has propelled Mr. Trump to the top of the 2016
Republican presidential polls. While attention-starved lower-tier
candidates like Rick Perry and Lindsey Graham – along with former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is making a concerted appeal to Hispanic
voters — have condemned Mr. Trump’s remarks, Mr. Walker affirmed Friday
that he won’t take the bait.
“What
I’ve said is that Donald Trump can speak for himself,” Mr. Walker told
reporters after addressing supporters at a minor league ballpark here.
“I’m going to answer
questions about my positions, not about Donald Trump’s or Jeb Bush’s or
Marco Rubio or anybody else out there.”
Plenty
of others are speaking about Mr. Trump. Facebook data released Friday
showed twice as many Iowans discussing Mr. Trump on the social network
than any other 2016
presidential candidate. Nearly five times as many Iowans are talking
about Mr. Trump on Facebook than Mr. Walker.
Mr. Walker made it clear he would not share his thoughts about Mr. Trump’s rise.
“If
you want to ask me again, I’ll give you the same answer 50 more times,”
Mr. Walker said. “So if you want to waste your time on that question,
go ahead.”
Earlier,
during a brief interview at the nearby Quad City International Airport
across the Mississippi River in Moline, Ill., he expressed surprise at
recent polls.
“Who
would have thought this week’s polls would be where they’re at a couple
months ago,” Mr. Walker said. “A lot of things are going to be
surprising throughout the next
year. Our key is we just want to get our message out. If we do that
we’ll be in the thick of it no matter who else is in it.”
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