NBC News
July 30, 2015
Donald Trump told the British press that he's number one with "the Hispanics."
"I've
said that if I win the nomination I would be number one with the
Hispanics," said Trump on Thursday as he faced a gaggle of press folks
at the Women's British Open
Press Tournament.
Trump
was responding to a question from a British reporter questioning
whether he was popular with the U.S. immigrant community, obviously
referencing the presidential
hopeful's controversial comments about Mexico sending its rapists and
murderers to the U.S. followed by his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border
last week.
What struck some who heard the comments was the lumping of the diverse Latino community into "the Hispanics."
"This
isn't 1953 anymore," said Julio Ricardo Varela, digital media director
for NPR's Latino USA and founder of the site Latino Rebels. "My job is
to follow the Latino
digital conversation, and I've had folks tell me that when it comes to
Hispanics, Trump is the new version of the Internet troll, he's just
keep going" said Varela. "Many feel he's continuously insulted Latinos,
but more so that he doesn't care about knowing
the community."
Syndicated
cartoonist and tv writer Lalo Alcaraz dissected the presidential
hopeful's remarks with a bit of humor. "When I first saw that Donald
Trump was doing well with
'the Hispanics' I thought they were asking him what they thought of the
Trump piñata - that did really well with 'the Hispanics,'" Alcaraz said
with a laugh.
Trump
was asked whether Mexican-American golfer Lizette Salas - ranked in the
world's top 30 - was "not too pleased you're here?"
Trump said, "Don't know who she is," prompting Golf Digest to write of Trump, "He said WHAT?"
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