This new Trump position on immigration feels very low energy to me.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) August 24, 2016
This new position is definitely low-energy. Especially when you consider how much energy Trump and his entourage put into cultivating his immigration hardliner persona:
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/768574809122803712
Trump, in excerpt of townhall with Hannity, on what to do with undocumented immigrants. Whooo boy: pic.twitter.com/VT5mE1EXpZ
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) August 24, 2016
But … but … what about all this? Was he just blowing smoke??? (via @back_ttys)
Ted Cruz only talks tough on immigration now because he did so badly in S.C. He is in favor of amnesty and weak on illegal immigration.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 23, 2016
Marco Rubio is totally weak on illegal immigration & in favor of easy amnesty. A lightweight choker – bad for #USA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2015
Marco Rubio will not win. Weak on illegal immigration, strong on amnesty and has the appearance to killers of the world as a "lightweight".
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2015
It is time for DC to protect the American worker, not grant amnesty to illegals. Let’s Make America Great Again! https://t.co/u25yI5T7E8
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 23, 2015
Congress, use the power of the purse. STOP AMNESTY!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 21, 2015
Website Exposing Marco ‘Amnesty’ Rubio Goes Live: A ‘Donor Class Puppet’? – Breitbart http://t.co/GArR1v5736
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2015
No amnesty. Protect the rule of law! Let’s Make America Great Again https://t.co/u25yI5T7E8
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2015
"@Michelleri: Trump Leads as Bush Crashes http://t.co/EnXVS8WaGi No #GOP establishment and/or pro-amnesty candidates #MakeAmericaGreatAgain"
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 7, 2015
Senator Marco "amnesty" Rubio, who has worst voting record in Senate, just hit me on national security-but I said don't go into Iraq. VISION
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2015
Marco Rubio is a member of the Gang Of Eight or, very weak on stopping illegal immigration. Only changed when poll numbers crashed.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2015
Wasn’t this Jeb’s position? https://t.co/AyySuWnnjM
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) August 24, 2016
This is precisely the "weak" position Trump (and Breitbart) skewered Jeb for taking https://t.co/RWalT8hsaj
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) August 24, 2016
This is basically Jeb's position. Guess Trump is the biggest cuck of them all. https://t.co/7wbljRObtd
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) August 24, 2016
We could have nominated Marco Rubio with precisely the same positions, and actually won https://t.co/QnhlC7uFcj
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/768584055352913925
Guess it’s different when Trump does it.
"So Mr. Trump, why is this not amnesty?"
"A lot of reasons, Sean. So muchly different, very muchly different. It's non-amnesty amnesty."
— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 24, 2016
"back taxes" is a favorite smokescreen of politicians supporting an amnesty they don't want to call an amnestyhttps://t.co/Xi2nl5prIW
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) August 24, 2016
there are many euphemisms for amnesty–i guess we can now add "work with them" to the listhttps://t.co/rDFksf9ypa
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) August 24, 2016
Trump saying that he supports a path to legal status is like Bernie Sanders endorsing capitalism. This is a core principle of his campaign.
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) August 24, 2016
What can he say? Whoopsie?
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/768580528559812608
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/768589042128609280
view of alt-right right now https://t.co/hTMQaStDyx
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/768589728509628416
Donald "amnesty" Trump. Hilarious and completely predictable. https://t.co/5Crig6LlBE
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/768590508528660481
Gang of Trump
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) August 24, 2016
Amnestrump #LNYHBT https://t.co/0x9eCSn89B
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 24, 2016
Make Amnesty Great Again #MAGA https://t.co/QnhlC7uFcj
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 24, 2016
This amnesty will be the most nationalist amnesty, that I can tell you
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/Trumpbart/status/768591012188950528
I am enjoying this Trump doublecross on immigration far more than I would any normal policy flip-flop. It's so…karmically delicious.
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) August 24, 2016
So we got the amnesty position the base hates, without the electable candidate necessary to win the general. Spiffing.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/cmdeb/status/768583432381337602
It's not like Trump wasn't saying this 4 years ago. https://t.co/oCoVVeUtZchttps://t.co/Fz9TXZnXDT
— BT (@back_ttys) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/768590083989667840
Trump could shoot his amnesty position dead on 5th ave & not lose a single…Wait yes he would, pack it in, it's over folks. You were conned
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) August 24, 2016
If Trump can blithely shift on a signature issue what does it say about justices pledge, when no pretense of caring about constitutionalism?
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) August 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/768581121986727936
Nail. Head.
— Heavy Wattage (@HeavyWattage) August 24, 2016
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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