As if the meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico weren’t outreach enough, the Donald Trump campaign adopted a new strategy at Wednesday night’s campaign rally in Phoenix, extending a hand of economic cooperation through the space where the border wall may or may not be built.
Trump did well in Mexico by focusing on job opportunities and economic growth in the hemisphere, and the “Make Mexico Great Again Also” hats on stage underlined that message. That’s one heck of a pivot, but it beats Trump’s taco bowl tweet, not to mention Hillary Clinton’s relative absence from the public eye for yet another day.
Is it just Trump speaking or is there an opening racist?
— Mike Scully (@scullymike) September 1, 2016
Sessions and Giuliani were the opening racists.
— Sybill Trelawney (@SybilT2) September 1, 2016
In case you can't make out the small type: yes, Giuliani's hat reads "MAKE MEXICO GREAT AGAIN ALSO" pic.twitter.com/lxypF9MVhL
— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) September 1, 2016
Giuliani rockin a "Make Mexico Great Also" hat is priceless… pic.twitter.com/vDTErlAJco
— Mario Lopez (@mariolopezviva) September 1, 2016
Rudy Giuliani & Sen. Jeff Sessions wear "Make Mexico Great Again Also" hat prior to Trump #immigration speech. pic.twitter.com/mzvFqiR3zt
— CSPAN (@cspan) September 1, 2016
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Just as I predicted a year ago, this election has come down to Rudy Giuliani in a Make Mexico Great Again Also hat.
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) September 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/JohnEkdahl/status/771161603790241792
https://twitter.com/Chonnymo/status/771158715428773888
No joke; they’re real, and they’re spectacular … aren’t they?
@oliverdarcy they look like the baseball team the "Whiteskins"
— Daniel Aguilar (@daanielaaguilar) September 1, 2016
@saladinahmed That is the most insulting, revolting thing I've ever seen.
— Bob Calhoun (@bob_calhoun) September 1, 2016
Hardly. The “Stop the Hate” placards carried by rioters outside Trump’s previous rallies in California and the Southwest were pretty revolting in context, appearing as they did alongside “Make America Mexico Again” slogans.
My photo of this little boy trolling Donald has really angered some Trump supporters: https://t.co/f7Za2n0nh7 pic.twitter.com/H5oG2SYcEs
— Shadi Rahimi (@shadirahimi) May 2, 2016
That photo angered Hillary Clinton supporters too, right? They’re still counting on her to build bridges, not walls.
Trump has vilified Mexicans and immigrants since day one of his campaign. That's not what America stands for. pic.twitter.com/dDubrEuOLm
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 31, 2016
Speaking of insulting, hasn’t anyone else grown weary yet of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama couching every progressive initiative in the protective coating of, “That’s not what America stands for”? It practically suggests that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic, and we’re sick and tired of people who say that.
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