Donald Trump doubles-down on 'Mexican' judge in interview with Jake Tapper [video, transcript]

Donald Trump and Jake Tapper are in a Mexican standoff.

— Jim Antle (@jimantle) June 3, 2016

In a just aired interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Donald Trump doubled-down on his criticism of the federal judge in San Diego presiding over the Trump University fraud case, insisting numerous times that Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” makes him biased against the GOP nominee:

Trump, not budging on Curiel criticism, tells Tapper: "He's Mexican. I'm building a wall."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) June 3, 2016

Jake Tapper just gave Trump a dozen chances to sound an iota less racist about the "Mexican" judge but he kept digging deeper.

— doesn't matter (@lukeoneil47) June 3, 2016

Tapper points out that @SpeakerRyan criticized Trump's comments about the judge. @realDonaldTrump: "Paul Ryan doesn't know the case."

— Emily Stephenson (@ewstephe) June 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/BenjySarlin/status/738828233014136836

Video:

Trump defends his claim that judge in Trump Univ. case is biased due to his heritage: "He should recuse himself" https://t.co/0z0l76KHgE

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 3, 2016

Full transcript:

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