Quote:Agreed.  Like him or not, he has opened up the dialog in a way that wasn't happening before he entered the race.  The media tried to spin his comments into something that could have turned into a distraction, but unfortunate for them. a string of violent acts by illegal aliens have pretty much silenced their attempt to paint Trump as a racist with his comments.  Not to mention the fact that an FBI report was released that got zero play in the media. 

 

Why?  Because it backs up what Trump said.

 

I'm not a fan of Trump.  The guy is an obsessive self promoter.  But, he's made and lost more money, rebuilt his empire several times, and he's done it using the system and all the opportunities it presents.  He's capable of saying what he thinks, unshackled from the constraints big money donors and special interest groups put on their candidates du jour.  He'll make what would otherwise be considered a fairly milquetoast field of candidates extremely entertaining to watch.  He's stealing thunder from all angles.

 

I know most people can't stand him because he's an egomaniac.  That's a trait that pretty much every candidate, and every person who has ever held that office in the past century or more, have in common.  We haven't had a president who actually exercised true humility since possibly George Washington, who didn't want the job.  Anyone who has pursued it has to have enough ego to think they know what's best for this nation.  That takes some kind of special ego.

 

The article you linked cites an FBI report that states the actual numbers are inconclusive, but refers to another report saying there are 1.4 million gang members in 33,000 gangs in the U.S. According to the article, the 2013 gang report states gangs in the Southwest are 80% comprised of illegal aliens. Extrapolating numbers from this is extremely difficult, but it's obvious there is a problem. However, given there are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., instead of assuming some of them are good people, it would be more correct to say the vast majority of them are good people.

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