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The Republican elites like Paul Ryan and Wall Street Financier Paul Singer as well as others hate Trump because he is against illegal immigration. He is agains

The Republican elites like Paul Ryan and Wall Street Financier Paul Singer as well as others hate Trump because he is against illegal immigration. He is against trade pacts. Both of these displace American workers. Most of the Republican candidates wanted to grant some form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. Of all the Republican candidates, only Trump complained when Carrier air conditioners closed an Indiana factory transferring jobs to Mexico (Sanders also complained, but not Clinton). The truth is that the Republican elites did not care about the working class, Trump responds to their suffering. Many of the Republican elites could care less about voters -- they though they could win the Republican candidacy with money. Jeb Bush wasted $130 million, at least in part because he was responding to donor needs and not voter needs.

tdb7893 10y ago
My impression is they more hate Trump because he is taking the party in a different direction than they want and has also said some things that many people think do not reflect well on the Republican party. I do agree though on the influence of money in politics and that's one thing that's so interesting about Trump is that he just seems to say whatever he wants.
- davidf18 10y ago
  He is taking the party in a different direction -- one that favors the working class over Wall Street. Meg Whitman a Republican who ran for governor of California and Head of HP said Trump would make it harder for HP to hire H1-B visa workers. He is anti NAFTA anti TPP and TPP trade because he is trying to protect working class jobs. They are pro illegal immigrants amnesty. When Carrier air conditioner closed a plant in Indiana moving the jobs to Mexico Trump and Sanders spoke out vociferously. No other Republican cared at all because they were receiving Wall Street funding. Hilary also didn't speak out about Carrier. Like the Republican candidates she is close to Wall Street. She received $675,000 for 3 talks to Goldman. Sanders repeatedly asked her to release the text of the talks but she refused. Wikileaks finally released the text last month. Trump is for paying H1-b at least as much as Americans.
  - tdb7893 10y ago
    That makes sense. I don't agree with you on many things and I don't think we would convince each other if we argued all day but it was interesting seeing the different points of view and you gave me some stuff to think about
    - davidf18 10y ago
      I don't agree with Trumps demeanor, but the Republicans are the one who made him the candidate by listening to Wall Street (Jeb Bush had $130 million) and other wealthy and their money and not listening to the suffering of the working class. Remarkably, if one looks at the press accounts early in the campaign, the candidates vent at Trump instead of changing their platform to respond to the wish of the voters. Perhaps it is because they were afraid of losing Wall Street funded campaign funding.

tdb7893 10y ago

My impression is they more hate Trump because he is taking the party in a different direction than they want and has also said some things that many people think do not reflect well on the Republican party. I do agree though on the influence of money in politics and that's one thing that's so interesting about Trump is that he just seems to say whatever he wants.

davidf18 10y ago
He is taking the party in a different direction -- one that favors the working class over Wall Street. Meg Whitman a Republican who ran for governor of California and Head of HP said Trump would make it harder for HP to hire H1-B visa workers. He is anti NAFTA anti TPP and TPP trade because he is trying to protect working class jobs. They are pro illegal immigrants amnesty. When Carrier air conditioner closed a plant in Indiana moving the jobs to Mexico Trump and Sanders spoke out vociferously. No other Republican cared at all because they were receiving Wall Street funding. Hilary also didn't speak out about Carrier. Like the Republican candidates she is close to Wall Street. She received $675,000 for 3 talks to Goldman. Sanders repeatedly asked her to release the text of the talks but she refused. Wikileaks finally released the text last month. Trump is for paying H1-b at least as much as Americans.
- tdb7893 10y ago
  That makes sense. I don't agree with you on many things and I don't think we would convince each other if we argued all day but it was interesting seeing the different points of view and you gave me some stuff to think about
  - davidf18 10y ago
    I don't agree with Trumps demeanor, but the Republicans are the one who made him the candidate by listening to Wall Street (Jeb Bush had $130 million) and other wealthy and their money and not listening to the suffering of the working class. Remarkably, if one looks at the press accounts early in the campaign, the candidates vent at Trump instead of changing their platform to respond to the wish of the voters. Perhaps it is because they were afraid of losing Wall Street funded campaign funding.