In a long statement sent to reporters Tuesday afternoon, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will no longer comment on the fraud lawsuits against Trump University. In recent days, Trump has attacked the judge presiding over the case, Gonzalo Curiel, over his Mexican heritage -- even claiming it is a "conflict of interest." The decision comes just a day after Trump overrode his campaign staff and told surrogates to continue lambasting Curiel and reporters who question whether the attacks are racist.
Trump went after the media even further, portraying journalists as dishonest for "one inaccuracy after another" when reporting on the Trump University lawsuits.
"It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage," Trump said. "I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent."
The full statement is here.
─ [...] "It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage," Trump said. ─
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was because you said several times that the reason judge Gonzalo Curiel decided a couple of times against your interests was because he's 'Mexican' and you're building a wall, and that this should be taken as 'common sense'?
Why, no wonder you would be so upset about your words being 'misconstrued'! How can anybody take those words to mean anything else except.... ah....
I don't know. I don't speak Trumpian. Can anybody translate this for me?
By the way, it has been FASCINATING reading conservative commentators and paleo-libertarian bloggers basing their arguments against this judge on HERITAGE-BASED DETERMINISM. See Pat Buchanan's most recent piece, as an example. Quite a thing to behold.
Legal Blogger Max Kennerly explains how Curiel's rulings actually have been Trump favorable.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.litigationandtrial.com/2016/06/articles/attorney/consumer-protection/curiel-trump/
Good find.
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