Rick Perry: “Trump-ism” isn’t conservatism, it’s a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense

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Allah:

The hardest shot yet at Trump from a fellow candidate.

“Donald Trump continues to demonstrate his fundamental misunderstanding of border security. Make no mistake – border security is a federal responsibility, but when I met with President Obama last year and it became clear he would not act, I told him if he would not secure the border, Texas would. Rather than thanking Texas for stepping into a gap it shouldn’t have to fill, Mr. Trump has made clear that he believes the states should fend for themselves on border security. Not only is this wrong, it perpetuates the same failed policies that have left our southern border porous and vulnerable.

I have a message for my fellow Republicans and the independents who will be voting in the primary process: what Mr. Trump is offering is not conservatism, it is Trump-ism – a toxic mix of demagoguery and nonsense.

America doesn’t need another president who pays lip service when issues of national security are at stake. America doesn’t need another president who will pass the buck on border security. We need a president who will finally act to secure the border after decades of failed leadership in Washington, D.C. And Mr. Trump has done nothing to prove that he is the president America needs.”

Lots of buzz on Twitter this afternoon from media types along these lines:

Perry’s been smacking Trump for the past two weeks. He went on Fox News on July 2nd, not long after Trump made his famous comment about rapists coming in from Mexico, to criticize him for his rhetoric. A week later, he posted a “video letter” to Trump on YouTube knocking him again and insisting that his views of Mexicans don’t represent the GOP. Now, a week after that, he’s dismissing Trump as a clown and a demagogue. The first debate is three weeks away and Perry’s currently 10th, right on the bubble for inclusion, in the RCP poll average. He’s searching for a way to put some distance between himself and the Santorums and Fiorinas of the world and a media war with Trump is, he figures, his best bet, assuming Trump finally takes the bait and starts swinging at him in forums more prominent than Twitter. This is part of the strategy too:

[I]n part thanks to Trump, Perry could be another candidate able to court Hispanic voters. Trump hurled a fireball into Perry’s court. Now it’s time for him to show us what he’s got.

He could start by showing the GOP how he managed to maintain a hard-line border security stance without alienating Hispanic voters, a fine balance that gained him 38 percent of the Hispanic vote in his last bid for governor. Or he could help them understand that calling undocumented immigrants criminals is offensive, as he did in his response to Trump. Perry has consistently offered measured responses about immigration policy, proving that you can both advocate for strengthened borders and remember that you’re talking about human life.

Another benefit: Going after Trump creates a contrast with Ted Cruz, a rival for Texas donors and tea-party voters, who’s been hugging Trump lately in hopes of inheriting his voters once Trump quits the race. Perry’s grand plan here, I guess, is to make the debate, pick a fight with Trump onstage, get lots of Strange New Respect from the media and a bounce in the polls from conservative voters who dislike Trump, and hope that that lands him in the top tier with Bush, Rubio, and Walker. Success then breeds success. If he can edge past Cruz in the polls, he might end up being perceived by conservatives as their best shot against Jeb, which will boost his numbers further. And because he has the most obvious border cred of any of the contenders, he’s theoretically in a position to win over some Trump voters as the true immigration warrior in the field.

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Demagoguery? Maybe so. But, for the moment, I’ll take Trump’s “I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE” populism over Perry’s hypocritical “say one thing and do another as Governor” actions.

At least HE might wake up Americans to the existential threat of the illegal alien invasion which to date has gone unaddressed/unabated.

Sanctuary cities in Texas ain’t conservatism Guv!

Candidates gotta pander. I get it. Let’s just hope that despite whatever they say to keep the left wing media off their backs, they address the actual problem and resolve it.

First and foremost, any sanctuary city should have any and all federal funds cut off. Let em chew on that for a while.

I would love to see that bill presented, see who votes against it and see what Obama does with it when it reaches his desk. Put the illegal immigrant enablers on the spot for a change.