Trump keeps digging:
Trump triples down on attack on judge's ethnicity
By Louis Nelson
Politico
06/03/16 05:11 PM EDT
'Donald Trump expanded on his attacks against a federal judge’s heritage Friday, arguing that the border wall the presumptive Republican nominee has put at the center of his 2016 campaign has made him the subject of unfair treatment in a California civil fraud suit over Trump University, his defunct real estate seminar.
Pressed by CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump repeated his claim that U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Mexican heritage creates "an inherent conflict of interest.”
“Jake, I'm building a wall. OK? I'm building a wall. I'm trying to keep business out of Mexico. Mexico's fine,” Trump said.
“But he’s an American,” Tapper responded.
“He’s of Mexican heritage,” Trump said. “And he’s very proud of it, as I am of where I come from.”
“But he’s an American,” Tapper reiterated. “You keep talking about it’s a conflict of interest because of Mexico.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-jake-tapper-gonzalo-curiel-223889#ixzz4AYwXzFvq'
Trump triples down on attack on judge's ethnicity
By Louis Nelson
Politico
06/03/16 05:11 PM EDT
'Donald Trump expanded on his attacks against a federal judge’s heritage Friday, arguing that the border wall the presumptive Republican nominee has put at the center of his 2016 campaign has made him the subject of unfair treatment in a California civil fraud suit over Trump University, his defunct real estate seminar.
Pressed by CNN’s Jake Tapper, Trump repeated his claim that U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s Mexican heritage creates "an inherent conflict of interest.”
“Jake, I'm building a wall. OK? I'm building a wall. I'm trying to keep business out of Mexico. Mexico's fine,” Trump said.
“But he’s an American,” Tapper responded.
“He’s of Mexican heritage,” Trump said. “And he’s very proud of it, as I am of where I come from.”
“But he’s an American,” Tapper reiterated. “You keep talking about it’s a conflict of interest because of Mexico.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-jake-tapper-gonzalo-curiel-223889#ixzz4AYwXzFvq'