Trump got much closer to embracing an amnesty during a sometimes bizarre townhall with Sean Hannity tonight. Trump spoke the language of amnesty, which always involves denying you are granting an amnesty and talking about meaningless things like illegal immigrants paying back-taxes (it would presumably be difficult to know how much they owe, and many illegal immigrants wouldn’t owe income taxes in any case). Trump said he would “work with” the illegal immigrants who aren’t “the bad ones.” I suppose, since Trump’s views are so poorly formed on all this, there’s still a chance he will pull back (in perhaps a first for a presidential nominee, he took a poll of the audience on what position he should take). But all the indications are that he is in the midst of executing a massive flip-flop on one of his signature issues, and for many of his supporters, an animating cause. This would be a betrayal of them, not that they will want to hold him to account. ……
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“Trump is falling for the classic liberal false choice that it’s either mass deportation or amnesty.” https://t.co/uO50Yuulml
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) August 25, 2016
#MAGA Here's your sign pic.twitter.com/iexgO56nPX
— Principle Or Death (@RichardJSunkle) August 25, 2016
Still nothing on Breitbart’s page about Trump’s new softer stance on immigration! pic.twitter.com/ArQokwMhz6
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 25, 2016
Nothing on DRUDGE either about Trump’s new immigration stance! pic.twitter.com/FEssdDa0q7
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 25, 2016
If Trump can blithely shift on a signature issue what does it say about justices pledge, when no pretense of caring about constitutionalism?
— Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) August 24, 2016
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