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Trump: Mexicans Also Bring 'Tremendous Disease'

He accuses media of distorting his immigration remarks

(Newser) - Donald Trump was a little surprised by the backlash to his comments on Mexican immigrants—so he has decided to repeat them and expand on them. In a lengthy statement issued yesterday, the candidate accused the media of "deliberately distorting" his words, before reiterating that the Mexican government is...

'Racially Charged' Trump Tweet Targets Wife of Jeb Bush

The Donald makes reference to her Mexican heritage

(Newser) - Donald Trump lashed out at presidential candidate Jeb Bush today with a tweet that Time is calling "racially charged." Trump posted that "#JebBush has to like the Mexican illegals because of his wife," a tweet that stayed up on the money mogul's account for 24...

Trump Is a Little Surprised by Huge Backlash

He feels like a 'whipping post'

(Newser) - Business partners including NBC , Macy's , and now NASCAR have been rapidly backing away from Donald Trump, and the candidate admits he has been taken off guard by the ferocity of the backlash against his comments about Mexican immigrants. "I didn't know it was going to be this...

Panama Gives Donald Trump Some Bad News

Joining Costa Rica and Mexico, Panama quits Miss Universe contest

(Newser) - Panama is joining several other Latin American nations in dropping out of the Miss Universe pageant in protest over Donald Trump's comments about immigrants . The Miss Panama Organization and the Telemetro television channel say that this year they won't participate in or broadcast the Miss Universe contest partly...

America Ferrera: Hey, Gracias, Trump!

He's accomplished what Latino voter drives could not, she writes

(Newser) - Enough people have clobbered Donald Trump over his derogatory remarks about Latino immigrants that America Ferrera says she's decided to pass on that. Instead, the actress has a written a heartfelt, if tongue-in-cheek, "thank you" to him in the Huffington Post . Trump, she explains, has succeeded where Latino...

Trump's Miss USA Pageant Finds New Home

It will air July 12 on Reelz channel

(Newser) - NBC's loss is another channel's gain, apparently: Independent network Reelz has acquired the rights to the Miss USA pageant, which CEO Stan Hubbard hails as "an integral part of American tradition." He made no mention of the anti-Mexico comments that caused NBC, Univision , and a...

Trump Digs In: 'Well, Somebody's Doing the Raping'

Defends his comments in a CNN interview

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been dumped by Macy's , NBC , and a Mexican billionaire , among others over his assertion that rapists and criminals are pouring into the US from Mexico—but he's certainly not backing down. In an interview with CNN's Don Lemon last night, he cited a September...

Macy's Continues the Trump Dump

Department store is pulling all Trump-branded merchandise from its shelves

(Newser) - Donald Trump's terrible , horrible , no good , very bad couple of weeks just got worse: Macy's is pulling all Trump-branded merch from its stores due to derogatory remarks the mogul made about Latinos during his June 16 presidential campaign kickoff, reports CNN . Per a Macy's statement this morning:...

Trump to Univision: You're Sued

$500M suit accuses network of quashing freedom of speech

(Newser) - Donald Trump is a man of his word, at least when that word is "sue." The GOP candidate made good on his threat to sue Univision for hundreds of millions of dollars yesterday, filing a $500 million lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court over the network's...

Now World's No. 2 Rich Guy Spurns Trump

And Mexico won't be sending a contestant to Miss Universe pageant

(Newser) - Suffice it to say that Latinos don't love Donald Trump : The second richest guy on planet Earth has joined the burgeoning list of Latino-affiliated groups jumping ship in the wake of the candidate's derogatory remarks about Mexican immigrants. Carlos Slim announced yesterday that his Ora TV would back...

Donald Trump Fires Back at NBC

Mogul calls NBC "weak" and threatens to sue

(Newser) - NBC broke up with Donald Trump today , and the money mogul is not taking it lightly. He fired back right away by calling NBC "weak" and threatening a lawsuit, Mashable reports. This after the network nixed its relationship with Trump and canceled the Miss USA pageant slated for July...

Petition to NBC to Dump Trump Racks Up 215K Names
 NBC Dumps Donald Trump 
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NBC Dumps Donald Trump

'Respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values'

(Newser) - Donald Trump apparently doesn't have NBC's vote. This, from the company today: "At NBC, respect and dignity for all people are cornerstones of our values. Due to the recent derogatory statements by Donald Trump regarding immigrants, NBCUniversal is ending its business relationship with Mr. Trump." The...

Trump Hasn't Voted in Last 6 Elections

He's also given more money to Democratic candidates than Republicans

(Newser) - When it comes to voting for Donald Trump, the man himself would rather you not follow his track record. Records seen by the National Review show Trump hasn't voted in the past six presidential-primary elections, including in 2000, 2004, and 2012 when he considered a run for president. He...

Trump Won't Hand Over His Birth Certificate

The 'Guardian' asked, and even provided a fax number

(Newser) - In the fall of 2012, Donald Trump shared a "big surprise": an offer to donate $5 million to the charity of Obama's choice if the president released "his college records and applications" and "his passport applications and records." Fast forward roughly three years, and there'...

Trump: Univision Is Conspiring With Mexico

He plans to sue for 'hundreds of millions'

(Newser) - The Donald Trump-Univision spat looks like it could outlast the Donald Trump 2016 campaign. Trump's lawyer says his client plans to sue the network for "hundreds of millions" over its decision to drop the Miss USA pageant, reports Reuters . "We intend to pursue all legal rights and...

Trump Lashes Back at 'Hypocrite' Neil Young

But he's going to stop using the singer's song

(Newser) - It's not unusual for a musician to object to a politician's use of his song. Typically, the song gets pulled and life goes on, but "typically" doesn't exist in Donald Trump's world. After Neil Young called out the Trump campaign for using "Rockin' in...

Univision Dumps Miss USA Over Trump

Given 'insulting remarks about Mexican immigrants,' breaking up not hard to do

(Newser) - Several things stood out when Donald Trump announced his presidential bid — liberal glee, conservative scorn , escalators, paid supporters —but what many in the Latino community heard was his proposal to build a "great, great wall" on the US-Mexico border to block Mexican drugs, crime, and rapists. Outrage...

'The Latinos Love Trump,' Says Trump

Pay no attention to those Trump pinatas they're bashing

(Newser) - Though some Mexicans are buying pinatas in his likeness specifically so they can bash his head in, Donald Trump says that Latinos love him. That's exactly what he said yesterday, while ferrying reporters around his 18-hole golf course in Virginia: "Latinos love Trump." He made the comment...

Trump, You're an Ignorant Fool. Sincerely, Mexico

Surprise: Mexicans didn't like him calling them 'rapists'

(Newser) - As shocking as it may seem, Donald Trump didn't make a lot of fans in Mexico when he proposed building a "great, great wall" along our southern border on Mexico's dime to block all of its criminals and rapists from reaching the US. "When Mexico sends...

Trump 'Supporters' Were Paid Actors Who Made $50

Casting agency put out call for cheerers, sign-holders

(Newser) - Donald Trump says he will be the "greatest jobs president that God ever created" and it sounds as if his campaign launch this week created plenty of work. Some of the supporters cheering the launch at Trump Tower were actors being paid $50 for the job, according to the...

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