Trump doubles down . . . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stood firm Monday on his description of Mexican immigrants as criminals. In his new statement, Trump
said “the Mexican government is forcing their most unwanted people into the United States” and claimed that in many cases, they are “criminals, drug dealers, rapists, etc.” Associated Press
The day Trump sued to save his American flag . . . Trump lamented, “The day you need a permit to put up
the American flag, that will be a sad day for this country.” Daily Caller
Rubio: NY Times parroting Cuba's line . . . The Florida Republican presidential candidate is assailing yet another New York Times story about him as a hatchet job. The story ran on Monday depicting Rubio, who is the son of Cuban immigrants, as intensely disliked in Cuba, including the part of the island from which his ancestors hailed. Fox News Latino
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The Democrats'
Socialism problem . . . Democratic primaries have always featured liberal insurgent candidates, but perhaps none quite so liberal or insurgent as the socialist senator from Vermont. Sanders’ comments are a reminder of just how far the second-place Democratic presidential candidate stands from the American mainstream on some issues, and the looming reckoning Democrats face with their party’s leftward drift. Politico
Gowdy to call top Hillary aides . . . Chairman Trey Gowdy announced the House Select
Committee on Benghazi is "finally" slated to interview top aides to Hillary Clinton about their role in the State Department's handling of the 2012 terror attack. Among them are Cheryl Mills, Clinton's chief of staff, Huma Abedin, her deputy, and Jake Sullivan, director of policy planning at State. Washington Examiner
Hillary opposes Israel boycott movement . . . Hillary Clinton promised to “fight back against” the anti-Israel boycott movement, calling it “harmful” to both
Israelis and Palestinians in a letter to one of her top donors last week. Washington Free Beacon
Hillary's campaign is "sinking like a rock," pollster John Zogby tells Newsmax TV.
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Bill Clinton’s Limo to Hermès Cost Taxpayers $8,852 . . . The State Department picked up the tab for the multimillionaire former president’s transportation
costs during his trip to Paris last month, government contracts show. Washington Free Beacon
Upcoming polls to lock in GOP debate field . . . Every candidate — with the exceptions of Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio — is in danger of losing his or her place. Politico
Book of the Week: Ann Coulter's "Adios America" . . . From the Amazon description: Ann Coulter is back, more fearless than ever. In Adios, America she touches the third rail in American politics, attacking the immigration issue head-on and flying in the face of La Raza, the Democrats, a media determined to cover up immigrants' crimes,
churches that get paid by the government for their "charity," and greedy Republican businessmen and campaign consultants—all of whom are profiting handsomely from mass immigration that's tearing the country apart.
". . . Often-inflammatory, usually clever, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny . . . " — The Daily Beast
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