August 6, 2015 🟡 Significant

Refuses GOP loyalty pledge, repeats “Mexico sends the bad ones”

During the first GOP debate in Cleveland, Trump alone declined to pledge support for the eventual Republican nominee and reiterated that “the Mexican government…they send the bad ones over,” keeping an independent run as leverage.

"the Mexican government…they send the bad ones over" — First GOP debate in Cleveland (Aug. 6, 2015), repeating his launch-speech line about Mexico sending criminals

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