Trump says his deportation policy may have been too tough after midterm losses
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President Donald Trump told 60 Minutes in an interview on Sunday that his deportation policy may have been too tough. The remarks came days after Republicans lost the midterm elections, including support among Latino voters in South Texas and other heavily Latino areas. Trump said his immigration crackdown both helped and hurt him at the polls, and that he earned high marks for removing what he called the bad ones. He also said he got an A+ for closing the southern border and that no one had come through it in the past 17 months.
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Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that his deportation policy may have been too tough.
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Republicans lost the midterm elections, including support among Latino voters in South Texas and other heavily Latino areas.
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Trump said his rapid deportations turned off some Americans and that removing people with good jobs hurt him.
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Trump said he earned high marks for removing the bad ones and an A+ for closing the southern border.
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Trump said no one had come through the southern border in the past 17 months.
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All three outlets report that Trump told 60 Minutes his deportation policy may have been too tough after Republicans lost the midterms. The right-side report presents it as a retreat from a hardline policy after a blowout, while left-side reports stress political cost to the GOP and the Latino vote shift.
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Both left-side headlines attribute the remark to Trump and frame it as a concession: Bloomberg ties it to GOP midterm losses, while CBS quotes his “too tough” wording.
Trump: Deportation policy might have been "too tough"
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The New York Post frames the remarks as Trump backing away from a hardline policy after a midterms blowout, presenting his “too tough” line as an admission.
Trump backs away from hardline immigration policy after midterms blowout: ‘I think it was too tough’
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jarring lossesMore neutral: midterm losses
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…with 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat three days after Republicans faced jarring losses in the midterm elections.
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…possible his administration has been “too tough” with its deportation policies, conceding that it may have hurt the Republican Party in the midterm elections.
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President Trump admitted his hardline immigration policy went too far after the GOP’s sweeping losses in the…
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- Trump’s concession that the policy was too tough
- Political cost to the GOP in the midterms
- Trump’s “good jobs” remark
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- Trump’s claim that no one entered the southern border in 17 months
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- BloombergLeft
Trump Says Tough Deportation Policy Likely Hurt GOP in Midterms
President Donald Trump said it’s possible his administration has been “too tough” with its deportation policies, conceding that it may have hurt the Republican Party in the midterm elections.
- CBS NewsLeft
Trump: Deportation policy might have been "too tough"
In an interview with 60 Minutes, President Trump said his administration's deportation policy might have been "too tough" in pursuing immigrants with "good jobs."
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1 outletLeads with
- Trump backing away from hardline policy
- Republican losses among Hispanic voters
- Trump’s border claims and A+ grade
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Trump backs away from hardline immigration policy after midterms blowout: ‘I think it was too tough’
President Trump Loaded verb“admitted”Admitted presents a policy opinion as a confession, while said reports the same words without that implication.More neutral: saidDisagree with this highlight? his hardline immigration policy went too far after the GOP’s sweeping losses in the midterm elections last week. Trump said his administration’s rapid deportations turned off some Americans during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday, following Republicans …
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