meeting with donald trump? oh, donald and i have become friends. we ve sat down a number of times before he was a kand and we re sitting down again today. what i salute him for is focusing on the problem of illegal immigration. i like donald he s bold he s brash. part of the reason people are supporting donald trump right now is they re fed up with politicians in washington. but this morning, trump wasn t exactly sure why they were meeting. ted cruz called me and i don t know why i m meeting him to be honest but i do have respect for him. i respect the fact that along with a couple of others he came out very strongly and agreed with what i said on illegal immigration. and he came out strongly and early. i like him. he called me he wanted to meet and we are going to meet. and tonight, we know trump has a date with nine other republicans at the debate in 22 days. it might be late night at the
trumps i like donald trump. he s bold he s brash. and i get it that it seems the favorite sport of the washington media is to encourage some republicans to attack other republicans. i ain t going to do it. i m not interested in republican on republican violence. doesn t rhetoric matter? i salute donald trump for focusing on the need to address illegal immigration. the washington cartel doesn t want to address that. the washington cartel doesn t believe we need to secure the borders. the washington cartel supports amnesty and i think amnesty is wrong and i salute donald trump for focusing on it. . he has a colorful way of speaking. it is not the way i speak. but i m not going to engage in the media game of throwingttacking other republicans. i m just not going to do it. what about immigration? it is an interesting thing in washington. that is the question that both president obama and democrats love to focus on. how do you solve the problem? su focus on areas of common
oh no. we just lost bryan, and it was getting so exciteing. all right. the u.s. already up two in women s soccer. we ll keep you posted throughout the show. stay with us folks. fox news is election headquarters. let s get to fund-raising numbers. ted cruz and the super pac have raised a combined $51 million since cruz launched his campaign back in march. that coming from over 100,000 donors. meanwhile there s donald trump. cruz says quote, he salutes trump for talking about illegal immigration and he does not support attacks by republicans against other republicans. like donald trump. he s bold he s brash. and i get that it seems the
of being a racist. reporter: jeb bush was blunt. trump is wrong on this. he s not a stupid guy so i don t assume he thinks that every mexican crossing the border as rapist. reporter: after holding their tongues, gop candidates are now speaking out. the fact is i ve said very clearly that donald trump does not represent the republican party. reporter: it s been nearly three weeks since the entertainer turned politician set off outrage by saying some mexican immigrants are rapists and drug runners. the fallout is still dominating the debate and dividing republicans. ted cruz is standing by him. i like donald trump. he s bold he s brash. and i get that it seems the favorite sport of the washington media is to encourage some republicans to attack other republicans. i ain t going to do it. reporter: chris christie is not. i ve said that the comments he made were inappropriate and have no place in the race. reporter: and mike huckabee is blaming the media for stirring the p
you ve defended him. your former governor rick perry has criticized him. you ve had an experience with plenty of mexican immigrants in texas. are these immigrants that are coming in texas, what donald trumps describes, are they drug dealers rapists and such? listen. i am a passionate advocate for legal immigrants. i am the son of an immigrant who came legally from cuba and i ll tell you, from the day i started campaigning i traveled the state of texas talking about how all of us we are the children of those who risks everything for freedom. that that immigrant experience of all of us is what makes us americans, because we value in our dna liberty and opportunity above all else. now when it comes to donald trumps i like donald trump. he s bold he s brash. and i get it that it seems the favorite sport of the washington media is to encourage some republicans to attack other republicans. i ain t going to do it. i m not interested in republican on republican violence. doesn t rhetoric m