Coulter loves her some Donald
by digby
She loves him oh so much. He’s making her relevant again by immigrant bashing — the subject of her latest book “Adios America — and she’s reveling in it.
Appearing Tuesday on The Mike Gallagher Show, Coulter admitted that she has “turned against” Fiorina “as of yesterday,” and now feels the “hot, hot hate of a thousand suns” for the sole female GOP candidate.
“At first, I admit I was suspicious because I hate this, ‘Oh, a woman can talk, oh, that’s great!’” the conservative commentator said. “But I just hate this affirmative action among Republicans.”
She’s mad at Fiorina for saying she thinks Trump’s endorsement of ending birthright citizenship is outlandish.
But plenty of Republicans, notably Scott Walker, are on board with this — Trump’s not that far out on the edge.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich said recently that he didn’t think the party needed to go that far in trying to crack down on illegal immigration. But during his run for governor in 2010, according to the Columbus Dispatch, he reiterated his longtime support for ending birthright citizenship.
When Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul first ran for the Senate in 2010, he said he didn’t “think the 14th Amendment was meant to apply to illegal aliens.” He has since pushed for a constitutional amendment. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has said the issue needs to be re-examined as well.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum has also stated his support for altering the 14th Amendment. In a column this May debuting his immigration policy, the 2012 Republican primary runner-up wrote the following:
Other enticements to illegal immigration, such as birthright citizenship, should be ended. Only children born on American soil where at least one parent is a citizen or resident aliens is automatically a U.S. citizen. Of developed countries other than the United States, only Canada has birthright citizenship.
And on Monday night, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal joined the debate, tweeting, “We need to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.”
Even South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a longtime supporter of immigration reform, has called for a consideration of a change in the Constitution because he believes immigrants will simply “drop and leave” their kids in this country.
Rubio and Bush are on the other side. So there’s that.