SAN ANTONIO — Donald Trump Jr. made a stop in the Alamo City this week on the campaign trail for his father, President Donald Trump, as he continues his re-election bid for 2020.
This is not the first time the Trump campaign has focused on San Antonio. Trump Jr. was here in October, holding a "Keep America Great" rally at the convention center following a visit from the president a few months before.
KENS 5 sat down with Trump Jr. in an exclusive interview to discuss why the Alamo City – and Texas as a whole – are important to the president's re-election bid.
"I think my father's delivered for those people incredibly and for, you know, frankly, all the people of this state and all those people with conservative values," Trump Jr. said.
President Trump brought in 94% of Republican votes in Texas on Super Tuesday. As the race for the White House continues, Donald Trump Jr. has taken a lead role in his father's re-election campaign.
"When you look at the things that he's done, they haven't just been well, this is Republican dogma, and we have to do it. I mean, when you talk about opportunity zones, prison reform, so many things that he's done that it's just sort of broken away from, you know, one side or the other. But he did them because they were the right thing to do," Trump Jr. said.
"Hopefully that with the results that my father's been able to deliver really translates, because I do think America is winning," Trump Jr. continued. "There's not an economic metric where we're not better off today. Not one, than we were four years ago."
Trump Jr. touted the president's experience running a business, and says the economy – among other things – has benefited from that experience.
"You have the best employment numbers in the history of America. Unemployment numbers are the lowest for Hispanics, for African Americans, for women," Trump Jr. said. "More female entrepreneurship in the last three-and-a-half years than ever before in American history.
"When you have someone that's actually done it, someone who's actually signed the front of a paycheck, not just the back, like so many of our decision makers, you know,we have, you get different results."
While visiting a city with a large Latino population, Trump Jr. disputed what some call anti-immigrant rhetoric employed by the president.
"There's nothing anti-immigrant, but we do have to prioritize Americans," he said. "And I think when you look at the results of cracking down on some of these things, you see wage growth for the first time in modern history going up for the lowest income earners.
"And when you look at whether it's Latino, whether it's the African-American youth, they are most likely to be the people displaced by illegal immigration by in the workforce.”
"We're actually elevating these people," he continued. "We're giving Americans the chance to live that American dream."
With immigration policy still a hot topic, what does this mean for voters in a city like San Antonio with a large Latino population?
"I do think a lot of... the Latino community – while they've probably historically been very Democrat – I think when I look at...their notion of family education, work, startup business, being pro-life, religious, I'm saying, 'Guys, you're Republicans. You may not just know it.'"
"The overarching goal of being able to have Americans living that dream, to have a better life, to grow our economy, to grow our businesses, to take a leadership role in a country is really important," he added. "Now, a lot of that messaging will never translate down into those communities. The left has got a very good job putting a stranglehold on it."
Even after the president was accused of racism after the outbreak of the coronavirus, Trump Jr. said, despite the criticism, he'll continue the campaign's focus of "Keeping America Great."
“You're being racist for shutting down airports from a specific area in China that has an infectious disease, that four days later they're panicking about it," Trump Jr. said, "but then we're being racist? The problem is – and you know, it's part of the political system these days – racism is a real problem in this country. Still is. It exists. It's just not the answer for every problem you face.
"The left has done that, where they don't have an explanation; when they can't really figure out why they can't deliver on something."
“I want every American to be prideful in America," he said. "I want every American to be able to say, 'Hey, I'm giving my kid an opportunity to live that American dream.' We want that for everyone, not for one side.”
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