Billionaire Donald Trump
By Paul Bremmer
WASHINGTON - Billionaire and GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday told the 2015 "Values Voter Summit" this is no time to be politically correct.
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The candidate, whose politically incorrect views on immigration and other hot-button issues have shaken up the race, said: "We don't have time. Who wants to be politically correct? We have to get to business."
Trump said voters want leaders who will "do the job properly."
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"We want people that are going to get it done."
He said he didn't understand candidates and elections.
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"They get elected. They are going to change things, get rid of Obamacare, and they come down to these magic vaulted ceilings. ... What happens? They become different people."
He said sometimes a "harsh tone" is appropriate, and the GOP could have done more already had its members, the majority in both the Senate and House, stuck together.
The summit, organized by the Family Research Council, was created as a forum to preserve "the bedrock values of traditional marriage, religious liberty, sanctity of life and limited government."
It features the top shelf of conservative leaders, including Trump, Sens. Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Tim Scott and Rick Santorum; Reps. Paul Ryan, Michele Bachmann, Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, Steve King, James Lankford and Allen West; Govs. Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal; media hosts Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Dr. Bill Bennett, Cal Thomas, Lt. Col. Oliver North and Mark Levin; Dr. Ben Carson; Kirk Cameron and Star Parker.
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Trump also said politicians who change their tunes are just hurting themselves.
He specifically cited rival Marco Rubio, who had spoken on the same stage earlier in the day. He called the Florida senator "this clown, Marco Rubio," for which he received boos from the audience.
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Trump pointed out Rubio had favored a "path to citizenship" as a member of the "Gang of Eight" in Congress, but when conservative voters turned on him and his poll numbers slid, he changed his stance on immigration.
However, Trump did not take an entirely harsh tone on immigration.
He reiterated that he wants to build a wall along the nation's southern border with a "big, beautiful door" in the middle so immigrants can continue to come legally.
The real estate magnate also spoke about an Indian immigrant who was forced out of the U.S. and went on to create a successful business overseas.
Trump hopped rapidly from topic to topic during his speech. He made fun of Secretary of State John Kerry for injuring his leg while bike riding and chastised him for failing to negotiate the release of any U.S. prisoners held in Iran.
"If I get elected president, before I ever get to office, I guarantee you [the prisoners] will be back," Trump promised.
The candidate once again referenced his high poll numbers, which span many different categories.
"If I’m so high in all these categories, why do we even have to have an election?" he wondered.
He referred to moderate Republicans as "babies" for being scared to impeach President Obama.
He even lamented the gradual disappearance of the phrase "Merry Christmas" and promised Americans will see and hear more "Merry Christmases" if he is elected.
But perhaps sensing what this particular audience wanted to hear, Trump began and ended his talk by whipping out his Bible.
At the very end of the speech, he held up his Bible and said, "This is the key."
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