Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker is changing his stance on immigration just for the election so that he can appeal more to the Conservatives as he preps to launch a Republican presidential bid for 2016. This month at a gathering in New Hampshire he stated that he supported giving them a chance or pathway to legal status but not citizenship for undocumented immigrants. However, the chairwoman, Jennifer Horn, described the Gov.Scott Walker's statements on Thursday after it was reported that he had endorsed eventual citizenship for those immigrants which many Republicans opposed. This was later disputed by one of Scott Walkers spokeswoman saying that he has been clear on his stand point. In reality, he changes it depending on who hes talking to in order to gain votes and favor from both sides.
Do you think his plan to appeal to both sides by changing his statements will work?
At this point, Gov. Walker is only worried about getting the Republican nomination for president. As such, he is not appealing to both sides, only the conservative Republicans. If he gets the nomination, he will need to soften his stance on immigration and we will see if he and the conservative Republicans who make harsh statements against immigrants will be able to then appeal to that side.
ReplyDeletePersonally I believe eventual citizenship isn't a bad thing. Although, if he changes positions I don't believe he will come close to winning the Republican nomination.
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