Carly Fiorina criticized Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate birth right citizenship, saying, “I do not support amending the Constitution and frankly in this regard honestly, I think Donald Trump is acting like the politicians he excoriates.”
“Let’s hold a bright, shiny object out here, let’s amend the Constitution and end birth right citizenship. It is not going to happen,” Fiorina, appearing on “Morning Joe” Wednesday, continued.
Mike Barnicle: Do you believe in birth right citizenship?
Carly Fiorina: I think it is in our Constitution. I do not support amending the Constitution and frankly in this regard honestly, I think Donald Trump is acting like the politicians he excoriates. Let’s hold a bright, shiny object out here, let’s amend the Constitution and end birth right citizenship. It is not going to happen. Whether people are for it or not, it’s not going to happen. The reason I say it’s a distraction, is because what I will do is expend all of my political capital and political energy on doing the one thing we haven’t done for 25 years. Let’s secure the border, let’s fix the legal immigration system which is such a huge part of the reason we have so many illegal immigrants. Talk, talk, talk. It’s all anybody has been doing for 25 years. We need to buckle down and get this stuff done. It’s not rocket science.
Mika Brzezinski: Carly Fiorina. Great to have you on the show.
Joe Scarborough: Carly Fiorina, doing something radical, coming out in support of the 14th Amendment, which a lot of Republicans, people in my party are not doing.
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