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Posing a question when did you stop beating your wife and we have to donald trump -- and we have to have jeb bush saying no donald trump doesnt represent republicans. >> one of the biggest sectors is the latino and hispanic voters. for them who cant -- >> mexican illegals coming across the border. >> statistically speaking they are less likely to commit a violent crime than in the general american populace. hes not just wrong. hes offensively wrong. >> we saw what happened in san francisco and i...

Running -- ted cruz defended eded donald trump. let me play it for you. >> i think what he said was wrong. i dont think -- it was inappropriate. >> inappropriate is too weak a word. unpartly ly unfairly denigrated people. >> donald trump does not represent the republican party. >> he is doing this to inflame and insight. >> is that going to work in terms of getting votes? >> i dont think this is a successful strategy. thats what is lost in this is that i dont believe you are going to get the rep...

Some of the people and i read it yesterday, there was a huge article about the tremendous crime that is taking place. a crime wave. one of the most dangerous places on earth. i bring that up and all of a sudden im a bad person. >> reporter: all this back and forth come at a time when many are eager to reach out to hispanic voters. many candidates will speak out more forcibly notice it could be damage to the partys brand. >> sunlen serfaty at the white house. governor george pataki will hold a ro...

Hes doing this to inflame and incite and draw attention, which seems to be the organizing principle of his campaign. it doesnt represent the republican party or its values. >> trump has been doubling down and continuing to defend his remarks. he painted the finger right back at jeb bush saying in a statement, quote, i never said that all mexicans crossing the border are rapists. jeb is mischaracterizing my statements only to inflame. all of this back and forth comes of course at a time when repu...

Jeb bush on fourth of july in new hampshire. but its been 17 days since donald trump said that. any indications of why it took two and a half weeks for a strong response to come from jeb bush? >> they dont really want to get ahead of donald trump, give him more publicity than hes getting already. it is quite sensitive. there is a dilemma for the republican candidates. on the one hand they want to attract the hispanic elect raor. youre seeing strength in numbers. a number of candidates have come ...

He doesnt represent the republican party or its values. politically were going to win when were hopeful and optimistic and big and broad rather than grr, just angry all the time. this is an exaggerated form of that. >> and trump has been doubling down. he continues to defend his remarks, and he shot back late last night to the charge that hes just trying to get attention for his campaign, saying in a statement, quote, i am very proud to be fighting for a strong and secure border. this is a very ...

Successful as a campaigner and have all of the other attributes that would lead to electoral victory. i think you choose the person who you say this is the president i want to see in the united states of america. >> even if the field is two white men running against a woman and potentially a hispanic? >> i am not going to tell our nominee what they should do in terms of running mate. it may well be an hispanic person, african-american, a woman. we may have a woman as our nominee. carly fiorina h...

Republican field since 1980. perhaps since 1860. and in comes this guy, spouting about the mexicans in a way that is really outrageous and everybody is -- and the debate revolves around this, whereas it should be revolving around a lot of other issues. people say where he has raised the issue of immigration. jeb bush and marco rubio and the others have not needed trump to raise the issue of immigration, particularly in this way. its definitely hurting the brand and distracting the entire debate....

What to do about donald trump. trump painted mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals. now the republican party chairman is calling trumps remarks not helpful. we have the latest with athena jones. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump is rising in recent polls, but the firestorm over remarks over mexican immigrants is coming as the republican party is trying to make inroads with the hispanic to make the white house in 2016. now the gop rivals are making it clear they dont agree with him. >...

Up to the hispanic population for the damage done on the immigration issue. >> lawrence, i dont know what took them so long. this has been a huge effort by the committee. the chairman should have taken the bullet first and gone after trump early and let the candidates follow. >> one thing i was struck by, one of the first to jump out there against trump was the utterly hopeless george pataki. what that showed is going after trump is one way to get attention in the giant field. >> right. all of a...