during the rally in rio rancho, trump pointed to steve cortes, a former paid on-air contributor at cnn and member ofof trump's 2020 campaign committee. pres. trump: he happens to be hispanic. he happens to be hispanic, that i've never quite figured it out because he looks more like a wasp than i do. more. loves the hispanics who do you like more, the country or the hispanics? he says the country. i don't know. i'm have to go for the hispanics, to be honest with you. we have got a lot of hispanics. we love our hispanics.

. >> cnn contributor steve cortes and he made the comments in new mexico.appens to be hispanic, but i've never quite figured it out because he looks more like a was upon th wasp than i do, so i haven't figured that one out, but there is nobody who loves this country more or hispanic more than steve cortes. steve? who do you like more? the country or the hispanics? he says the country. i don't know. i may have to go for the hispanics, to be honest with you. we have a lot of hispanics. we love our hispanics. get out and vote. >> out front now, maria cardona, former communications director. maria he loves his hispanics? do you feel loved? cortes took trump's comments as awkward phrasing or julian castro right it masks racism. >> of course it masks racism and he doesn't do a good job of masking it. these comments were racist, ignorant and downright stupid. we shouldn't be surprised from what we've seen this president spew from the moment he came down the escalator when he announced his campaign when he called mexicans rapists and murderrors and what else can we

there is nobody that loves this country more hispanic more than steve cortes steve.ou like more the country or the hispanics >> the country. >> he says the country i don't know i may have to go for the hispanics to be honest with you. we got a lot of hispanics. we love our hispanics. get out and vote and, steve, i want to thank you very much by the way, and you were incredible on cnn, and now you'll get a real job, okay? steve, that audience wasn't big enough for you their ratings aren't good. >> perhaps steve cortes can get a real job at trump tv, but he's going to have to up his propaganda game, and that's thing 2 in 60 seconds. >>> so there are actually two cable networks devoted to spreading propaganda for trump that's president trump tv. then of course there's the trump tv business channel where a man named lou dobbs does his business every night. >> i spent some time in the white house yesterday, and i want to give you an unauthorized, quick update on the atmosphere that i witnessed in the white house the demeanor of the folks working for this president, for th

. >> at a rally in new mexico last night, the president singled out steve cortes, who appears on cnn. said this. >> he happens to be hispanic, but i've never quite figured it out, because he looks more like a wasp more than i do. nobody loves the hispanics more. who do you like more? the country or the hispanics? he says, the country. i don't know. i may have to go for the hispanics to be honest with you. we've got a lot of hispanics. we love our hispanics. get out and vote. >> what does that mean? >> well, he's trying to make a joke there. >> i got the steve cortes and the wasp thing >> he's trying to make a joke, but the problem is, he uses that possessive thing, you're my this or you're my that, it's a little bit demeaning, a little bit possessive. it's order nant too. the also thing he also said about the rhinos. but you've got tinos, people that are trump in name only, anderson. you see what i mean? so when that spell breaks, they're all going to break. it's like i said to you during the summer, it's the night king, it's the wicked witch. once the water gets thrown on this guy an

out, but i'll tell you what, there is nobody that loves this country more or hispanic more than steve cortes, steve. nobody loves the hispanics more. who do you like more? the country or the hispanics? >> so what do you make of that? hispanics or the country? what's your reaction to that choice? that he gave? >> erin, it just seems that the president doesn't know how to talk to people that don't look like him that he didn't grow up with and he just gets very awkward and unfortunately, he says things that sound more than awkward sometimes, they sound even racist. i don't know how to, plain it, but that's who we have as a president and we can change things and i hope he recognizes that everyone from my parents to the folks who will come to this country at some point in the future, we come here and we live here and we try to do the best we can because we believe that this is still a place for dreams and so, if donald trump can't sort of understand that and he can't speak about someone's heritage and what they've done for the country whether it's mr. cortes or anyone else without having to refer

cable news commentator and date letting you know he is wearing a tie, just not where you think, steve cortestold the crowd what made cortes so special. >> but i'll tell you what, there is nobody that loves this country more or hispanic more than james corden. steve. thank you, steve. nobody loves the hispanics more. who do you like more, the country or the hispanics? >> stephen: what? "who do you like more, steve, the country or the hispanics because i can't decide which to destroy first. trump has gotten a lot of criticism for his racist immigration policies but he doesn't understand why. >> i'm the least racest person in this room. >> stephen: maybe, your rallies do set a low bar. trump has weakened the clean water act, but he told the crowd he is definitely, definitely, an environmentist. >> i am an environmentalist. we are going to keep our nation clean, but you know, the universe is so big that when you talk about china, the u.s.a., india, you talk about these different places where a lot of bad stuff comes out, right? it's so big that it's right next to each other. it's right next to e

this is at a rally last night in new mexico about cnn commentator steve cortes. >> he happens to be hispanic looks more like a wasp than >>> i haven't figured that out. i'll tell you what. there's nobody that loves this country more or hispanic more. than steve cortez. steve. thank you, steve. nobody loves the hispanics more. who do you like more the country or the hispanics? he says the country. i don't know. i go for the hispanics to be honest. we have a lot of hispanics. we love them. get out and vote. >> let's discuss now. with ana navarro and hello to both of you. what's your reaction to the comments by the president? at rally. saying we love our hispanics. >> look, i suspect he didn't want to offend steve cortez and i suspect he was not offended. but really what a stupid thing to say. right? to somehow ask the question about whether you love the country more than you love hispanics. they are one in the same. and a moment he's supposed to be celebrating heritage. a moment when hispanic kids are getting bullied in school and go back to where they came from, white supremacists are driving

during the rally in rio rancho, trump pointed to steve cortes, a former paid on-air contributor at cnn and member ofof trump's 2020 campaign committee. pres. trump: he happens to be hispanic. he happens to be hispanic, that i've never quite figured it out because he looks more like a wasp than i do. more. loves the hispanics who do you like more, the country or the hispanics? he says the country. i don't know. i'm have to go for the hispanics, to be honest with you. we have got a lot of hispanics. we love our hispanics. amy: in response, the progressive political group latino victory tweeted -- "this is racist. this is xenophobic. this is the type of rhetoric that led to the biggest anti-latino massacre in modern history." that's a reference to last month's mass shooting at a walmart in el paso, texas, where a white supremacist with an assault rifle killed 22 people and wounded 24 others. the killer published a hate-filled manifesto that echoed president trump's language on migrants from latin america. human rights watch is calling on china's government to immediately stop separating u

out, but i'll tell you what, there is nobody that loves this country more or hispanic more than steve cortesu like more, the country or hispanics he says the country. i may have to go with the hispanics, to be honest with you. we have a lot of hispanics we love our hispanics. >> i have no words. >> it's so offensive, this idea that there's a choice between hispanics and the country. look, as you know, i grew up in texas where republicans for a long time won 40% of the hispanic vote, your former boss, governor bush, won 40% of the hispanic vote. people think i'm crazy to say this but there was a play for trump to win hispanics there are some that support strong border enforcement. but the way that he has governed bicep rating famili-- by separa, i think we'll have a test in the next election. not only does the margin continue to go down in historic proportions but is this finally the year hispanics come out and vote and would turn them into a powerful bloc especially in states like texas and arizona which are tipping closer to being political neutral. >> there's a huge uptick in the mitt term