Trump met with CEO of Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
*I’m waiting to see what comes of this. It was a closed-door meeting, and apparently Trump asked to meet with Palomarez. VL
By MJ Lee, CNN Politics
(CNN)[tweet_dis]Donald Trump met privately in New York on Tuesday with Javier Palomarez, the CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, CNN has learned.[/tweet_dis]
The meeting took place at Trump’s midtown Manhattan office in Trump Tower and lasted more than an hour, Palomarez told CNN. The conversation centered around immigration and the Hispanic electorate.
[pullquote]”I told him that both sides were at fault,” Palomarez told CNN. “On the one hand, it appeared Jorge spoke out of term and somewhat commandeered the microphone, and on the other hand, this issue (of immigration) for Jorge Ramos is considerably different for him than most other journalists in the room, let’s face it.[/pullquote]
“It’s kind of interesting, the dichotomy between the private Donald Trump and the public Donald Trump. He listened a lot more than he spoke,” Palomarez said. “He never once interrupted me.”
At one point, Palomarez said Trump joked that “he didn’t need the Hispanic vote” as he referenced his high poll numbers.
“But I think we both know that he’s recognized that in fact, he does need the Hispanic vote,” Palomarez added.
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