The
Washington Post interviewed Univision anchor Jorge Ramos about his Tuesday
run-in with Donald Trump and Ramos filled in a bit of the back story. Univision has a goal of talking to every presidential candidate. They've conducted 10 interviews so far, but the Trump campaign has rejected every one of their requests—not to mention that time
when The Donald published Ramos's handwritten interview request complete with cell phone number on the Internet. Oops! So on Tuesday, Ramos went to Trump in Iowa, which is when he was summarily ejected from that now infamous press conference before he was eventually let back in.
That's where the interview picks up.
FIX: So you went back in and eventually asked Trump a number of questions. In fact, I've seen some people characterize what followed as a debate between Ramos and Trump.
RAMOS: Well, I have to tell you: I have been a journalist for a long, long time -- more than 30 years -- and this is the first time in my life I have ever been ejected for asking a question. I have actually never seen that happen -- not in the United States, not in a democracy. I have seen that in dictatorships and authoritarian regimes. And, I think that is the thing. He [Trump] is putting a strain on freedom of press in the country. He does not want to be asked questions. He does not want to be questioned. Once I was allowed to come back in, I asked him the three questions we discussed and the lack of support he has among Latinos generally. He didn't want to answer them then, either. And he didn't.
No kidding. If there was one takeaway from that Ramos-Trump exchange, it's this: don't expect to get any details ever from The Donald. Ramos gave as persistent a try as we've seen from any reporter in trying to nail down how Trump would deport 11 million immigrants and build a 1,900-mile wall. Nothin'.
FIX: Do you feel that Trump ejected you because you are Latino or because he does not respect Latinos?
RAMOS: He clearly does not understand Latinos or their importance in this country. He wants to dispatch with millions of them. There is nothing clearer than that. He doesn't want them here. Look, he’s talking about Mexicans and Latinos and national security while, by the way, Canada shares a border with the United States that is more than 5,000 miles long. It's one of the longest in the world. Clearly, Mr. Trump's problem is with Latinos.
Yeah, still waiting hear all that Trump talk about the Canadians.