Eric Trump doesn't understand why his dad's immigration speech turned off Hispanic supporters

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Eric Trump did not expect Hispanic advisers to leave after speech on Wednesday night.
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Eric Trump is baffled that his father's Hispanic supporters reacted so negatively to the hard-line immigration speech the candidate gave in Arizona on Wednesday, vowing to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants and create a deportation task force. Ahead of his speech, GOP nominee Donald Trump had met with members of his Hispanic Advisory Council and allegedly promised to offer a softened stance on deportation, as well as humane and realistic solutions.

While many of Trump's Hispanic supporters backed off supporting him because they said he did not deliver on his promises, son Eric thought his dad's speech was right in line with what he's been saying all along. In an interview with Fox & Friends on Friday, Eric said the defections from Trump's Hispanic Advisory Council were "actually pretty amazing considering the speech ... was actually very consistent, and has been very, very consistent with his plan."

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