Surprise, surprise.The SOTU was an opportunity for both branches of the uni-party to pounce on Trump;

Republican Party Uses State of the Union Response to Attack Donald Trump
by Julia Hahn12 Jan 2016

A new CBS report ahead of President Obama’s last State of the Union address details how the Republican response– delivered by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley– will serve as a rebuttal to the policies of GOP front runner Donald Trump. The new report seems to underscore prior reporting from the Washington Post that “Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is rapidly emerging as Republicans’ anti-Trump.”

CBS writes: “The Republican response to the President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday evening appears to rebut… some of the policies espoused by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to excerpts released by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin.”

According to Ryan’s excerpts, it seems as though Haley will focus particularly on chastising Trump’s call for curbing immigration:

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I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants who reminded my brothers, my sister and me every day how blessed we were to live in this country…My story is really not much different from millions of other Americans. Immigrants have been coming to our shores for generations to live the dream that is America…Today, we live in a time of threats like few others in recent memory. During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country.

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Haley’s declaration that “no one who is willing to work hard… should ever feel unwelcome in this country” articulates the central principle of the open-borders philosophy. In essence, this policy formula means that any willing employer should be able to hire any willing worker regardless of the country in which they reside. Under this theory, there is no limitation whatsoever to the amount of labor that can be imported into the country and, thus, there is no preference given to American citizens for jobs.

Republican leadership’s decision to rebuke Trump’s policy positions may seem surprising given the recent polling data. According to Rasmussen, 65% of conservative voters say the United States should not let in any refugees from the entire Middle East– the point of view Republican leadership is presumably attacking with its State of the Union rebuttal.

Yet Ryan’s strategy for the Republican Party’s State of the Union response seems consistent with GOP leadership’s longstanding practice of demeaning its own voter base.

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/...k-donald-trump/

Quote: conservgramma wrote in post #3

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These kinds of shenanigans is why I'm no longer a registered Republican.

It is long past time for them to go the way of the Whig party. And (sorry to Cruz supporters), it is going to take a Trump type of character to accomplish this. It is going to take somebody who is not in the pockets of the establishment, or accepting money from the corporations or whoever else it is the party gets its finances from - its going to take somebody who doesn't need them in order to bury them.

THIS is why I'm a Trump supporter. I not only want the establishment defeated, I want them crushed to dust, never to rise again.

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Recovering Republican ..... That's a good one