Donald Trump’s “poorly educated” comment he made in the aftermath of winning the Nevada caucuses continues to be a talking point, particularly for left-leaning websites.
However, Bill O’Reilly weighed in on a recent episode of the O’Reilly Factor and had a different perspective.
While most mainstream media personalities have been jeering at it, O’Reilly turned the tables indicating that the talking heads don’t realize the “brilliance” of it.
O’Reilly called the Trump “poorly educated” comment “smart.” Here’s his full remarks.
“That was a smart statement. By saying he loves the poorly educated, Trump was slapping the elites, whom many voters despise. Trump realizes that he is mobilizing Americans who never took part in the political process. He doesn’t care whether you have a Ph.D from Harvard. He doesn’t care whether you have a degree from the school of hard knocks. He just wants your vote. And obviously he’s getting plenty of votes. He’s getting more at this point in the campaign than Romney did in 2012.”
Of course, that has not stopped his primary Republican rivals, Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, from touting one poll that said 65 percent of Republicans do not want Trump as the nominee for their party.
If true, that would play into what O’Reilly is saying, and what Trump himself said in the Thursday night CNN debate — that he’s bringing in lots of Independents and Democrats to the Republican primaries.
He may also be doing what O’Reilly remarked on in part of his comment — bringing in people, who have never before participated in the political process (or seldom participated in it).
The support for Trump grew after his last debate performance, which was largely derided by many political pundits. On Thursday, most of the social media chatter awarded the win to Marco Rubio, specifically commenting on his Trump attacks.
However, judging by the Nevada Caucus results, few either agreed with the assessments or they simply did not pay attention, which could yet again work in the frontrunner’s favor.
But just how much of the Trump “poorly educated” are supporting him in relation to the rest of his supporters?
A recent Inquisitr article found Trump support seems divided between the less-educated and the wealthy, with 40 percent support from voters, who earn less than $50,000 and 33 percent from voters who earn more.
Also, as Yahoo! pointed out, “people without a college degree represent 68 percent of the population over 25 years of age.”
If Trump’s “poorly educated” are included among that figure — and there is ample reason to believe they are, since people of higher education historically vote more than those less educated — then typical polls that skew toward admitted Democrats and Republicans tell very little of the story on how well Trump could do on Super Tuesday or in a general election.
That’s because Trump is getting a lot of support from people outside the realm of partisan polling.
As for Thursday night’s debate, those following on CNN’s comment section, it did not look good for Trump whatsoever.
Here is just a small sampling of the negative comments.
“Great job by @marcorubio and @tedcruz for exposing @realDonaldTrump @realDonaldTrump is unprepared and unelectable! #GOPDebate”
“Donald Trump has seemed decidedly uncomfortable, with Rubio getting under his skin. He’s lashed out at Ted Cruz and Rubio in increasingly personal tones, and it’s awkward.”
“At the biggest Republican Jewish leadership conference last year, as a reminder, Rubio and Ted Cruz were the stars of the day with the pro-Israel audience, while Trump bombed.”
Did you see the debate? Do you think that or Trump’s “poorly educated” comments hurt him? Sound off in the comments section below.
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