Republican presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham wants the GOP to "push back" against Donald Trump's comments on Mexican immigrants -- otherwise, he says, there's little hope in winning the White House come 2016.
"I think he's hijacked the debate," Graham said Sunday in an interview with CNN. "I think he's a wrecking ball for the future of the Republican Party with the Hispanic community. And we need to push back."
"At the end of the day, for us to win a national election, we have to do better with Hispanics," Graham added. "And for us to have the moral authority as a party to govern a great nation, we have to reject this demagoguery. If we don't, we will lose, and we will deserve to lose."
For his part, Trump, who recently doubled down on remarks he made regarding the "rapists" and criminals among Mexican immigrants, hasn't held back his disdain for leaders in his own party
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