BY AMY NAY SATURDAY, MARCH 19TH 2016
"People don't see the real Donald Trump," son tells 2News
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(KUTV) Donald Trump, Junior, in town to help his father campaign ahead of the Tuesday caucus in Utah, sat down with 2News this weekend to talk about what he says are misconceptions about his dad.
"People don't see the real Donald Trump. They see the guy that's being brash, but they don't see the guy around the dinner table with his family. They don't see the guy swinging a golf club with his 20 month old granddaughter. They don't see that guy - that's just family first. They don't see the guy that cares deeply about this country.. the great human being."
Sitting down Saturday with 2News the morning after what he says was an awesome rally in Salt Lake, he says he was thrilled to be able to bring the campaign to Utah - a state he says he loves and visits often.
"I was just here last month with my whole family, my kids, for their vacation. I was like, guys, we've got to bring the campaign here. We've got to show some love to Utah."
Despite lagging in recent polls, including a new survey out Saturday which show Trump behind Senator Ted Cruz and even Governor John Kasich, he says Utahns have a lot in common with the Trumps, namely a strong work ethic.
"All the guys I know that are Utahns - either LDS or just from the state - there's a work ethic here. It's a work ethic that my father brought us up with."
His father he described as a 'blue collar billionaire'. He says he is giving a voice to the working class, a class he says is the only unprotected class in America.
"My father is giving these people a voice. The people who built America, these people are finally getting a voice and that's why they're so passionate."
But Donald Trump, Junior blamed many of the recent clashes, including Friday night in Salt Lake outside Trump's rally where police came in clad with riot gear, on the loud left.
"He's not the one throwing stones. He's not the one, you know, they're bringing out the riot gear. It's not for our people. It's for the people who are trying to stop him!"
He says those same people are now attacking Trump's family, including a recent incident this week with his brother Eric who was sent a letter with a white powdery substance inside. Donald Trump, Jr. said he, too, was the recipient of multiple personal attacks, citing an instance when he posted a picture of he and his daughter.
"They said horrible things like I hope she gets cancer or she or your whole family dies... things I wouldn't say to my worst enemy! Say what you want to me. I'm a big boy, I can take it. But to say those things, to direct them at an 8 year old girl, a 20 month old girl... it's disgraceful."
Trump refuted claims that much of the fury comes in response to his father's often heated statements made to supporters.
"There comes a time in your life, in your country, when you have to put your fist down and be loud. To make a point and you have to do that. That's what he's doing."
He said his father has brought to light many issues that had previously been taboo, including immigration. But he insisted his father is not a racist.
"It's been difficult for me as a son to watch people try to say that stuff about my father because it couldn't be further from the truth, because I've seen who he is, who he hangs out with, who he employs. Really, there's nothing further from the truth, and it does a real disservice because I think that's still a real issue in this country."
On Mitt Romney's attacks and the back and forth between the former GOP presidential candidate and his father, Trump, Jr. said it was sad.
"Honestly, It's a shame. I was there not that long ago, when Mitt was in my father's office, begging for money... from him, from me, from my brother, from my sister. I was there at a press conference when he was saying I've been a very good businessman, but I haven't been the businessman that Donald Trump is. It's a shame that he's had to take this establishment party line... because what my father is doing that's unique is giving a voice to the people. So for him to say that he's for the people, I think it's sad and I think it's really disingenuous."
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