NBC's Katy Tur: Trump Is Now “Polling His Positions” With Fox News' Audience

Tur: “Call It Applause-O-Meter Politics”

From the August 25 edition of NBC's NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt:

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KATY TUR: I'm Katy Tur in New York where, 25 floors up, Donald Trump was working to convince voters he isn't a racist. 

His hardline immigration rhetoric proving unpopular, Trump is polling his positions with an audience at a Fox News town hall. Call it applause-o-meter politics. 

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The result: Trump's plan now sounds strikingly like someone else's. 

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JEB BUSH: I called for a path to legal status, not a path to citizenship. They work, they pay taxes. They pay a fine. 

TRUMP: They'll pay back taxes. They have to pay taxes. There's no amnesty as such. There's no amnesty. But we work with them.

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TUR:  A stunning flip. Trump now agreeing with Jeb Bush who he sharply criticized as weak on immigration. 

Previously:

Donald Trump Polls Sean Hannity's Audience For His Immigration Policy

Everyone Is Noticing Trump's Newest Immigration Comments Mirror The Jeb Bush Plan He Mocked

CNN’s Bakari Sellers: “I Refuse” To Give Donald Trump Credit For “Finding Humanity” And Walking Back His Deportation Force Immigration Policy

VIDEO: Donald Trump And Sean Hannagree