Rupert Murdoch: Donald Trump is wrong

Rupert Murdoch, the 21st Century Fox/News Corp. chief who has long pushed the Republican Party to embrace immigration reform, took Donald Trump to task over the weekend for his recent controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants:

Mexican immigrants, as with all immigrants, have much lower crime rates than native born. Eg El Paso safest city in U.S. Trump wrong.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) July 12, 2015

Trump popularity based on frustration with DC and endless regulations over people's lives. Thought this was Rand Paul's issue.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) July 12, 2015

The public admonition may surprise those who associate Murdoch’s Fox News with Trump’s anti-immigrant views. In fact, Murdoch has always been an advocate for immigration reform, but Fox News’ editorial content is driven by the channel’s chairman and chief executive, Roger Ailes, not by his boss.

Trump, whose controversial remarks have dominated the news cycle, is currently polling in the top tier nationally, second only to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. He has also promised to file all his necessary paperwork as soon as this week, making him perfectly eligible for the first Republican primary debate in August, which will air on Fox News.

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