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Cruz 2013 Tweet: Any bill this body passes should have border security first & then legalization.
https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/347392737747816450 ^

Posted on 01/29/2016 3:53:46 PM PST by springwater13

9:37 AM - 19 Jun 2013

We need to secure the border. Any bill this body passes should have border security first & then legalization. Not the other way around.

(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2016election; aliens; amnesty; cheaplabor; cruz; election2016; newyork; poisonpill; rutroh; tedcruz; texas; trump
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1 posted on 01/29/2016 3:53:46 PM PST by springwater13
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To: springwater13

My head hurts.


2 posted on 01/29/2016 3:56:31 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 (I like Trump and Cruz. Leave me the heck alone.)
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To: springwater13

Build a wall. And then build highway bridges over it.


3 posted on 01/29/2016 3:56:59 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: springwater13

You should post this on the other thread where the Cruz supporters are ecstatic that Me-Gyn apologized to Ted as she has concluded he never supported legalization. I’m sure this was just a poison pill tweet /s/


4 posted on 01/29/2016 3:57:02 PM PST by usafa92 (Conservative in Jersey)
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To: springwater13
Ted Cruz, December 16, 2016 - CNN

And speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper after the debate, Cruz even indicated he would back deporting those who came here illegally -- another proposal he has usually rebuffed.

"I would enforce the law," Cruz said, explaining that he would first deport criminals without proper papers. "Federal immigration law provides that if someone is here illegally and is apprehended, that they should be sent back to their home country."

Donald Trump. August 29, 2013 - Donald Trump Twitter

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Please compare and contrast.

5 posted on 01/29/2016 3:57:10 PM PST by justlittleoleme (Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.)
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To: springwater13

BOOM!!!


6 posted on 01/29/2016 3:57:13 PM PST by HarleyLady27 ("The Force Awakens"!!! TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP;TRUMP!!! 100%)
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To: springwater13

Cruz was splitting supporter of Amnesty to stop the Gang of 8 amnesty first bill.


7 posted on 01/29/2016 3:57:14 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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To: justlittleoleme

Trump never was a member of the senate. What he says does not have the same consequences as what the lawmakers say and do.


8 posted on 01/29/2016 4:01:03 PM PST by paintriot (Desperado...why don't you come to your senses.)
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To: rmlew

Cruz’s narrative was that he was deceiving (lying) to the rest of the Senate by suggesting support for the bill so his poison pill amendment(s) would be included and kill the bill.


9 posted on 01/29/2016 4:01:43 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Trumpbots Vs. Cruznadians - the struggle is real.)
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To: springwater13

Wow Cruz sounds like Trump.


10 posted on 01/29/2016 4:01:57 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (how many laws has Cruz sponsored that have become law?)
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To: usafa92

Border security will do nothing about illegal immigration. Until there are controls on illegal labor, people will keep coming. Even massive deportations without stopping illegal labor won’t work.


11 posted on 01/29/2016 4:02:21 PM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: The Iceman Cometh

He should have just responded to Megyn last night that yeah, I’m an exceptionally good liar. That’s what politicians do. He should have owned it.


12 posted on 01/29/2016 4:02:36 PM PST by springwater13
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Here's what was said about Cruz when the immigration bill was actually being considered in 2013:

Ted Cruz looms large over comprehensive immigration reform

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has shaped the view of Republican leaders on immigration reform, and his sway with grassroots conservatives will make passing comprehensive legislation significantly more difficult.

Cruz scored a victory in the battle for the hearts and minds of his party over the weekend when Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) backed away from the Senate's overhaul of immigration laws.

GOP leaders, after President Obama's reelection last year, sounded more open to moving broad legislation on immigration, but their interest in doing so has waned as Cruz's power has grown.

"There are going to be a lot of Republicans who don't want to be on the other side of Ted Cruz," said Rosemary Jenks, director of government relations at NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for reduced immigration flows.

13 posted on 01/29/2016 4:02:46 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: The Iceman Cometh
Not true. Everyone knew Trump was aping the democrats' rhetoric on the senate floor in order to make clear that their ulterior motive was citizenship.

I'm tired of refuting this particular lie.

14 posted on 01/29/2016 4:05:02 PM PST by skeeter
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To: usafa92

Mee-gyn had second thoughts after Teddy’s debate performance. She still wants him to hang around to take down the big bad Trump.


15 posted on 01/29/2016 4:05:38 PM PST by Red Steel (Ted Cruz: 'I'm a Big Fan of Donald Trump')
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To: springwater13

Will he now claim the tweet was a lie, to prop up the ‘poison pill?’


16 posted on 01/29/2016 4:05:39 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: springwater13
Hmmm, sounds a lot like this 2013 tweet from Trump:

"Congress must protect our borders first. Amnesty should be done only if the border is secure and illegal immigration has stopped."

However, Cruz has never supported amnesty. It appears he supported legalizing some of the illegals as long as they could never get citizenship. But Trump was specifically talking about amnesty. So even in this case, Cruz had the more conservative position.

17 posted on 01/29/2016 4:07:15 PM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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18 posted on 01/29/2016 4:07:24 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: springwater13
should have owned it.

Cruz has ALWAYS owned it. It's a central part of his pitch.

19 posted on 01/29/2016 4:10:05 PM PST by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: springwater13

Thank you for posting this, springwater. The follow up tweets are a good example of why I believe that Cruz may have a little trouble getting re-elected to the Senate- let alone carry Texas in the nomination for president.


20 posted on 01/29/2016 4:10:29 PM PST by KGeorge
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