Posted on 05/20/2015 10:49:30 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Presumed 2016 Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker has faced serious backlash over his “flip-flop” on immigration reform and one prominent conservative journalist has gone so far as to refer to the Wisconsin governor’s spin on the issues as “Clinton-esque.”
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis wrote on Wednesday:
“This is really a remarkable example of political spin. According to Walker’s definition, you can change your mind as many times as you want — on as many hot-button issues as possible — so long as your past public support didn’t involve casting a vote.
It’s a pretty convenient argument for a Midwestern county executive, turned governor, to make (although, even this deserves an asterisk).”
Lewis was specifically referring to the governor’s interview Tuesday night with Bret Baier of Fox News. During “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Walker said:
“Years ago, when I was asked more than about a decade ago when I was a county official about something and giving a quick momentary reaction to that versus in a comment a few years ago as a governor asking a question about it versus actually looking at this issue and saying what is my policy.
A flip would be someone who voted on something and did something different. … I don’t have any impact on immigration as a governor; I don’t have any impact as a former county official…”
In his comments to Baier, Walker referred to a resolution he signed during his time as Milwaukee county executive in 2006.
The resolution called on Congress to pass a sweeping immigration plan that included a pathway for citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the United States, per The Washington Times. Walker was later asked about that resolution by the Wausau Daily Herald in 2013, telling the paper:
“Sure, yes. I mean, I think it makes sense.”
According to Lewis, Walker tried to issue himself a “get-out-of-jail-free” card on a large number of issues that his opponents who serve in Congress, like Senators Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, do not have.
In the last few months, Walker has sought to solidify his position on immigration reform, even telling Glenn Beck that there must be reforms made to the country’s immigration policies for legal immigrants.
Those look painful.
It would be better if the straps were scorpions!
blah blah blah.
This kind of reads like a regional spit ball fight.
I hold no one in the Wisconsin governor’s mansion responsible for understanding the gorilla facts on the ground to the level of knowledge of the border states, especially while in hand to hand combat himself, against the Union and its thugs.
That every candidate not born on the border is on a learning curve about the dangers occurring there should not be all that surprising.
Cruz and Walker are most everyone’s favorite to beat Bush. We need to take care of these guys.
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis wrote on Wednesday:......
Note: The author’s wife formerly advised Ted Cruz’s Senate campaign, and currently consults for RickPAC.
Have you lost your mind?
Exactly! It is beyond stupid for Cruz and Walker fans to have a FR food fight right now. Clinton-esque?! Give me a break!
Our ammunition should be directed toward 0bama & friends. And secondly big gov pubbies Jeb, Mitch, John, Huck, Sweatervest, Christie ...
When Rick Perry declares, will you switch back?
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis wrote on Wednesday:......
Note: The author’s wife formerly advised Ted Cruz’s Senate campaign, and currently consults for RickPAC.
The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis wrote on Wednesday:......
Note: The author’s wife formerly advised Ted Cruz’s Senate campaign, and currently consults for RickPAC.
1. Walker ADMITTED he changed his position. That alone makes it non-”Clintonesque”.
2. The two things that Walker did that is at all related to illegal immigration were no in state tuition for illegals, and Voter ID. Walker was on the right side of both.
3. This will never be Walker’s signature issue. If this is your #1 issue, go with Cruz or Santorum, but if it Walker vs. Bush a couple of months in, go with Walker.
Santorum? Why don’t I just write my own name in the blank?
Matt Lewis is an amnesty supporter.
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/11/immigration-reform-and-the-dangers-of-right-wing-populism/
LOL!
I can’t wait til Mitt Walker has to finally be forced to announce and then has to really debate. He’s going to deflate faster than on of Tom Brady’s footballs. :-)
;)
So is Walker, so fair is fair.
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