TED CRUZ LAUNCHES NATIONAL PETITION AGAINST GANG OF EIGHT'S BILL

Brietbart ^ | 06/20/13 | Tony Lee

[RobertClark]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) launched a national petition on Thursday to stop the Senate Gang of Eight's amnesty bill and send Washington a "strong signal" of the grassroots opposition to the bill.

Cruz urged supporters to share the petition with friends and to "act now--without delay--to help us defeat amnesty and stand for legal immigration!"

[cornelis]

What’s wrong with fundraising?

[TexasTransplant]

Might be too late... but I hope not

TT

[SunkenCiv]

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  I, for one, am for immigration reform. … That being said, I’m worried that the bill before us won’t pass.... [Rand Paul: I hate to say it, but the immigration bill is a little bit like ObamaCare right now ]

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  [Paul open to voting for Senate immigration bill]

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  [Rand Paul: I'm Open to Voting for Immigration Bill]

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  Latinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers... [Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reform]

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• ...by softening its edge on some volatile social issues and altering its image as the party always seemingly "eager to go to war... We do need to expand the party and grow the party and that does mean that we don't always all agree on every issue" ... the party needs to become more welcoming to individuals who disagree with basic Republican doctrine on emotional social issues such as gay marriage... "We're going to have to be a little hands off on some of these issues ... and get people into the party," Paul said. [Rand Paul: Time for GOP to soften war stance]

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  One day after announcing on his radio show that he is "truly considering" running in 2014 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg, Rivera amped up his message today in a television interview and a column on the Fox News Latino website... a moderate Republican who is fiscally conservative but also supports gay marriage and Roe v. Wade... [Geraldo Rivera declares himself a 'moderate Republican' as he eyes U.S. Senate run]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RobertClark.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Hey, it’s not a .gov petition that puts my name on the ‘Obama enemies’ list so I’ll sign it!

[Girlene]

They’re not answering purposefully. Have you tried their home/local offices?

[Grams A]

I’m going to try that tomorrow. They are just a bunch of wimpy chickens.

[keats5]

“Fundraising ploy.”

In that case, I hope he’s extremely successful.

[Girlene]

They are just a bunch of wimpy chickens.

You are being far too kind. It's all about the money for them...Rush Limbaugh: Crony Capitalism, Big Money Behind GOP Amnesty Push

[Windflier]

I signed the petition, and emailed the link to my list.

Thanks for posting.

[Democrat_media]

If Cruz wanted to fund raise then why not go along with theevil Amnesty bill as then he would get all the funding from liberal billionaires like Zuckerberg ( the fake conservative radio ads) , Soros ,Lewis and the hundreds of liberal organizations they fund , the government grants etc.

Cruz is doing the right thing by opposing this Amnesty bill and many democrat/liberal trolls on here go against him for that

[Democrat_media]

If Cruz wanted to fund raise then why not go along with theevil Amnesty bill as then he would get all the funding from liberal billionaires like Zuckerberg ( the fake conservative radio ads) , Soros ,Lewis and the hundreds of liberal organizations they fund , the government grants etc.

Cruz is doing the right thing by opposing this Amnesty bill and many democrat/liberal trolls on here go against him for that

send the mods out to zot them all on sight!

[Democrat_media]

If Cruz wanted to fund raise then why not go along with theevil Amnesty bill as then he would get all the funding from liberal billionaires like Zuckerberg ( the fake conservative radio ads) , Soros ,Lewis and the hundreds of liberal organizations they fund , the government grants etc.

Cruz is doing the right thing by opposing this Amnesty bill and many democrat/liberal trolls on here go against him for that

send the mods out to zot all the troll on this thread on sight!

[Democrat_media]

You outed yourself as a liberal/democrat troll

[Grams A]

You are being far too kind.”

If I wrote what I actually think of them, I would get banned from FR.

[bboop]

Ha, great letter to your Congressman. I wonder if (my) Barbara Boxer will take it to heart? //s

[Rodamala]

By same brilliant logic, I can proclaim that you have “outted yourself” as a pedophile Muslim terrorist.

Welcome to FR, troll.

Ha!

Again, I went there and it was a stupid scam for campaign donations. I did give my name, current zip, and an old email address set up to vacation reply mail spam back the spammers.

Good luck to you, creep.

[Zathras]

Signed and happy to leave my first donation of the 2014 season.

[Jane Long]

There's also going to be a Defeat with a Tweet tweet-up, TODAY!!

Here are the details, for those who tweet....

At 2 p.m. eastern time, NumbersUSA will join other organizations in a Stop Amnesty "Tweet Up." The goal of the Tweet Up is to get the hashtag #StopAmnesty trending and to overwhelm Senators' twitter accounts with tweets detailing the flaws of the amnesty bill.

We ask that at 2 p.m. Eastern time/ 1 p.m. Central time/ noon Mountain time/ 11 a.m. Pacific time, you use the hashtag #StopAmnesty and tweet messages to your Senator. We also ask that you stay engaged on Twitter and promote the message as much as you can.

Tweet yourself, retweet others, reply to naysayers, etc. - just make sure you are using #StopAmnesty

Please keep an eye on these twitter pages belonging to other groups who will be participating. Experts from Center for Immigration Studies, Eagle Forum, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Heritage Action, Heritage Foundation, ProEnglish, and Americans4Work will be tweeting about the bill.

@wwwCISorg

@EagleForumDC

@FAIRImmigration

@Heritage_Action

@Heritage

@proenglishUSA

@Americans4Work

The main points we hope you push in your tweets are these:

The CBO report finds that S 744 will decline wages of legal workers for 12 years and will increase unemployment for 6 years while only stopping 25% of illegal immigration.

The bill will bring millions of new workers, with every skill level, at a time when 20 million Americans cannot find a full time job. There is no labor shortage.

This bill was written by special interests who want cheap labor and do not care about the welfare of immigrants.

The bill will weaken current law. It fails to build a border fence and implement an entry/exit system - both of which have already been mandated by Congress.

Law enforcement is overwhelmingly against the bill including the President of the ICE workers union.

No matter what amendments may be agreed to today, the bill is still amnesty first and enforcement later, maybe. Members of the Gang of 8 have admitted this and refuse to tie border security to amnesty.

The American people disagree with that sequence. They want enforcement FIRST.

[RobertClark]

Thanks for the info.