Posted on 08/25/2015 8:10:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz was seemingly unhappy with a question on immigration Tuesday night from Fox News host Megyn Kelly, telling her it was something he’d expect to be asked from a “liberal journalist.”
Kelly asked the Texas senator the same question Donald Trump faced on the cable-news network Monday.
“If you have a husband and a wife who are illegal immigrants, and they had two children here who are American citizens — would you deport all of them? Would you deport the American citizen children?” she asked.
Cruz replied that politicians should first tackle immigration by focusing on issues of bipartisan agreement, including stopping illegal immigration and “improve and streamline” legal immigration.
“But that doesn’t sound like an answer,” an unsatisfied Kelly said.
“Well, what I’m doing Megyn is answering what I think Congress should do,” Cruz quipped back, again listing steps he thinks Congress should take on immigration....
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I also don’t like how she framed Trump kicking out the Univision reporter. The guy was clearly being obnoxious. I thought Trump was being gracious to the weasel.
Megyn, your nostrils are flaring again.
Meg is a Hillary voter disguised under the fair and balanced moniker to dupe low info Repubs into being swooned over to the loser Jeb. Cruz totally mastered the interview...Megs should go on vacation permanently.
So Megyn, if the Russian ambassador and his wife have a child in the USA, that child is now and American citizen????
Everyone should learn not to answer a question with a false premise. FLIP IT! Have you quit beating your wife Ted? Answer: Why are you asking a question that is false? And why do you you continue to ask fallacious questions?
The candidates, like the rest of us, should boycott Kelly and if Fox doesn’t take the hint, we should boycott Fox.
The 1st answer on the thread...ill call it a winner!!
>>>>telling her it was something he’d expect to be asked from a “liberal journalist<<<<<
Redundancy senator.
Be careful or you will get tagged with the “stupid” label by folks with a degree in journalism or English; most of whom would not get past the first week of Navigation (applied trigonometry) in Flight School, unlike a “stupid” former president that managed get flight certified in supersonic jets.
Cruz was in the position of a guy trying to keep a biting dog off his ankles while carrying on a conversation.
If you listened carefully, he was saying that after all of the things were finished to keep illegals from entering the country, Congress and the people would need to decide what to do with those that are already here.
That is what he meant when he said repeatedly that we would need to have a conversation.
In other words, the president should not unilaterally kick people out if the congress and public will not support it.
Kelly's premise is: Two illegal immigrant parents, with children that are American citizens.
Kelly's real question is: "Are you heartless?" and the answer can be framed in ways that are not at all heartless.
1) We don't deport actual American citizens.
2) We don't know if the children are Citizens -- that's why we need to pursue either a Congressional statute or a Constitutional Amendment so that we can clearly state exactly what the status would be.
3) Because we value families, we would certainly want to keep the family together. Now, since the parents are here illegally, it's clear that the parents need to go. That's the bottomline. Of course, if the family expresses interest in staying together, we would help them, and we would provide assistance so that the children could join their parents in Mexico. That's not really up to the government -- that would really be a choice that the family would be free to make.
Fox News rating are up so high since the debate they are beating not just the other news channels but every basic cable network. But hey, if it makes you feel better, go boycott.
“Megyn, your nostrils are flaring again.}
ya blood coming out of everywhere
I truly cannot stand FOX since the debate I respect them less than MSNBC because I expected better. No longer watch the channel took it off my favorites list
If both parents are illegals, their kids should be illegal, too.
Remember, during the debate, Bimbaleena insulted Cruz’s religious faith
Just say ‘Yes’ and leave it at that. Put the ball back in her court.
Ted and the rest of the candidates better work on their response to this question because it’s going to keep coming. Not only in the form of questions, but in the form of ad’s that will pull on the heart strings and demand reasoned responses.
These candidates need to quit whining. They’re campaigning for a job that’s much harder than sitting for tough interviews.
No sympathy from me for any of them. Goes with the territory.
There is a rip in the costume. Nostril flares is a warning. The lizard underneath cold pop out at any moment. (Obscure reference to the “V” TV show)
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