The Ugly Truth About Marco Rubio And His Gang-Of-Eight Amnesty Bill

Townhall ^ | December 19, 2015 | John Hawkins

[JSDude1]

To truly understand why so many people are angry at Marco Rubio about his Gang-of-Eight amnesty bill, you have to go all the way back to his race against Charlie Crist.

Rubio was a Jeb Bush acolyte who embraced the Tea Party and ran for senator in Florida against Charlie Crist. Crist was the popular sitting governor in the state and Rubio was thought to be a huge underdog. However, the grassroots embraced Rubio. Just to give you an example, very early on I organized a coalition that endorsed Rubio and encouraged people not to give money to the NRSC over its endorsement of Crist. I even called for NRSC chairman John Cornyn to RESIGN over his decision to get involved in the race on Crist’s behalf.

Back then, Rubio was talking very tough on immigration by necessity. Although Rubio is significantly more conservative than Crist, the conservative base would have never rallied to his side if he had supported amnesty; he would have lost in a landslide. In other words, Rubio’s anti-amnesty position was one of the central promises of his campaign. In fact, Rubio slammed Charlie Crist for being pro-amnesty and very specifically said he opposed giving illegal aliens citizenship. Back then, Marco Rubio sounded like Jeff Sessions on immigration,

[DrewsDad]

I am not, and I will never support any effort to grant blanket legalization/amnesty to folks who have entered, stayed in this country illegally.

If I was Rubio, I would run as far way from this issue as possible.

[demshateGod]

Rubes should be out of the race by the end of the week.

[House Atreides]

“...Put another way, if Marco Rubio becomes the President of the United States, the future of our republic depends on Rubio telling the truth this time after he already lied about the same thing to people who walked over broken glass to get him elected.

So now, are you ready to walk over broken glass to get Marco Rubio elected? Choose wisely because if Rubio becomes President and he’s lying about immigration again, it will be the end of the road for conservatism in America....”
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And that lying, slimy piece of human excrement (Marco Rubio) is continuing his lying to this day...currently his campaign goal is to deceive the public about Ted Cruz who along with Senator Sessions was in the forefront of the battle to defeat the Rubio-Schumer-Obama Amnesty bill.

And some of the more gullible amongst us have fallen for that most recent lie.

[lentulusgracchus]

Not exactly a lie ... Cruz does have some vulnerability on the issue, and those were quotes people were putting out. The key is context and intent. Intent's hard to discern, but Texas does have lots of political donors whose most intense desire is unlimited illegal immigration, because they're making tons of money underpaying the illegals and disemploying Americans. Building contractors won't even look at an American roofer anymore: they demand illegal, underpaid and under-payable, screwable Mexicans.

Context of Cruz's remarks is therefore bleak, but the narrower context is more favorable to him, the quotes he gave were during a very complex congressional wrangle over the Gang of Eight shamnesty bill, and Cruz/Session's poison-pill amendment.

Trump is far more lucid on this issue, but then .... Trump is Trump.

[dangus]

Trump is a ridiculous mess on the issue. One minute he’s saying no Muslims, then he’s saying no Islamofascist terrorists. One moment he’s talking about the terrible damage H1-B visas do the US economy; the next minute he’s promising a “touchback amnesty,” with a huge, wide-open doorway. And he has no history to give anyone any reason to believe that what he says today means anything at all.

[kik5150]

Way back in 1999 Cruz advised GWB against amnesty, and it was a far less serious issue at that time. Cruz has been fairly rock solid on strict enforcement of existing immigration laws for a very long time. Besides, he is the only true conservative in the presidential field.

[Joe Bfstplk]

>>Rubes should be out of the race by the end of the week.

I like tar and feathers.

[biff]

Trump is getting to the party a few years late but I must say he is shaking the boat like nobody else could.

Cruz has had to fight the battle within the boundaries and limitations of congress, something Trump does not have to abide by.

[VRW Conspirator]

In other words, Rubio’s anti-amnesty position was one of the central promises of his campaign.

He flat-out lied on amnesty, then got caught by Spanish speaking Americans.

[Slyfox]

If I was Rubio, I would run as far way from this issue as possible.

But, if he can successfully bash Cruz over this and dirty up the field, then both Cruz and Trump will have to bow out of the race.

Er, thats what Rove has been telling him.

[savagesusie]

Yep-—Rubio is the exact same as Hillary-—a liar and power-hungry immoral Machiavellian person. He only is used by the elites because of his name and his looks. He is completely controlled and only does as he is instructed. He can’t “think” for himself.

He comes in a much prettier, more desirable package than that thing in the pantsuit and since our brainwashed, ignorant children (NOT ALL OF THEM) have been conditioned to “judge” on only superficial qualities and NEVER character, since Virtue does not matter any longer (all though ALL the Founders knew VIRTUE was crucial for any office-holder).

They only can judge on looks and sounds. They can’t understand why socialism “rots the Soul” as Solzhenitsyn would say and they certainly can’t understand Truth/God and Christian Ethics and the essential element of Individual Natural Rights from only God.

Rubio is just dumb and lazy or evil....Take your pick. He doesn’t belong in office.

[Yosemitest]

CRUZ in contrast with Marco Rubio:

TED CRUZ STOOD WITH Jeff Sessions and Steve King,
while Marco Rubio stood with Barack Obama and Chuck Schemer !

They can't stop CRUZ.
Source:

... 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."

Cruz has recently begun stressing that he believes the number of undocumented immigrants would decrease with strict border enforcement.
...

"The only people I'm under fire from are reporters who want to throw rocks," Cruz said in Harlan.
"Once we've demonstrated that we can solve the problem, then we can have a conversation about what to do about whatever people remain illegally."

The Rubio campaign ...
"He has attempted to muddy the waters," Cruz said on the stage. "Where there was a battle over amnesty
and some chose, like Sen. Rubio to stand with Barack Obama and Chuck Schemer
and support a massive amnesty plan.
Others chose to stand with Jeff Sessions and Steve King and the American people
and secure the border."