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Rubio: 'Gang of 8' immigration bill never meant to pass
The Hill ^ | February 15, 2016 | Tim Devaney

Posted on 02/15/2016 1:57:33 PM PST by jazusamo

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To: jazusamo

Does Trump have these turkeys turned inside out or what?


21 posted on 02/15/2016 2:10:16 PM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: ziravan

The voters of VA-7 helped........(I’m one)


22 posted on 02/15/2016 2:11:23 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

Rubio is a LYING PIECE OF HUMAN EXCREMENT!


23 posted on 02/15/2016 2:11:28 PM PST by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: LS

Does he ever! :-)


24 posted on 02/15/2016 2:13:22 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Good grief I am a Rubio supporter and I know this isn’t true. LOL. He is getting as bad as Ted Cruz. No, Cruz is still worse. Except for Trump. I am just sick to my stomach. Please don’t make me vote for Kaisch. He really is a moderate. Yuck


25 posted on 02/15/2016 2:14:25 PM PST by andy1954
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To: jazusamo

The continuing spin just makes it worse. It reveals ongoing dishonesty.

If he had taken ownership of it as a “mistake,” he could have have been forgiven by a lot of people.


26 posted on 02/15/2016 2:16:03 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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To: jazusamo

He is trying to scrape the Gang of 8 off his shoes, but the stinch will remain as long as Rubio is in politics.

Schumer and McCain let him be the face of the immigration bill through committee. Once it passed the Senate, notice that Schumer and McCain were the faces of the bill, with little or no mention of Rubio.

Hey, Marco, you got duped — by Schumer and McCain.


27 posted on 02/15/2016 2:17:41 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: jazusamo

This is worse than Romneycare.


28 posted on 02/15/2016 2:18:57 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: jazusamo
"Ideally, it was headed towards the House, where conservative members of the House were going to make it even better."

So Rubio is saying that he wanted to help make Schumer's bill more acceptable to the House? Who's side was he on?

-PJ

29 posted on 02/15/2016 2:19:34 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The word ‘liar’ has been thrown around a lot lately. But this qualifies.


30 posted on 02/15/2016 2:20:38 PM PST by TheTimeOfMan (Three Percenter - Cruz/West)
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To: skeeter

It wasn’t much of a poison pill. The Senate resoundingly defeated it, and then passed the Gang of Eight bill by a wide margin.


31 posted on 02/15/2016 2:21:16 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: jazusamo

He’s still lying. I remember how hard he tried to sell it in all the talk shows.


32 posted on 02/15/2016 2:24:03 PM PST by aquila48
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To: jazusamo
GOP presidential hopeful Marco Rubio on Monday said a controversial immigration reform bill he helped negotiate in 2013 was never meant to pass the Congress.


33 posted on 02/15/2016 2:24:27 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: jazusamo

Hey, it worked for cruz. Why shouldn’t rubio try it?


34 posted on 02/15/2016 2:30:42 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: jazusamo
"It was that close to being passed... and I think I can say this with integrity. Without the vigorous opposition of Ted Cruz, this bill likely would have passed." - Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions: Without Ted Cruz, Amnesty Would Have Passed In 2013

35 posted on 02/15/2016 2:31:01 PM PST by DrewsDad (Choose Cruz - The Consistent Constitutional Conservative)
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To: jazusamo

For a bill that was “never meant to pass” it came PRETTY DAMN CLOSE, as in hours away. And that’s not me saying it, see it for yourself, with the REAL PLAYERS:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/immigration-battle/

Rubio is totally full of shit.


36 posted on 02/15/2016 2:31:39 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“The voters of VA-7 helped........(I’m one)”

TELL THE TRUTH, please.

The voters of VA-7 STOPPED IT IN ITS TRACKS...it was hours from passing...the GOPe had the votes and were waiting for Cantor to get that pesky Brat out of his way.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/immigration-battle/

By the way, thank your for helping to save this country.


37 posted on 02/15/2016 2:34:33 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: jazusamo
So, this was all just a ...

...Crazy Ivan?

Mister Rubio would have been smarter to acknowledge an horrible mistake, and promise to stay closer and truer to the "base" (that's us), and how we...

just

do

NOT

want

amnesty for illegal aliens!

.

.

at all!

38 posted on 02/15/2016 2:35:05 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: jazusamo

All for show. Did all members of the Gang of Eight do it for show? Were they trying to show-up Rubio?


39 posted on 02/15/2016 2:38:24 PM PST by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took control of Congress in 2006.)
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To: BobL

“he suggested the bill was for show and he never expected House Republicans to go through with it.”
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Is he saying he, and the rest of the congress critters have nothing better to do on the tax payer’s dollar and time, than draw up bills not intended to pass so that congress can vote unnecessarily?????

HOW much do we pay these people???? And why are they not more respectful of one another’s time, and the tax payer’s money????

Stick a fork in that dolt. He’s done.


40 posted on 02/15/2016 2:38:32 PM PST by PrairieLady2
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