Ted Cruz’s pitch to evangelicals has a hole in it (Amnesty?)

The Washington Post's Plum Line ^ | March 24, 2015 | Greg Sargent

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Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential run is premised on the idea that, by speaking to the “values” of evangelical voters, he can mobilize them in numbers not seen in a very long time. “Imagine instead millions of people of faith all across America coming out to the polls and voting our values,” Cruz said yesterday, adding that these voters had been “staying home.”

Cruz’s decision to announce his run at Liberty University is itself a sign that he hopes to assume the mantle of leading evangelical champion. And as Jon Ward puts it, Cruz’s announcement was “an attempt to lay down a marker with American evangelicals, to claim that he is their guy.”

So here’s something worth watching: How will the GOP primary debate over immigration reform, in particular, play among these voters?

One basic fact about immigration reform that continues to get lost in the noise is that evangelical Christians support it. Religion writer Sarah Posner recently reported on polling showing that a majority of evangelicals want Congress to pass immigration reform and support a path to citizenship. Evangelical leaders played a major (if largely ignored) role in the failed push for reform last year....

[Mariner]

Last I heard Scott Walker opposes the legalization of those here illegally.

And, he supports the fence/wall.

Agreed, recent positions.

But as long as he espouses them, he'll have my lean.

[aimhigh]

Amnesty is a smokescreen issue to avoid the real issue - the border. Amnesty shouldn’t even be discussed until the border is sealed.