So how did ol Mitt respond to Freds smackdown today on his lousy immigration record?
* * * crickets * * *
Yeah. Fred doesn't want to talk about that.
The Romney campaign responded to Thompson's jab thusly:
“Fred Thompson is as wrong as he is late to this campaign and the debate over tougher immigration enforcement.“Governor Romney has been at the forefront on this issue, advocating tougher standards of enforcement of existing immigration laws while also initiating the call the cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities that ignore our immigration laws. Governor Romney also took action in his state by working out an agreement with the federal government to authorize state police to enforce federal immigration laws.
“Governor Romney strongly opposed the McCain-Kennedy legislation and was a vocal critic of the blanket amnesty it provided to lawbreakers with the Z-visa provision.”
He’s still putting sav on that hurt.
LLS
Fred doesn’t have any great record on immigration.
Via NRO
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
Fred Thompson, seeing Mitt Romney’s campaign jab at Hillary Clinton over driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, went after the former Massachusetts governor on his record on immigration earlier today.
Team Romney responds with a statement from spokesman Kevin Madden:
“Fred Thompson is as wrong as he is late to this campaign and the debate over tougher immigration enforcement.
“Governor Romney has been at the forefront on this issue, advocating tougher standards of enforcement of existing immigration laws while also initiating the call the cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities that ignore our immigration laws. Governor Romney also took action in his state by working out an agreement with the federal government to authorize state police to enforce federal immigration laws.
“Governor Romney strongly opposed the McCain-Kennedy legislation and was a vocal critic of the blanket amnesty it provided to lawbreakers with the Z-visa provision.”