The big irony here is that both Peter King and Jim Oberweis used to have HUGE fan clubs here on FR because both of them were fire-breathing, red-meat throwing “fighters” for border security and deporting illegals, and both of them flip-flopped this week and said they were open to “immigration reform” and granting amnesty.
Here’s a flashback to when King was “against amnesty” and a bunch of gullible conservatives loved that lying RINO:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1632078/posts
I’ve also heard rumors that Jason Chaffetz (the guy who defeated Chris Cannon by running a single issue campaign attacking Cannon for being pro-illegal) is now willing to also support amnesty. He’d be the LAST guy I’d expect to sell his soul on THIS issue, but that would make it a trifecta of immigration hardliner sellouts.
What’s next, Tancredo for amnesty?
Mia Love is the next one imo.
But I dont know if she campaigned on immigration.
Matheson has not signed the discharge petition or any of the amnesty bills.
Chaffetz is a Mormon. 90% of the elected Mormons in congress are amnesty peddlers.
Chaffetz? That would be disappointing.
I found this http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/immigration-democrats-house-republicans-105703.html
Chaffetz is among the 30 Republicans listed.
That's an interesting dig from 2006 but that was eight years ago and much has changed since then.
Republicans controlled congress then in 2006 and held the WH and since then lost three elections of four.
His district in LI is liberal and King himself has for years taken the John McCain Grahmanesty positions, only attack Obama for not being aggressive enough with the military and be for amnesty and otherwise join Dems.
You might be confusing Steve King who is still a big amnesty fighter with Peter King, who never was. He is a lib goober.
Utah had it’s state convention today. In Utah if anyone gets 60% at the convention they win, otherwise the top 2 go to a primary.
There will be no primaries for any congressional race. Mia Love gets the CD-4 nomination with almost 80% over her weak challenger. She faces rat John Owens, spawn of former Congressman Wayne Owens. Gotta love the consistency from Utah rats, but he’s no Matheson, most rate this race as a safe pickup.
Jason Chaffetz (who I forgot is an ex-rat who once had Kitty Dukakis as a stepmother and a half-brother by her) likewise won easily over a pair of nobody challengers.
Excuse me, the rat spawn is named Doug Owens, not John.