Posted on 02/18/2015 3:50:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has officially caved to President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, another immigration fail for the once-promising potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate.
“During a visit to Las Vegas, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday Congress should pass a bill to fund Homeland Security without conditions, essentially stepping back from a battle with President Barack Obama over his executive actions on immigration,” the Las Vegas Review Journal reports. “The possible Republican presidential candidate said national security is too important to hold up funding, although he disagrees with Obama’s moves to go around Congress to halt deportations of up to 5 million undocumented immigrants.”
“We have to fund Homeland Security,” Rubio said in a press conference there. “We can’t let Homeland Security shut down.”
Rubio was the face of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” amnesty bill in the last Congress, a bill that passed the Senate thanks, in large part, to his efforts to push Republicans to support it. Rubio took a dive in the polls because of his efforts to get the amnesty bill through Congress—and specifically the fact he misled many in order to get it passed....
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So many Amnesty Pimps to pick from, how do we ever choose just one?
Runt Paul for President! Woo! Woo!
Marco Rubio for President! Woo! Woo!
Chris Cristy for President! Woo! Woo!
Rick Perry for President! Woo! Woo!
When has he ever been against amnesty?
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