Posted on 11/10/2015 5:33:39 AM PST by bestintxas
Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said he tried to produce the most conservative immigration bill that was possible in a Democratic-controlled Senate, and he thought a GOP-controlled House would make it even better, but that a lack of trust in the federal government helped doom the 2013 push on the issue.
“I live in a state that’s deeply impacted by immigration, and I was trying to make a difference,†Mr. Rubio said on Monday evening’s “Hannity†program on Fox News. “I was trying to produce the most conservative bill possible in a Senate controlled by Democrats and had hoped a more conservative House would make it even better.â€
“What we underestimated is how much people distrust the federal government,†said Mr. Rubio, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate. “It’s not enough to just pass a law that says, ‘We’re [going to] build a wall.’ They want you to actually build the wall, and then they’ll let you move forward on the other things.â€
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If Rubio can walk back the issue of the invasion of the US he’s not out of it. People like Rubio. Some people who don’t like Rubio are more likely to accept him if he’s the target of Bush Dynasty thugs.
Marco could have just refused to help on a amnesty bill.
Rubio is a guy who wasn’t very wealthy before politics. He wanted the good life and that has made him totally for sale to the highest bidders.
He sweats becauae he lies so much.
Why didn’t Marco also try to get a conservative gun control bill approved in a Dem controlled Senate as well?
Ol’ Chucky would have approved and it would have been as good as he could get as well/
In a way I think he almost gets it,
The statement about first building a wall is interesting
Where he is wrong is that people don’t want an eventual path to citizenship for those who are here now. They need to go back to Country X and get in line legally. This already a far more lenient treatment that illegal aliens or visa over stayers get in those countries.
Just watch the Becky Quick segment of the last debate in which she totally exposed Rubio’s financial incompetence, remembering that each of his denials is a proven lie. This is why the GOPe led an attack on CNBC for its “unfair, biased” moderators, who in fact did a fantastic job of exposing the lies of Rubio, Fiorino and Carson (on Mannatech).
“Some people who don’t like Rubio are more likely to accept him if he’s the target of Bush Dynasty thugs.”
Ah, now the convoluted ‘jeb-to-destroy-the-Rube’ theory makes sense.
Yeah, a Jeb-Junior.
I hope Rubio is a better man than I suspect he is. Because my suspicions are pretty high.
No bill was better than a democrat bill for ‘comprehensive’ crime-and-citizenship redefinition.
DC insiders think a bad bill is better than no bill at all.
The people who live in the real world and make the country work think a bad bill is a bad bill and should be left alone to die.
“Why didn’t Marco also try to get a conservative gun control bill approved in a Dem controlled Senate as well?”
Or comprehensive tax increases?
Marco shot himself in both feet and the a*s with that move. He has no prayer.
I saw him on shows pushing this BS back in 2013 after contributing a little coin to his campaign. He was all like “oh we have a broken system, and we need to fix it.” And he was asked, “Isn’t this amnesty?” and he was like “oh we have a broken system, and we need to fix it.” And then someone asked, “How will this stop the flow of illegals?” and he was all like “oh we have a broken system, and we need to fix it.”
blah blah blah.. It’s what turned me against him.
Both feet and the a$$—That’s a keeper.
Jeb and Marco are one in the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf_xHVKvIEw
Jeb gushes over Marco Rubio.
FLASHBACK:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Jeb-Bush-Wants-Marco-Rubio-For-Vice-President-163804746.html
Jeb Bush Wants Marco Rubio For Vice President
Bush told The Associated Press he has been a huge fan of the Florida senator for years
Jul 25, 2012
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush thinks Senator Marco Rubio is ready to be vice president and he shared those thoughts with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, he said Wednesday.
Bush said he has been a huge fan of Rubio’s for years and hopes that Romney chooses him. He said he made his pitch to Romney in a recent conversation, but the former Massachusetts governor didn’t reveal which direction he was leaning. Bush said the choice is a personal one and respects Romney for keeping his thoughts close to his vest.
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I said at the time that the immigration bill would make or break Rubio. If he was able to craft a politically smart solution that leaned right but gave the left some of the less innocuous parts of their goals, he would come out a huge winner. Instead he signed on to a very left leaning, super complex ‘comprehensive’ disaster, and then looked like a fool trying to sell it to the right. He really, really messed up. I am not as big an hater of Rubio as many here, but he’s working with 2.5 strikes against him from my perspective.
He simply is not truthful in saying he worked for a bill leaning right because nothing about that bill showed anything but straight down the line amnesty. Doing amnesty but adding a bunch of caveats is not a realistic compromise. Offering a full border plan, employment screening, Visa reform, enforcement reform and maybe a carrot to allow kids growing up here the ability to qualify for citizenship would have been a worthy compromise bill. This was total garbage.
October 24, 2010 while campaigning for the Senate: "Earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty. It's what they call it. And the reality of it is this. This has to do with the bottom line that America cannot be the only country in the world that does not enforce its immigration laws. It is unfair to the people that have legally entered this country to create an alternative pathway for individuals who entered illegally and knowingly did so. And all I'm saying is that if you do that...you will never have a legal immigration system that works. No one is going to follow the law if there is an easier way to do it.
June 27, 2013 as an elected Senator: "Those who once had no hope will give their kids the chance at a life they always wanted for themselves. Here in America, generations of unfulfilled dreams will finally come to pass. And that is why I support this reform (Amnesty)--not just because I believe in immigrants but because I believe in America even more."
You aimed, Marco, and thank God, you missed. You start with a “conservative” amnesty plan, and by the time the GOPe/Chamber of Commerce and Democrat Socialists coalition work it over, we’ll have open borders and a flood of “immigrants” like Europe is seeing now. NO AMNESTY! NO RUBIO!
That right there is all anyone needs to know about Rubio.
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