Posted on 11/19/2015 10:47:15 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
Rand Paul appeared on Mark Levin's radio show Tuesday evening to share his thoughts on the refugee crisis and the lack of vetting of Muslim refugees arriving in America. The conservative, libertarian senator had some other things to say, especially about Marco Rubio.
Rubio has always supported an open-borders policy and was part of the Gang of 8, the group of senators that tried to pass amnesty for illegal aliens and would have opened the floodgates to Islamic refugees. Last week Senator Ted Cruz blasted Rubio, saying the Floridian had voted against every single amendment conservatives put forth to the Gang of 8 bill.
On Tuesday, Rand Paul repeated that claim, adding that Rubio's past positions prove he's not a conservative. First, Paul explained the thought behind his own proposed legislation, which builds on legislation he proposed two years ago:
"You know, I became very concerned in a very personal way because we've admitted about 70,000 Iraqis into this country, and two of them showed up in my hometown Bowling Green, Kentucky, and decided they would buy stinger missiles. And we caught them, fortunately. But as we were investigating it we found out that one of them, his fingerprints were on a bomb fragment, and the vetting process didn't work."
"And so I became concerned that we were admitting people to a refugee status that might harm us, and I just didn't think we were capable of knowing who is visiting the country."
Before long, however, Paul realized his plans to prevent extremists from entering the country under the guise of "refugee" would come to nothing. The reason? The Gang of 8, and specifically Marco Rubio...
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Marco is part of the Establishment, follow the money.
Rand is absolutely right on this.
I for one cannot stand Marco Rubio-even the sound of his voice-he reminds me of a republican obama.
One of the main reasons I don’t like him is because of his work background. What has he ever done that is not political?
He has no experience in real life as I see it. He is a bloviating political hack
I for one cannot stand Marco Rubio-even the sound of his voice-he reminds me of a republican obama.
One of the main reasons I don’t like him is because of his work background. What has he ever done that is not political?
He has no experience in real life as I see it. He is a bloviating political hack
AND I’m not surprised he had a deal with that smarmy Schumer
Furthermore, he is deceitful about his relationship to the Republican “establishment.” In short, he appears to be the usual corrupt lying politician. Bye-Bye Rubio.
Rand Paul is one hard cat to figure out. I find myself agreeing with him 90% of the time. The other 10% he is just out there. Waaaayyy out there.
Too bad, really. He is often ahead of the curve on many issues (Bill declaring war on ISIS a year ago, a Bill to stop Syrian “refugees” before anyone else even thought of it, etc.).
But then he goes so far off the conservative reservation that he just makes you shake your head.
Anecdotal addition to this story. I once had a good friend who was a very smooth and polished Democratic operative. Knew Rubio “personally” and “well” as he put it based on business and latino society connections between them. This old friend assured me that Marco was a politician and businessman, but not really much of a conservative, once you got past the talking points. Now, that old friend turned out to be fraud on other counts, but the very fact that him and ol Marco were buds has always made me question something there.
He’s definitely a career politician, first in Florida, after that in D.C. That’s his life work.
And yeah, you’re all right: he’s an establishment puppet. I disagree with many of Rand Paul’s foreign policy views, but he’s right on with regards to Marco (and this particular issue of Muslim immigrants).
Me thinks Marco is in bed with the Chamber of Commerce.
I’ve got some inside information about Marco, and I think that’s a fair assessment. That’s why he can AT BEST be a running mate. If he’s at the top of the ticket, there won’t be a truly conservative president.
Rubio is a pathological liar.
“Too bad, really. He is often ahead of the curve on many issues (Bill declaring war on ISIS a year ago, a Bill to stop Syrian ârefugeesâ before anyone else even thought of it, etc.). But then he goes so far off the conservative reservation that he just makes you shake your head.”
Same here. I do respect him a lot... and like him, I’m basically a conservative libertarian. One of the differences between us, though, is that I’m a foreign policy realist, where he’s a... well, I’m not sure what to call him. He’s not an isolationist, but also not a realist, hawk or dove. He’s a bit of everything, I guess. Perhaps the best description is: he’s a conservative libertarian in general, but on foreign policy he’s simply a libertarian.
I so agree with you!
I'm sure many thousands of conservatives and TEA Party supporters in Florida would agree with you. They write about Rubio looking them straight in the eyes at his campaign rallies for the U.S. Senate and pledging unconditional opposition to any form of amnesty.
I have zero tolerance for betrayal on this scale concerning a national security issue of life and death importance.
Rubio has a deeply flawed character and is never to be trusted again. I don't want him on any GOP ticket or holding a position in the future administration.
If Cruz had his voice and mannerisms he would be leading in the polls.
Last week a talk show guy had a former manager for Rubio on. He said in 25 years, Marco is by far the most dishonest politician he ever worked for. Marco tried to get this gut help cover up Marco’s credit card fraud.
EXCLUSIVE: How Marco Rubio charged thousands in personal expenses on his Republican Party credit card including $4,000 flooring for his Miami home â and hired his ex-Dolphins cheerleader wife
His former chief-of-staff Richard Corcoran put thousands of dollars on his card to pay for a Rubio family trip at the plush Melhana Plantation in Georgia, now called Coalson Plantation. However Rubio said that was an error as Corcoran had given the resort his card to pay for a dinner for senior staffers to celebrate his Senate victory. That dinner was canceled and the card, Rubio claims, was inadvertently used to pay for the reunion.
He based one committee in his Miami home and spent nearly $85,000 on ‘office/operating costs’ and $65,000 on administrative costs. His wife, Jeanette, was treasurer for one, receiving $5,700 in expenses, much of it for ‘gas and meals’.
‘Rubio failed to disclose $34,000 in expenses â including $7,000 he paid himself â for one of the committees as required by state law,’ the St. Petersburg Times reported in 2010.
He also hired relatives, paying them nearly $14,000 in ‘courier fees,’ and billed more than $51,000 in unitemized ‘travel expenses’ for himself, the Times â now known as the Tampa Bay Times â said.
‘Every time he comes up with these excuses that sound really good coming from his silver tongue until you actually think about what he is saying.’
Great catch!
Thanks.
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