Posted on 12/17/2015 9:36:49 PM PST by Isara
Rush Limbaugh is backing Ted Cruz in his immigration battle with Marco Rubio.
The conservative talk show host tried to break down what he called a "muddled" back and forth between the two candidates on Thursday.
"Marco Rubio was part of the Gang of Eight trying to secure amnesty and wishes he wasn't. Ted Cruz never was and they're trying to make it out like he was," Limbaugh said. "At the end of the day when people go vote, people are gonna remember of the two it was Marco Rubio that was a member of the Gang of Eight and Ted Cruz that wasn't."
The issue Limbaugh is referring to has been brewing for some time, but came to a head earlier this week during Tuesday night's GOP debate. Rubio - a member of a bipartisan group of senators who pushed for comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, though he later disowned the legislation - tried to tie Cruz's stance to his.
"As far as Ted's record, I'm always puzzled by his attack on this issue. Ted, you support legalizing people who are in this country illegally," Rubio said, turning to Cruz.
Cruz hotly denied that, and said he "led the fight against his legalization and amnesty."
The dispute continued after the debate, with both sides trading accusations and counteraccusations about who was right.
On Thursday, Cruz said Rubio was making "silly assertions" about his immigration record.
"Let's have a moment of simple clarity: I oppose amnesty. I oppose citizenship. I oppose legalization," he said at an event in Las Vegas. "I always have and I always will, and I challenge every other Republican candidate to say the same thing or, if not, to stop making silly assertions that their records and my records on immigration are the same. It is demonstrably false."
Do you really need Mr. Rush Beck to tell you who to support. Hell I’ll do it and you wont even have to listen to cheesy commercial. Trump.
Remember Rubio attacked Trump back in November for the same thing.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/rubio-trump-immigration-attacks/2015/11/05/id/700690/
Rubio did this same thing to Trump in November. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/rubios-ironic-attack-on-trump-immigration-flip.html#
The wheels of the bus go round and round... oh wait ... isn't Rush already under the bus?
Who doesn’t?
Silly rabbit.
Free Republic is for grownups....
Rush has never had to scold Ted Cruz like he did with Trump. Rush also gave an endorsement on Fox News of Ted Cruz...ok it wasn’t technically an endorsement because Rush doesn’t give primary endorsements, but it may as well have been.
Yes I agree. I’m just putting the info out there.
Really, I don’t see many grownups.
You’re too late some have already done that in this thread/\/\.
>> “you support legalizing people who are in this country illegally,” Rubio said
Rubio is so JV.
The mechanics of legalizing the illegals with temporary work status would clear the pathway home to those who refuse to be ‘legalized.’ Then process the H-1Bs as designed to get immigration back under control. Of course this would require 1st World governance which we’re currently without.
Trump and Cruz and their supporters need to unite against Rubio. Rubio did this exact same thing to Trump in November. Rubio has no defense for being in the gang of eight, so his strategy is to smear the others to bring them down to his level.
The deplorable to me now John Batchelor Show people were cooing over Rubio and saying how similar he and Cruz are, that they are thanking points from each other. AHA! Revealed. The GOPe thinks this will knock Cruz down and join his points to Rubio’s, thereby becomeing competitive with Trump. CRAZY!! If Cruz were removed I would not vote Rubio. With these deplorable tactics, neither would any Cruz supporters. I do not, however, think this will work. It will cost Rubio if there is any justice left in the world.
I was at the gym a little bit ago and MSNBSenial was on. They had a graphic “Cruz Spin.” Then they followed it with “Trump pushes Fear.” Then some Muslim lady. We need to be attacking the left and the media more than each other, except Rubio whose behavior has been exposed to be a liability to conservative principles.
You’re right. A Cruz headline thread, and it is a mad rush of these posters before many Cruz supporters even get there.
I’ve never seen you post on free republic despite the age of your sign up here and yet here you are on every thread 24/7 posting anti-Cruz stuff , despite universal knowledge by any actual freeper that Cruz is a stand up guy.
Tell you bosses in India to get some new screen names. We’ve caught on to the fake posters.
There was a thread recently showing 2,2 % of FR posters were located in Jndia starting recently.
Trump has already been busted using hot houses to push Facebook and Twitter followings to create a sense of momentum. It’s no mystery what is happening.
LOL! He has outsourced his support?? Jobs that Americans are not willing to do.
Yes I’ll post the links in the AM.
The support is fake and thin as the facade on any given crappy trump property.
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