Posted on 12/18/2015 6:44:55 AM PST by VinL
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) defended his role in the 2013 immigration battles Thursday, telling reporters at a rally here that the Republican "establishment" was misleading people about why he introduced an amendment to penalize workers in the United States illegally.
"Let me use a Las Vegas analogy, from poker," said Cruz. "It's called 'calling their bluff.' Listen, the Democrats and the establishment Republicans who supported the Gang of Eight, they claimed they cared about the people who were here illegally. And so I introduced an amendment that made anyone here illegally permanently ineligible for citizenship. That amendment called their bluff, because it revealed that the members of the Gang of Eight were hypocrites."
To put it differently, Cruz told multiple members of the media and his colleagues that he really wanted legalization but that was not true. It was a lie because he did not want legalization or any other bill. That's the excuse?
In listening to Cruz's remarks in 2013, one cannot miss how sincere and earnest Cruz sounds. He was so convincing that multiple reports at the time portrayed him as trying to reach agreement on legalization. He gave no wink, no hint he was really a virulent opponent of immigration reform. He sure got a couple of members of the Gang of 8 to think he wanted a bill. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is quoted as saying Thursday, "You can only take people by their words. His words were clear that passage of that amendment would improve the chances of passage of the bill. He made that clear and he made both on the floor and off the floor."
The take away, then, is that he is an extraordinary liar ..either then in convincing people ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Oh, and for those who are pursuing the theory that the Gop-e and MSM are now in the process of promoting Cruz in order to take down the Donald, Jennifer and the Wash Po (Fox News, NRO, WSJ, et al) evidently haven't received the memo.
They want to bring them both down--- and, they don't care in want order.
Oh good. Jennifer Rubin columns always give Cruz haters chills up their leg.
Like Jeb, Rubin is a Democrat.
When I see this headline about Hillary Clinton I’ll consider reading anything from the comPost without a barf bag handy. Not holding my breath....
Jen Rubin is a complete waste of time, she’s a Washington Cartel troll.
Jen Rubin is a complete waste of time, she’s a Washington Cartel troll.
Alternate question. How do so-called journalists decide which liars they are going to provide covering fire for?
Compare him to Obama if you want to compare to the new lying standard.
Wow. Politicians say words to get their bills and amendments passed. The first time in history. The Gang of Eight Bill was atrocious and Rubio partnered with four of the most disgusting democrats in the Senate and three of the most worthless, backstabbing Republicans to pass it. Cruz’s amendment would have made it significantly better and more honest, but the amendment lost. That act (and the insider GOPs votes against it) killed the bill when it got the House. Cruz was instrumental in making sure the damn thing never became law.
But Cruz is the bad guy and Rubio the good guy in this scenario?
Mind blown. What does she have to say about real snakes in the grass?
I think Rubio is taking himself out.
Those sundance kind of theories never made sense to me.
Start with an easier one... Try to figure out when hilLIARy is lying.
Answer: all the time.
Trying to spot Cruz “lying” (not bluffing- lying) would, naturally, be much much harder.
She might as well change her name to Jen Rubio.
All the media is now joining in the pile-on to destroy Cruz. Meanwhile they have already crowned Her Royal Hipness as Queen of America.
Im a Trumpalo. But this story is total bull. Cruz never lied about this. Jennifer Rubin is shillng for the GopE flavor of the day.
All the media is now joining in the pile-on to destroy Cruz.
It’s just the beginning...they are praying Cruz is the nominee...
Looks like the gloves are off, that was a hard hitting article.
Cruz floated his amendment only to prove the amnesty gangs hypocrisy. It’s why he used their own language while promoting his amendment, which gave them everything they claimed to want but denied illegals the opportunity for citizenship (& the vote), the true intention of amnesty.
Hillary has more tells than a female Wednesday afternoon book club.
All the media is now joining in the pile-on to destroy Cruz. Meanwhile they have already crowned Her Royal Hipness as Queen of America.
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Yep, the media is now issuing the same anti-Cruz talking points that a number of the GOPe operatives have been endlessly promoting here on Free Republic.
So how can you tell when Barry Barack Soetoro Hussein Obama is lying?
WHEN HIS LIPS MOVE!
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