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Ted Cruz Fires Back at Marco Rubio in Spanish at Republican Debate
Time ^ | February 13, 2016 | Maya Rhodan

Posted on 02/13/2016 8:37:52 PM PST by SoConPubbie

The Texas Senator had some words in Spanish for Marco Rubio

Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz got into a heated exchange about immigration reform at the Republican presidential debate on Saturday—with Cruz firing back in Spanish in an attempt to get in the last word.

Cruz had again accused Rubio of supporting “amnesty” in the U.S. Senate, accusing the junior Senator from Florida of saying so in an interview on the Spanish-language television network Univision.

That’s when things got nasty—and bilingual.

“I don’t know how he knows what I said on Univision because he doesn’t speak Spanish,” Rubio retorted.

Cruz then responded in Spanish, taunting Rubio. “Ahora mismo, díselo en Español si tu quieres” the Senator from Texas said, which roughly translates to “Right now, say it in Spanish. If you want.”

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TOPICS: Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; Cuba; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: South Carolina; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; 2016election; bothineligible; canada; cruz; cuba; election2016; florida; marcorubio; rubio; southcarolina; tedcruz; texas
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To: bigbob

ROFL ROFL


41 posted on 02/13/2016 9:05:43 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: Mears

I agree somewhat .. but what I object to is what Rubio did .. he told one story in English and one story in Spanish. Only Cruz called him on it .. even though it had been mentioned .. but nobody had actually shown Rubio that since some of them could under Spanish, he was caught red-handed.


42 posted on 02/13/2016 9:07:13 PM PST by CyberAnt ("The Fields are White Unto Harvest")
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To: SoConPubbie

Actually that was a pretty good comeback from Cruz to Rubio, even though I am a Trump supporter still I give Cruz his due on that one, I can’t believe Rubio was so foolish (? Ignorant ?) to assume Cruz cannot speak Spanish, that was a horrible mistake and not very well thought out attack by Rubio.


43 posted on 02/13/2016 9:13:29 PM PST by ShivaFan
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To: Helicondelta

Where, in New Jersey?


44 posted on 02/13/2016 9:16:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: RobbyS

I would be willing to be that you are wrong on that. Cruz is smart, and Spanish is not that difficult to learn. I would be very surprised if he has not been working on it assiduously, but quietly, for years. He also wouldn’t make a big thing about it because it’s a hole card.


45 posted on 02/13/2016 9:17:48 PM PST by Ronin (Blackface or bolt-ons, it's the same fraud. - Norm Lenhart)
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To: SoConPubbie

Gawd, that was great!


46 posted on 02/13/2016 9:18:30 PM PST by libertylover (The problem with Obama is not that his skin is too black, it's that his ideas are too RED.)
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To: Neu Pragmatist

Jeb is an ass clown.


47 posted on 02/13/2016 9:18:36 PM PST by A CA Guy (Are God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: PUGACHEV

Cruz understands and even speaks Spanish. In this he is like a lot of Tejanos—a LOT—that English is his first language, that he is not tempted to say one thing to an Anglo audience and another to a Spanish one.


48 posted on 02/13/2016 9:19:57 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL!


49 posted on 02/13/2016 9:20:37 PM PST by Let's Roll (So much left-wing thought is playing with fire by those who don't even know fire is hot - Orwell)
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To: A CA Guy

Jeb was pretty good tonight, but he is not used to fighting. The only way to handle a bully like Trump is to learn to jab better. Someone come up with some one-liners he can use.


50 posted on 02/13/2016 9:22:48 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: proust

“Now Hillary is getting in on the Spanish!”

I wonder if her Spanish is as accurate as was her Russian for “reset button.”


51 posted on 02/13/2016 9:23:08 PM PST by mouske
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To: RobbyS

Rubio never denied what Cruz claimed Rubio said in Spanish. Rubio only questioned how Cruz could understand it.


52 posted on 02/13/2016 9:25:00 PM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: bigbob

Yep!


53 posted on 02/13/2016 9:25:11 PM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: dforest

If there is anything certain, it is that Cruz does not speak Canuck. His mother is from Maryland and he come to Texas when he was four.


54 posted on 02/13/2016 9:26:01 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: DesertRhino

Given that neither Cruz not Rubio is Mexican, you have your wish. Now Jeb’s wife is Mexican and his Spanish leans that way.


55 posted on 02/13/2016 9:29:49 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: dforest

That was Cuban Canadian.
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From the ridiculous to sublime? lol


56 posted on 02/13/2016 9:30:06 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: Finalapproach29er

If ridiculous, it is pure Trumpian


57 posted on 02/13/2016 9:31:33 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: RobbyS

Just so you know, FWIW, Cruuz speaks Spanish the way Borat speaks English.


58 posted on 02/13/2016 9:34:14 PM PST by PUGACHEV
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To: dforest

That was Cuban Canadian.>>>> lllooollll


59 posted on 02/13/2016 9:35:11 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I’m laughing my butt off - that was pretty darned funny!


60 posted on 02/13/2016 9:36:03 PM PST by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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