Posted on 02/14/2016 2:34:21 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
..."In response to attacks leveled against him by Sen. Ted Cruz, Rubio made a demonstrably and provably false declaration about his position on President Obama's executive amnesty. Rubio even accused Cruz of "telling lies" about his position on executive amnesty-even though nationally-televised video footage of Marco Rubio confirms Cruz's allegation, and reveals that Rubio lied in front of a nation-wide viewing audience during tonight's debate.
Cruz said:"Marco right now supports citizenship for 12 million people here illegally. I oppose citizenship...Marco has a long record when it comes to amnesty. In the state of Florida, as Speaker of the House,he supported in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. In addition to that,Marco went on Univision in Spanish and said he would not rescind President Obama's illegal executive amnesty on his first day in office. I have promised to rescind every single illegal executive action, including that one."
Cruz was referring specifically to President Obama's 2012 executive amnesty for illegal immigrants who allegedly came to the country as minors. The unconstitutional amnesty known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals-or DACA-remains fully operational to this day. DACA not only gives illegal immigrants immunity from deportation, but also grants them work permits and access to federal benefits.
Indeed, video footage of Sen. Rubio confirms Cruz's assertion. In an April Spanish-language interview, Rubio told Univision's Jorge Ramos:"I wouldn't undo it [DACA] immediately." Rubio elaborated in English, telling Ramos: "I don't think we can immediately revoke that[DACA]..I'm not calling for it to be revoked tomorrow, or this week, or right away."
Yet Rubio-seemingly comfortable in the knowledge that the debate moderators would not be presenting any actual information on Rubio's immigration record-simply denied Cruz's charge, despite the existence of a readily available transcript which confirms Cruz's claim."..
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
....However, later that evening Kelly interviewed Cruz and conceded an important point. That being pretty much the opposite, which is that he did not and does not support legalizing the status of people here illegally."....
Megyn Kelly to Ted Cruz: "The record supports you." [FR Thread]
Megyn Kelly: "The record supports you." [Cruz: "Anyone here illegally is permanently ineligible for citizenship."]
"It was a poison pill."
"You do have a consistent record on that; I will give you that; we did look back on it."
Donald Trump: Mean-Spirited GOP Won't Win Elections
..."Republican Party will continue to lose presidential elections if it comes across as mean-spirited and unwelcoming toward people of color, Donald Trump tells Newsmax.
Whether intended or not, comments and policies of Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates during this election were seen by Hispanics and Asians as hostile to them, Trump says.
"Republicans didn't have anything going for them with respect to Latinos and with respect to Asians," the billionaire developer says.
"The Democrats didn't have a policy for dealing with illegal immigrants, but what they did have going for them is they weren't mean-spirited about it," Trump says. "They didn't know what the policy was, but what they were is they were kind."
Romney's solution of "self deportation" for illegal aliens made no sense and suggested that Republicans do not care about Hispanics in general, Trump says.
"He had a crazy policy of self deportation which was maniacal," Trump says. "It sounded as bad as it was, and he lost all of the Latino vote," Trump notes. "He lost the Asian vote. He lost everybody who is inspired to come into this country."
The GOP has to develop a comprehensive policy "to take care of this incredible problem that we have with respect to immigration, with respect to people wanting to be wonderful productive citizens of this country," Trump says."....
May 8, 2013:
Ted Cruz Files Amendment To Deny Path To Citizenship As Senate Works On Bill
......”The amendments filed today to strengthen border security and reform our legal immigration system will not only bring meaningful, effective improvements to our immigration system, but also have a chance of becoming law,” said Cruz in a statement. “America is a nation of immigrants, built by immigrants and we need to honor that heritage by fixing our broken immigration system, while upholding the rule of law and championing legal immigration.”
His amendments are among more than 300 filed by the Tuesday evening deadline. Republicans wanting tighter enforcement provisions filed a majority of the amendments, with Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, leading the pack with 77 amendments.
Supporters of the bill, mainly of the part of it that would legalize millions of undocumented immigrants, kept a steady drumbeat in defense of the measure though emails, websites and social media.
In a press release, America’s Voice, a leading national group that advocates for more lenient immigration laws, singled out Cruz’s anti-citizenship amendment as particularly worrisome.
“This would not only destroy the path to citizenship in the Senate bill-the popular heart of an immigration reform solution-but also turn its back on 100 years of precedent in immigration policy,” said the release..........
Dec 17, 2015
Who’s right: Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio?
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/ted-cruz-immigration-record-216919
...”The bipartisan group of eight senators - including battle-tested veterans and relative newcomers like Rubio - painstakingly negotiated a delicate compromise in early 2013 that would overhaul every corner of the U.S. immigration system, including a 13-year pathway to citizenship for millions here illegally.
Fans and foes of the legislation, as well as observers at the time, knew the core bill couldn’t change too dramatically because that would upset that compromise, which not only had the backing of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate but also coalitions off the Hill, such as labor unions and the business lobby.
Cruz’s amendment - which called for stripping out a pathway to citizenship, but keeping a path for legalization - would have done precisely that.
The night before each Senate Judiciary Committee markup, senior Gang of Eight aides would huddle to scour through each of the amendments that were teed up for the following day, determining which proposals would be palatable and which would be unacceptable. This strategy was meant to ensure the core elements of the Gang of Eight deal would stay intact (the four members of the Gang who sat on the Judiciary Committee would vote in a bloc, usually with the rest of the committee Democrats, to vote down potential deal-killers).
“This one was one that clearly we all had to oppose because it went to the core of the deal,” recalled an aide to a Senate Democrat during the 2013 negotiations. “It could’ve unraveled the whole deal.”
Sure, Cruz himself never called it a “poison pill” at the time. But no senator refers to his own proposal as a poison pill, even if it plainly is. The Gang of Eight never considered Cruz as “gettable,” and it was well-known at the time that Cruz was never going to vote for the bill and was in fact, trying to kill it.
“Everyone was rolling their eyes and smirking when he said it would improve the bill,” said the aide. “I don’t think anybody took it seriously.”...
This is a good resource. Thank you for putting it together. Anticipating a backlash from Trumpeteers, http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2016/01/23/donald-trump-immigration-fight-advocating-amnesty/
Yep, Rubio seemed to be caught by surprise when Cruz launched into him in Spanish.
Peace,
SR
As if not speaking Spanish means he didn’t promise to leave Obama’s engage executive amnesty in place. Marco Ruboto will hopefully exit the race in 6 days.
This was the highlight of the debate last night. Two Cubans calling each other liars, in a foreign language... SNL skit worthy.
Too bad Jeb! didn’t chime in with his fluent Spanish.
He’s saving it for a Ricky-Ricardo-type diatribe against Marco.
Had Jeb been in between Cruz and Rubio I have no doubt he would have joined in... It was too funny to see Cruz and Rubio literally forget where they were.
Not for a heartbeat did they forget.
The Memorizer Bunny is a duplicitous weasel and a backstabber
Never give more knives to backstabbers
How many 'spanish speaking' voters are in South Carolina? And back when Cruz was running for the Senate in Texas why did he refuse to debate his opponent in 'Spanish'? A Freeper from Texas said that Cruz did not speak Spanish... So it was a 'shock' for me to hear Cruz launch into what sounded like fluent Spanish to me .... Are these two campaigning for the non-english, Spanish speaking voters????
Thanks for providing the irrefutable evidence of Rubio’s remarks to Univision.
Should be made into an ad, further exposing his deception on amnesty.
DONALD TRUMP also wanted the “Dream Act.”
“We are not talking about positions he has taken years ago before he became a Republican. In 2013, conservatives were fighting for dear life to oppose open borders, while Trump was not only supporting the Dream Act, but echoing the liberal politically correct talking points behind it. In August of 2013, he reportedly told a group of illegal aliens, “You have convinced me†of the need to pass the Dream Act.”
more: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/01/trumps-questionable-political-history
During the exchange between Rubio and Cruz, what did Ted day to Rubio in Spanish?
“Admit it Marco, you get all chocked up when you hear about a foam party”?
I am told one of the first things a lawyer learns in law school is to NEVER ask a question in court that you don’t already know the answer to.
Seems that Brietbart has fact-checked Rubberio’s espanol speech and sure enough Cruz was dead on right. Of course before the Brietbart piece came out, Rubberio was on Fox this morning telling the same BS.
Seems wishful thinking to pretend Cruz did not know exactly where he was or how to come back. He didn’t have to say but 3 words in Spanish to completely deflate Rubberio. That look on Marco’s face said it all.
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