Rubio, Silver explained, was almost every Republican’s fallback candidate.
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Bush League Republicans maybe.
Precisely because he was a Cheap Labor Express stooge who would keep the borders open and the laws unenforced.
We have only been allowed to vote for amnesty candidates since the last amnesty.
(He is also not a natural born citizen)
Rubio was born in Miami. He is a natural born citizen since he didn’t need to undergo the naturalization process.
National Review opposed the Gang of Eight bill of 2013. The editorial position has been consistently opposed to open borders. William F. Buckley was highly critical of George HW Bush after the famous tax compromise, but before that he was critical of Bush in the 1980 primary season.
The idea that NR has always been some kind of Eastern Establishment, Open Borders moderate Republican is silly.