Posted on 06/16/2013 5:33:44 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
Sen. Marco Rubio was dismissive Sunday of some conservatives' concerns that Democrats are taking advantage of him to help pass an immigration bill.
"Immigration reform is something that all Americans recognize has to be done," the Florida Republican said on ABC's "This Week," after being pressed on whether Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is "playing him," as commentator Ann Coulter has claimed.
"I don't focus a lot on public polling, but if you look at these public polls, it's clear the vast majority of Americans understand that what we have in place in this country is de facto amnesty, a broken legal immigration system that needs to be reformed," he said.
That came after Rubio had already offered an even more dismissive answer to host Jon Karl, who asked "Are you being played by the Democrats? Is Chuck Schumer playing you, is essentially the charge?"
Rubio's answer: "I don't -- I quite frankly, I don't even know what that means."
Rubio was also insistent that while some conservatives are opposed to the immigration bill, he agrees with them on "virtually every other issue."
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“It will either be on your knee....” If it is, I guarantee it will be because I am behind cover or concealment and I am taking the best firing position I can!
I understand what you are saying. I was born a free man, and when I die, it will be as a free man. I don’t know when it will be, but I do know how it will be.
You got it brother.
Exactly! I can honestly say that I've never jumped on the Rubio band wagon. When he won his Senate seat I was happy the other guy lost but certainly did not celebrate his victory. The man turned out to be a RINO.
B U M P
It was a choice between Rubio being naive or stupid, with Rubio saying this it's obvious he's both stupid and naive.
Since, ultimately, the Pauls are johnny-one-notes about their 17th c borrowings about money, they don’t really care about anything but pretending to be in favor of balanced budgets, so this isn’t surprising.
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