Posted on 07/04/2015 12:34:47 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A conversation about immigration between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and the Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Moore, reported on by the New York Times this week, never happened.
“We have spoken with Stephen Moore and the conversation that was reported did not happen and he will tell you that. I would recommend you reach out to him,” Walker spokeswoman AshLee Strong told Breitbart News on Thursday in response to an article by Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman.
On Thursday, the reporters wrote: “Stephen Moore, a conservative scholar at the Heritage Foundation who backs an immigration overhaul, called Mr. Walker’s embrace of a border-security-first approach ‘A lurch to the right and probably something very popular among Iowa conservative voters.’”
“But Mr. Moore also said he was not convinced that Mr. Walker was quite the immigration hawk as he may appear now,” the Times added. “Rather, he called the governor’s positioning ‘a work in progress.’”
Then the newspaper wrote: “Mr. Moore said he had become concerned about Mr. Walker’s stance [on immigration] in recent weeks, but was reassured after a phone call with the Wisconsin governor,” then quoted Moore himself recounting what Walker supposedly said.
“He said, ‘I’m not going nativist; I’m pro-immigration,’” Moore said Gov. Walker said.
But Walker’s presidential campaign insists that conversation never happened, so Breitbart News reached out to Moore for more information.
Moore confirms that there was no phone call between him and Walker. What actually happened, he says, is a bit more murky and confusing—much different from what the Times says happened.
“Here’s what happened, I’m on this group with Larry Kudlow and Art Laffer called the Committee to Unleash Prosperity,” Moore told Breitbart News.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Scott Walker (notice I didn’t say Mitt Walker) has peaked and is now on the downward spiral. After a couple of debates he will be marginalized. He has too many negatives and he has problems in WI.
Trump and Cruz appear to be forming an unspoken alliance to knock him, Jeb and Rubio off then they will duke it out later down the road.
“How about defending Trump on what he said and condemning the boycotts that followed? That would burn all of Scott Walkers bridges to the pro-invasion crowd.”
Excellent point. If Walker does so, it will help counter those claiming Walker is only posturing.
I’m a fan of what a Walker has accomplished in Wisconsin but not so sure about his campaign selections lately. A Republican who would hire Dayspring is a Republican who would put another John Roberts on the Supreme Court and a Hillary Xlinton as Sec State.
Ditto. His strong American-jobs-American-wages statement moved him to the top of my list, but he's been slipping downward ever since. I may have to cast my primary vote for the self-promoting buffoon who's the only one even consistently saying the right things on this issue.
I won’t vote for anyone who was born on foreign soil.
I won’t vote for anyone who has no record of cutting spending to state and local government employees.
Noisy bandwagons trying to divide a party for the purpose of continuing too much funding to government employees don’t decide such matters. Lawyers don’t decide such matters.
I’m the voter. I decide.
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