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Posted on 08/18/2015 12:01:20 PM PDT by maggief
Sen. Marco Rubio cast aside Donald Trump’s recent immigration plan during an appearance at the Iowa State Fair Tuesday and challenged whether it would pass Congress.
“I haven’t read his plan; from what I’ve seen from press reports, there are a couple of ideas he shares with a lot of people,” the Florida senator told reporters after a speech at the fair about the plan Trump released Sunday.
“But [the rest] doesn't sound like something that has any chance to pass Congress.”
Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, has been more moderate than most of his GOP presidential rivals and was a sponsor of the 2013 immigration reform bill that included a pathway to citizenship. Trump’s immigration policy paper slammed that compromise bill — which he called the “Schumer-Rubio immigration bill — as a “giveaway to the corporate patrons who run both parties.”
The real estate magnate, who is soaring in the GOP polls, also proposed to end birthright citizenship for children born of parents in America illegally.
Rubio’s comments followed a rain-soaked speech at the fair Tuesday where the senator spoke for just eight minutes and didn’t take questions from the crowd because of the weather.
“I’m going to cut it a little shorter than normal because they say another band is coming through and I don’t want anyone to get wet,” he said.
“But probably too late for that.”
While he spoke for less than half of his 20-minute allotment and left to meet voters instead of taking questions in the pouring rain, a substantial throng of attendees with ponchos and umbrellas assembled to listen to his speech.
His modified stump speech cast a forward-looking view at the country, promising that the next century could be better than the past one. He touted ideas to modernize America’s economy and higher education, as well as shore up national defense.
“What we are called upon to do not is ensure that the American dream doesn’t just survive, but it reaches more people and changes more lives than ever before,” he said.
“We are called not to just keep America special and great, but keep it greater than it’s ever been.”
Rubio’s appearance at the Des Moines Register’s presidential soapbox marked his first appearance in the Hawkeye State since the state’s voters declared him the winner of the Aug. 6 Fox News GOP debate, according to a recent Suffolk University poll.
While that poll found him in third place with 10 percent of Iowans, a CNN poll of Iowans just a few days later found him tied for seventh with 5 percent.
The Associated Press notes that he hadn’t been in Iowa for a full month before his most recent return, leading some Republicans to question why he hasn’t visited more often.
After he left the stage to meet with fairgoers, Rubio bumped into Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R). While the governor remained shy on any official endorsement, he said that he could see himself supporting Rubio.
“He’s a good friend, he came to my birthday party. I’m trying to be a good host for everyone who comes,” he said.
“I’m really impressed, I think he’s a rising star in the Republican ranks and we are really appreciative of him coming.”
What’s the deal with Rubio’s seat?
Does FL allow him to run for re-election (Senate) while running for POTUS? I’d love this turd to get lost.
No chance in Congress, eh? Well OK then, Trump gets elected, bypasses the Congress and the Constitution (seven years of precedent and counting) and just does it by royal fiat ala Lord Foul.
Since Rubio is doing so badly in the polls, he might not even be a senator for much longer, but he could always work for Trump, (cleaning his toilets, maybe)
He should know, his plan did not have a chance... in fact, he withdrew support after he put his name on it and passed in the Senate.
All he has to do is executive order. Have you not been watching, Marco?
Rubio presidential aspirations have no chance of passing popular vote.
Marco, go away. No one will remember you when you’re dead.
Threats from the Spanish Reconquistador
Hey Marco....why not recruit a battalion to sail South and take back yer homeland, Guero?
Buncha yo homeys gotta lotta cash now, should be no problem buying a few jets to soften up Habana before you arrive
The fact that its illegal to do so from U.S. soil shouldn’t bother you since the immigration laws don’t seem to make much impact on you either.
“I haven’t read his plan but I’m sure it won’t work.”
I’ve tried to defend this guy in recent weeks but he makes it pretty hard.
Marco, please. Find a spine. Find some mettle. Go away, grow up a little, and then we’ll see if your weaselness is just from youth or if its an incurable flaw.
Trump DOES NOT need to get ANYTHING passed by congress. All he’d have to do is simply enforce the laws already on the books and probably negate a few of Oblunders executive orders.
Obama has already shown that congress is not needed, the president simply has to issue an executive order and if challenged by the courts.. just say the magic words “national security” !
Last I checked illegal immigration was already illegal. Why do we need Congress to tell us that?
If enforcement of the laws requires building a wall then the executive branch has the authority to do so under their enforcement powers.
Thanks....THIS is interesting....
“• Petitions for workers should be mailed to the unemployment office, not USCIS.
What’s Rubio yammering about? Most of the Trump plan only involves enforcing existing immigration law.
And there would be mid-term elections two years into a Trump administration.
Rubio needs to consider that Trump’s change of the nation’s dialogue on immigration will also change the make up of Congress.
It doesn’t sound like Rubio has any chance of being President.
If nothing...TRUMP is scaring the traitors out of the woodwork
Yeah, Marco... and the GWB Immigration bill was a done deal too.
A couple of years ago I thought he had promise. But that was before he ‘grew’ in office and started to listening to professional political consultants.
Trump may just rip him a new one over this...
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