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Rubio, Santorum attack Ted Cruz for supporting AMNESTY
Posted on 11/13/2015 3:53:58 PM PST by VinL
Iowa representative Steve King, one of the loudest opponents of comprehensive immigration reform in Congress, says he is not troubled by an amendment Ted Cruz proposed during the 2013 debate over the Gang of Eight reform bill, which has been used this week by Cruz’s opponents to portray him as soft on the issue.
Cruz, who has long painted himself as the ideological purist in the race, found himself in an odd position this week: under fire from Marco Rubio, a co-sponsor of the failed Gang of Eight bill, for being in favor of expanded immigration. The attack stems from comments Cruz made during the 2013 immigration debate supporting an increase in the number of legal immigrants granted entry to the U.S., and an amendment he proposed that would have allowed people in the country illegally to stay without granting them legal status.
Rubio, this week, pointed to Cruz’s remarks and amendment as evidence that the two rivals shared more in common on immigration than the Texas senator claims.
But King, one of the most vocal opponents of the Gang of Eight bill and an influential Republican in Iowa, the state that will hold the first Republican nominating contest on February 1, tells National Review he does not find Cruz’s past remarks troubling.
“I’m zero troubled by the language in the amendment,†he says in a phone call. “But I am troubled by the attacks that have come because they seem to be designed to equate Ted Cruz’s immigration position with that of Marco Rubio — and I don’t see how a serious person can say that.†King, who followed the Gang of Eight bill closely, and at times drew fire for the language he used to express his opposition to it, says he was aware of Cruz’s amendments from the moment they were offered, and says he and Cruz talked specifically about them when Cruz attended the Iowa State Fair this summer.
King says he believes the Cruz campaign’s explanation for that amendment: that it was meant to be a poison pill that would scuttle the bill all together. “If you watch the positions that Cruz has taken and everything along the way and you understand the legislative process, then you have to look at those amendments as strategically calculated,†King says.
King, a prominent social-conservative voice with significant influence in his Western Iowa district, could be a crucial endorsement this cycle. And many believe he is inclined toward Cruz, who has been actively courting him for years and with whom he maintains a close friendship. Some prominent members of King’s political circle, including his son, are backing Cruz. King says he has “not reached a conviction at this point†on backing a single candidate.
There has been speculation that this attack could prove problematic for Cruz, especially if a candidate like Donald Trump, who has a very loud megaphone on the subject of immigration, were to seize on it and attack him from the right. But King’s support could insulate Cruz from some of that fire, especially in Iowa.
Started with the debate; then the attack on Rubio that was coordinated with talk radio (Ingraham, Gallagher, Limbaugh), conservative blogs (Breitbart, Dan Horowitz) and politicians (King, Sessions); and then finally, the comprehensive immigration plan.
No one was going to get to the right of Cruz on immigration, it was just a matter of timing.
That's why it's fun supporting Cruz-- there's always a plan.
Thank God for Steve King and Jeff Sessions.
Without those two, the Cheap Labor Express may have already have stolen our country.
Wait, ah no. You just keep on taking advice from old ham-face.
There has been speculation that this attack could prove problematic for Cruz, especially if a candidate like Donald Trump, who has a very loud megaphone on the subject of immigration, were to seize on it and attack him from the right.
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One might have expected Trump to corner Cruz on this issue; but Trump didn’t; instead, counter-intuitively, Trump has attacked Cruz’s biggest roadblock in Iowa, Carson.
Listen to Cruz’s 2013 speech i8n his own voice, and make up your mind accordingly, instead of listening to 3rd hand interpretations.
Cruz pushing legalization of illegals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CwVrfydjOI&feature=youtu.be
“One might have expected Trump to corner Cruz on this issue; but Trump didn’t; instead, counter-intuitively, Trump has attacked Cruz’s biggest roadblock in Iowa, Carson.”
I think they are teaming up. Cruz to take on Rubio and Trump to take on Carson. Go Trump/Cruz
one thing is crystal clear: cruz wasn’t a member of the gang of 8. rubio was it’s co-leader.
rubio is obviously prepared to lie his way to power. as with all leftists, the end justifies the means. he was obviously lying in wait for cruz’s missive.
Disentropy, Sessions and Mike Lee voted for Cruz’s amendment— they for legalization????
Well there you go. Slime ball Rubio stepped in it...Cruz will clean his clock from now until nomination.
. he [Rubio] was obviously lying in wait for cruz’s missive.
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You’re right...and Cruz was waiting for it. That’s why he lined up conservative talk radio, blogs and politicians in advance- and they’re nailing Rubio as King did in this article.
“We stopped the Gang of Eight bill. Ted Cruz led the fight against the establishment. We would be living under amnesty right now if Cruz had not succeeded.”... Rush Limbaugh.
He has to take them on one at a time. They have the same natural constituency.
Why should anyone depend on some other’s interpretaion of what Cruz said? Watch the actual video of what Cruz actually said and judge for yourself.
Must really stink to see your false narrative blow up right in front of your face.
You would agree it doesn’t make any sense for Trump to attack Carson, wouldn’t you?
I’ve seen that video, what’s your point?
Time to find out if our Embassies in Mexico are getting complaints from Americans living or retired there and are sitting on them.
No, only the trajectory of the attack.
His "pathological" characterization was already the dominant theme in the press, and Trump should have sealed the deal with an attack on Amnesty, Puerto Rico, TPP etc.
But I am certain that the GOP field is too big and needs to be winnowed to 4-6 candidates today.
Carson's natural constituency is the same as Cruz'. We only need one of them.
Point is obvious. Always make up your own mind by watching the actual video yourself. Why depend on other politician’s opinions when a video is available?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CwVrfydjOI&feature=youtu.be
Great catch! Bookmarked.
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