Posted on 12/20/2015 4:51:23 PM PST by Isara
Sen. Jeff Sessions gave a full-throated defense of Sen. Ted Cruz at an event Friday in Daphne, Alabama. Cruz is facing attacks from Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and others over technical issues regarding amendments to a 2013 immigation reform bill which never passed.
"People need to remember this, because this election is going to decide, the crowd who pushed that bill," Sessions said. "Will they be in the White House, and allowed to push their agenda, or will we have somebody else?"
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"In 2013 they spent a billion and a half dollars to promote this legislation, the political consultants, they had pollsters hired to spin the numbers, they had special interest groups, they met for months, the gang of eight, they were determined, it was a near on thing, it was a worse bill than the 2007 bill. It gave amnesty first... We voted more than once to build a fence, do we have a fence?"
"So it came before the Senate, and the gang of eight met every day, they also had been meeting for months with the special interests and activists, the la Raza group, the ACLU, and businesses who want more and more cheap labor."
"They had a scheme -- a plan to vote down every amendment no matter what the amendment was. They did it because they said they had acheived a delegate balance between enforcement, and they had the perfect bill... Every amendment was voted down by every Democrat and a number of Republicans. it was a tense."
"It was that close to being passed... and I think I can say this with integrity. Without the vigorous opposition of Ted Cruz, this bill likely would have passed."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
It was that close to being passed...Just as much of an indictment of the GOP-e as a defense of Cruz. One-party rule is difficult but not impossible to defeat.
Ted is Tenacious
Shame on rubio. Peddling lies about Cruz when Rubio supports amnesty.
Trump stopped the Gang of Eight amnesty bill first. Cruz copied bim.
Thank you Jeff Sessions. He’s a good man.
Thank you Jeff Sessions. He’s a good man.
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He is indeed...as well as a great American Patriot.
I can’t figure out why in the heck Rubio is going after Cruz on this.
The only thing it does, in my mind, is highlight Rubio’s own record and association with the gang/8.
It seems like an odd strategy to me.
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I am sure what Sessions meant to say is “Without Trump amnesty would have passed in 2013” (honestly!)
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Maybe that’s all he can come up with.
In fairness to them, I think most have backed off.
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Not the stink-pots.
You’re kidding, right? What did Trump do to stop the 2013 amnesty bill?
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Nothing of course!
I agree with you...Trump wasn’t even in the political arena in 2013...Trump didn’t join in anything political until June 16, 2015...
Agreed. This one probably sounded good during strategy planning with the consultants, but all it’s doing is shining a bright light on the service Cruz provided to defend us from Rubio and the Gang of Eight betrayal.
Peace,
SR
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