Nobody cares about Trump’s dating history, unless it involves “dating” while married and “dating” married women. All of which he has done.
Flip-Flopped on Legal Immigration:
Townhallâs Guy Benson: âCruz has flip-flopped dramatically on a number of his previous immigration views.â
âIn response, Rubio charged that Cruz supported mass legalization of illegal immigrants and proposed huge increases in federal issuance of certain immigration visas and green cards. Cruz shook his head throughout Rubioâs rejoinder, but Rubio was correct on these points. Cruz has flip-flopped dramatically on a number of his previous immigration views. The Texan shot back, âit is not accurate, what he just said, that I supported legalization.â Sorry, Senator. Itâs on tape.â (Townhall, Guy Benson, 12/16/15)
Flip-Flopped on H-1B Visas:
In an election year, Cruz said âhe would suspend the H-1B program.â
âCruz said he would suspend the H-1B program for 180 days while he audited the system for abuses, abandoning his prior support for a 500% increase in the high-tech program.â (CNN, 11/13/15)
âCruz sharply distanced himself from his long-held plan to increase the number of visas for high-tech workers by 500%.â
âA month prior, Cruz sharply distanced himself from his long-held plan to increase the number of visas for high-tech workers by 500%. Under fire from conservative talk radio hosts who said he was imperiling American workers, Cruz said he would suspend the program for 180 days until it could be reformed to his liking.â (CNN, 12/1/7/15)
In 2013, Senator Cruz offered an amendment that would increase the H-1B Visa program from 65,000 to 325,000.
âDuring the 2013 immigration debate, the Texas senator proposed an amendment to the comprehensive âgang of eightâ Senate bill that he boasted would âdramatically increas[e]â the annual limit on H-1B skilled guest worker visasâfrom 65,000 to 325,000âa five-fold expansion.â (Bloomberg, 8/20/15)
Flip-Flopped on Birthright Citizenship:
Cruzâs birthright citizenship position is âthe product of a flip-flop that is a couple of years old.â
âPost-Trump, Cruz has highlighted his opposition to birthright citizenship, itself the product of a flip-flop that is a couple of years old.â (Washington Examiner, 11/19/15)
CNN: âDespite his grounding in the grass-roots, Cruz has had to quickly react at times to Trumpâs envelope-pushing brand of conservatism, such as when Cruz quickly agreed this summer with Trumpâs new position to end birthright citizenship, despite previous questions the Texan posed about its constitutionality.â (CNN, 12/1/7/15)
Flip-Flopped on Mass Deportation:
In September 2013, Cruz ânoted that he had not called for deportation.â
âCruz also noted that he had not called for deportation or, as Mitt Romney famously advocated, self-deportation.â (NYT/Texas Tribune, 9/13/13)
Now, âover the past few weeks,â Cruz âhas specifically endorsed deportations after months of resisting.â
âCruz, who over the past few weeks has specifically endorsed deportations after months of resisting, said in an interview that aired Sunday on âState of the Unionâ that the U.S. should catch those who came here illegally under normal law enforcement practices, not through round-ups of the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S.â (CNN, 1/10/16)
In January 2016, Cruz said that like Donald Trump he does âabsolutelyâ support deportation of all illegal immigrants.
âTed Cruz said during an appearance in Iowa on Monday that thereâs a difference between him and Donald Trump on immigration. The Texas senator, who is leading the field of Republican presidential candidates in Iowa according to the latest polls, was asked by a man in the state if, like Trump, he believed that all undocumented immigrants should be deported. Cruz replied, âAbsolutely yes.â âAnd in fact, look, thereâs a difference,â said Cruz. âHeâs advocated allowing folks to come back in and become citizens. I oppose that.ââ (BuzzFeed, 1/5/16)