Posted on 01/29/2016 3:53:46 PM PST by springwater13
9:37 AM - 19 Jun 2013
We need to secure the border. Any bill this body passes should have border security first & then legalization. Not the other way around.
(Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
My head hurts.
Build a wall. And then build highway bridges over it.
You should post this on the other thread where the Cruz supporters are ecstatic that Me-Gyn apologized to Ted as she has concluded he never supported legalization. I’m sure this was just a poison pill tweet /s/
And speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper after the debate, Cruz even indicated he would back deporting those who came here illegally -- another proposal he has usually rebuffed.
"I would enforce the law," Cruz said, explaining that he would first deport criminals without proper papers. "Federal immigration law provides that if someone is here illegally and is apprehended, that they should be sent back to their home country."
Donald Trump. August 29, 2013 - Donald Trump Twitter
Please compare and contrast.
BOOM!!!
Cruz was splitting supporter of Amnesty to stop the Gang of 8 amnesty first bill.
Trump never was a member of the senate. What he says does not have the same consequences as what the lawmakers say and do.
Cruz’s narrative was that he was deceiving (lying) to the rest of the Senate by suggesting support for the bill so his poison pill amendment(s) would be included and kill the bill.
Wow Cruz sounds like Trump.
Border security will do nothing about illegal immigration. Until there are controls on illegal labor, people will keep coming. Even massive deportations without stopping illegal labor won’t work.
He should have just responded to Megyn last night that yeah, I’m an exceptionally good liar. That’s what politicians do. He should have owned it.
I'm tired of refuting this particular lie.
Mee-gyn had second thoughts after Teddy’s debate performance. She still wants him to hang around to take down the big bad Trump.
Will he now claim the tweet was a lie, to prop up the ‘poison pill?’
"Congress must protect our borders first. Amnesty should be done only if the border is secure and illegal immigration has stopped."
However, Cruz has never supported amnesty. It appears he supported legalizing some of the illegals as long as they could never get citizenship. But Trump was specifically talking about amnesty. So even in this case, Cruz had the more conservative position.
Cruz has ALWAYS owned it. It's a central part of his pitch.
Thank you for posting this, springwater. The follow up tweets are a good example of why I believe that Cruz may have a little trouble getting re-elected to the Senate- let alone carry Texas in the nomination for president.
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