Posted on 02/13/2016 10:08:16 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
White House hopeful Marco Rubio ripped rival Ted Cruz at Saturday's presidential debate for a "pattern" of telling lies, particularly about immigration reform.
"This is a disturbing pattern now. For a number of weeks Ted Cruz has just been telling lies," Rubio said. "He's lying about all sorts of things and now he's just making things up."
The Florida senator said that Cruz had lied "about Ben Carson in Iowa," referring to the Carson campaign's accusations that Cruz's campaign spread false rumors during the caucuses that the retired neurosurgeon was dropping out of the presidental race.
Rubio's comments came as he and the Texas Republican battled over their stance in a 2013 fight in the Senate over a wide-ranging immigration reform bill.
Cruz has repeatedly knocked Rubio for working with Democrats, calling the "Gang of Eight" bill the "Rubio-Schumer amnesty plan," referring to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is expected to be the next Democratic leader.
"The question for anyone on illegal immigration, is where were you in that fight," Cruz added.
Rubio, however, has pointed to amendments that the Texas senator pushed that removed a path to citizenship from the bill but kept work permits.
Asked about his tactics on the Senate's immigration bill, which ultimately stalled in the House, Cruz has said that the amendments were meant to expose Democrats' "bluff" and ultimately undermine the Gang of Eight bill.
Rubio wasn't alone at the South Carolina event in accusing Cruz of lying. Donald Trump also said Cruz "is the single biggest liar. ...This guy will say anything."
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Ah so we’re now posting attacks from rubito are we? And when he attacks Trump you of course post those also?
Ah so we’re now posting attacks from rubito are we? And when he attacks Trump you of course post those also?
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Ah so we’re now we are back to posting attacks non-stop about Trump are we? And when Trump-haters attack Trump you will point that out too of course?
I think Cruz is a liar when he says Marco Rubio is his good friend.
Hey who’s that leading at the podium? Oh yeah, it’s Chuck Schumer, one of the most despicable politicians around.
Well we now know there’s at least 2 Republican candidates that Schumer can ‘deal with’. Rubio and this guy(from 2 weeks ago): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pncCpWOQq0c
Tell ya what show me a post where I attacked Trump, you can’t. The worst I have said is he turns me off when he goes full on Don Rickles. What I have done is called out ridiculous posts from both Trump and Cruz supporters, and in my opinion this post of yours fits the bill. Both sides are so damn sure of their candidate and yet both still post ridiculous articles instead of having a meaningful discussion and then accuse each other of things they both do. But always if someone disagrees they are immediately attacked, just like you did.
Cruz and Rubio are both Liars! Cruz is becoming a worse Liar than all of them put together.
“when he goes full on Don Rickles”
THAT has got to be the funniest line I’ve seen posted on this website.
I am a Trump supporter and I happen to love Don Rickles, and I may borrow that line on Monday, hell not borrow, I’m just going to flat out steal it from you!
Brilliant. Thanks for cheering up my morning!
My favorite part of the whole debate was when Gang of 8 member Marco a/k/a “the Tea Party backstabber” Rubio lied that Cruz didn’t know how to speak Spanish, and Ted came back at him with a whole bunch of Spanish. lol
“Cruz and Rubio are both Liars”
And neither are Natural Born Citizens.
That’s what he gets for crossing Rubio and Trump’s buddy Mitch McConnell.
It could be worse. He could have a history of supporting partial birth abortion, assault weapon bans, and bank bailouts, or he could be actively pushing for touchback amnesty while pretending it is a tough stance on immigration.
But unfortunately the past only seems to matter with Cruz for some reason.
Oh come on. Donald Trump scares the crap out of Mitch McConnell and every other incumbent politician. They already know they can handle Rubio. They already know they can neutralize Ted Cruz. They have been there and done them both.
Really ..?? You have no clue what you’re talking about.
Cruz did not call McConnell a LIAR just for the heck of it (the way Rubio is doing to Cruz now). NO, Cruz called McConnell a LIAR .. because McConnell did lie to Cruz about a certain bill, and later Cruz found out the truth about what was in the bill (that McConnell had hid from Cruz).
If you’re going to call somebody a liar .. be sure you have your FACTS straight.
And .. Rubio is the one who spread the rumor about Carson .. because he saw a story from CNN .. yeah, it was CNN who started it; Rubio picked up on it .. and then it went on down the line. But, Cruz did NOT START IT. So, again, we have caught Rubio in a lie.
Trump and Rubio are both worried about Cruz, so they push the theme that he’s a liar even when he trots out the facts.
...when he went to the Floor of the Senate and called Mitch McConnell a liar.
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Again, just stating a fact that McC lied to the Senate Republicans.
Work permits for aliens = legal status; NOT amnesty that Rubio was promoting via the Gang of 8.
Cruz voted for TPA and AGAINST TPP.
Rubio says these things because he canât defend his own record.
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Rated only 79% Conservative, worst attendance and voting record, etc. ...No record to defend. And, he’s said being a Senator is boring so he will not run for reelection.
But I do not believe the failure to disclose prior to his election<.i> loans from Goldman Sachs was an accident.
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That info about the loans WAS disclosed on his documents when he filed to run for Senator. There is some other FEC documents that were apparently overlooked, but easily corrected. No intent to hide anything here.
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