Posted on 07/18/2015 9:05:33 AM PDT by conservativejoy
He stepped back from “high standard?” This was just last week. I remember listening to interviews with him (in their entirety) in response to questions by some off camera reporterperson. I know what I heard and I also heard he “stepped back from that” and changed his mind.
Okay, I accepted that, and then I hear his talk about illegals and “high standard of [unnamed]” and then got that old feeling. Deflecting my concerns about it off on statements about a host of other candidates’ positions in your eyes does nothing to assuage my “creepy cringy” feeling about those two words of Walker. Until I hear the words “No citizenship - ever” from him, then I’ll not ever cast a vote for him.
It makes no difference what he says NOW. If he becomes president he’ll do what the Chamber of Commerce tells him to do.
It’s a RINO Nation.
What is the difference how a candidate leans on one particular issue? Why is everyone hammering the numerous Repubs but no one is questioning Hillary about anything. She will go unquestioned until they arrive at the answers that “poll the best”. Why does no one question her about anything including her illegal activities?
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, pledged to protect American workers from the economic effects, not only of illegal immigration but also of a massive increase in legal immigration.
During an interview with Glenn Beck, Walker became the first declared or potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate to stake out a position on immigration fully in line with that of Senate Judiciary Committee subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). He also noted that he has been working with Chairman Sessions on the issue to learn more about it.
Hmm. Brietbart... Sessions... good company.
“Walker will say what he needs to say and do whatever the Chamber of Commerce and the cheap labor lobby tell him to do.”
Yep. Mitt Walker is the establishment default candidate for when Jebbie crashes and burns. I don’t believe a word the guy says. I have zero interest in voting for him.
What a Caller Noticed About Scott Walker Interview on the Glenn Beck Program
Jul. 15, 2015
– Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker appeared on Glenn Beck’s radio program Wednesday, and while guest hosts Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere called the Wisconsin governor a “top tier candidate,” there was one part of the interview that seemingly left them with more questions than answers.
Walker was discussing illegal immigration when he said he was not for amnesty, and “citizenship should have a high standard.”
A caller later described Walker’s description of his position “sneaky,” and speculated that “citizenship should have a high standard” is another way to say he supports a pathway to citizenship.
ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 02: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and possible Republican presidential candidate speaks during the Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit held at the Disney's Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center on June 2, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. Many of the leading Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak during the event. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL – JUNE 02: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and possible Republican presidential candidate speaks during the Rick Scott’s Economic Growth Summit held at the Disney’s Yacht and Beach Club Convention Center on June 2, 2015 in Orlando, Florida. Many of the leading Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak during the event. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Walker’s exact stance on immigration reform has been somewhat murky in the past, with Walker saying he modified his position after visiting the border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
“I’m not sure that’s what he means by that. Next time we have him on, we’ll have to pin him on that,” Gray admitted. “I don’t know what ‘a high bar to citizenship’ means necessarily.”
Burguiere thought the phrase might mean that there is a pathway, but immigrants would have to learn English, pay any back taxes or fees they owe and satisfy other requirements before becoming citizens.
“And do they go to the back of the line?” Gray asked. “Or do they have to go to the country of origin and come here legally? I don’t know.
That one particular issue, illegal immigration is the biggest threat we face. Our citizens are not safe, we are open to terrorists entering the country, our treasury is being plundered, American jobs are being lost. One would think that any serious candidate worth his salt would never miss an opportunity to give his solution to this huge problem.
I haven’t heard Walker give any solutions for any of our problems, for that matter.
I agree. There should be ZERO, NON, NADA immigration. I am just concerned with why the Dems get a pass. Also the GOP leadership which doesn’t seem to care a rat’s A$$ about the subject.
The GOP leadership is in the bag for amnesty. They have been trying to sell the BS for years that they have to support amnesty to get elected. The opposite is true as the latest Fox News poll bears out.
70% want our bordered secured and our immigration laws enforced.
IMO anyone who claims that they will legalize the lawbreakers without a path to citizenship is just blowing smoke. Besides giving the Dems an issue, I doubt the courts would allow what amounts to second class citizenship.
The Dems don’t get a pass. They support amnesty and increased immigration. Immigrants vote more than two to one Dem.
I’ve been saying here for at least a couple of years that the first time you give them any ‘legalization’ it opens the lawsuit floodgate to citizenship for exactly the same “second-class” citizen reasons you cited.
In that regard, while amnesty isn’t citizenship in the literal sense, it very well effectively is.
The entire point of this whole “immigration reform” which won’t even say “folks, we have a severe illegals problem” boils down to somebody not wanting to enforce existing laws. And, the “reform” part of those platforms always involves some form of legalization. The only “pathway” these people should get is one back to their country of origin.
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