Posted on 06/21/2013 3:38:09 PM PDT by drewh
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) defended the Senate Gang of Eight’s immigration bill on the Andrea Tantaros Show today. Rubio on Thursday voted with most Republicans to add a security amendment offered by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). But that amendment went down on a mostly party-line vote. Cornyn’s amendment would have given border security a higher priority in the bill, and made it easier to deport illegal-alien criminals who drunk drive and are caught in domestic abuse cases, among other crimes.
Sen. Rubio claimed that the Corker-Hoeven amendment, which would beef up border security, is a “dramatic improvement” over the bill. Tantaros fired: “If this amendment is so good, why wasn’t it in the original bill?”
Rubio answered that he is listening to input to try to improve the bill, and that the amendment in his judgement improves the bill.
Tantaros asked Rubio if the Democrats are using the bill to change the demographics in states like Texas to give them a lock on power. Rubio admitted that some “political operatives” are hoping to use the bill that his Gang of Eight is offering to do just that.
In fact, the Texas Democratic Party explicitly bases its long-term strategy on current demographic changes underway in the Lone Star State. Those changes would be accelerated if the Rubio-Schumer immigration bill becomes law. “There’s no doubt that politics are involved in this,” Rubio admitted as he criticized groups on the left that continue to push for less border enforcement and more government benefits for illegal aliens.
Tantaros asked Rubio about the FAIR chart showing a how a litany of crimes committed by illegal aliens would be treated. Rubio agreed that “that should be fixed.” He said that he would support amendments to close off those waivers, and hopes those amendments are offered in the Senate. Rubio’s defensive response raised the questions of whether Sen. Rubio knows what is in the bill bearing his name, and why he tells Americans that it is “95% perfect.”
The Andrea Tantaros Show is produced by Fox
Yep, communist spy and plant, Cuba’s dream, just like Obama is a muslim plant.
The establishment republicans attempted to force feed David Dewhurst for the senate seat being vacated by RINO Kay Bailey Hutchison...a lil known Tea Party feller saved the day.
TED freakin CRUZ! Proud of the job your doing TED.
Gawsh, he is dumber than a box of hair!!
He's the GOP-e's poster boy for the low-information voters. In reality he's a two-faced SOB with an ego writing checks his brain can't cash.
“Bury your guns now if this passes..”
I think not. I expect you, and others like you, to cover the flank when TSHF. I know you can do that, and I pray that you bought enough ammo to carry out a tactical Col. Carlson flanking maneuver to kill the SOBs.
Tell me you bought enough ammo, doorgunner,
Then, why, might I ask, did nobody -- and I mean nobody -- ever question Obama's qualifications before he was initially elected?
Why did thousands -- literally tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands -- of politicians, party officials and constitutional lawyers not question his qualifications despite the fact he had admitted to having a foreign-born parent in his autobiography? All of whom should have known better...according to you.
The whole Natural-Born Citizen flap is a distraction from the fundamental question: Was Barack Obama born in the USA? And we still don't know that, for sure, do we?
In the meantime, the NBCers are somewhere out in left field, dancing on a pin and howling at the moon -- busily working to disqualify some of the GOP's better candidates.
Whatta friggin' waste of effort.
Sorry. But I've grown tired of the whole pointless act and launched on you.
F McRubio
But, but, I would need some sort of evil gun to shoot that in. But you are right, I think I heard one of the local shops has 7.62/.308 in stock, so I should do my part in depleting the shelves so no scary clinger types can buy it.
.45ACP is said to be another good one to have in case a suitable firearm becomes available.
Most excellent.
Rubio just doesn’t care.
He wants this amnesty. He is a fool and a tool.
So Obama isn’t president? Great news - thanks!
A lot of Americans like a one party system; so long as it’s their party “in charge”. Democrat voters never get as disillusioned with their “leaders” as Republicans do. But both sides just keep the same old bulls around for show.
So now they think it will be Jebbie v. Hillary; maybe they can surpise us and form a Hillary/Jebbie ticket!
“Once Texas becomes Texico, you can kiss this country goodbye.”
I wish I could remember the source but a recent report on demographic changes in Texas indicates that Texico could become a reality in the next 20 years - regardless of what the current immigration bill.
Rubio could give a **** what this amnesty bill does to America. All he cares about (wife too) is staying in our New Rome, Washington DC where the party never stops. Le Bon Temps Rouler!!!
Same with this bloodless dipshit Senator Bob Corker and his compadre Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota. They just got there!!!! They just arrived in DC and they’ll do what it takes to stay there. And their wives are having the time of their lives in the Washington social whirl. They are brow beating their husbands to do whatever it takes to get re-elected to stay in DC. They will lie through their teeth and spin and weave. Whatever it takes to stay in DC and this means raising money to win elections and the big Republican donors are pro-amnesty, are pro-invasion and this includes the Koch Brothers
Rubio is either a scumbag or an idiot. Either way, he is unfit to hold public office. Bob
AS I’ve stated before, Rubio is the guy who would TURN IN lovers of liberty, such as Ted Cruz, or his own father, to the Marxist authorities. It’s all about HIM. Bob
I read that here at FR when Rubio first announced for the Senate, and then witnessed his dancing around the Arizona immigration laws. Never became a Rubio fan because of those two things, but the contrast with Charlie Crist helped him, though the contrasts have proven to be much less than many thought.
He's just another ethnic hustler doing what he thinks will advance his career, and he's still lying because amnesty for all illegal aliens is his first priority and border security is just the smokescreen he's been using.
Yes, we backed Rubio based upon this debate statement. Now we know that he is a fraud. Bob
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