Posted on 05/09/2015 6:48:32 AM PDT by cotton1706
Likely Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted Thursday that the
GOP will lose the 2016 presidential election unless they win over Hispanic voters by supporting a “long, hard path to citizenship.”
“If I were president of the United States, I would veto any bill that did not have a pathway to citizenship,” the South Carolina Republican told USA Today. “You would have a long, hard path to citizenship … but I want to create that path because I don’t like the idea of millions of people living in America for the rest of their lives being the hired help. That’s not who we are.”
Mr. Graham argued that his party risks losing the presidency with its current hard line on immigration.
“We’ll lose,” he told USA Today. “I mean, we’ve got a big hole we’ve dug with Hispanics. We’ve gone from 44 percent of the Hispanic vote (in the 2004 presidential election) to 27 percent (in 2012). You’ll never convince me … it’s not because of the immigration debate.”
Mr. Graham also lashed out at Republicans who believe securing the border is the first priority.
“That’s not practical,” he said. “No Democratic Congress is going to give the Republican Party everything we want on border security until you tell them what happens to the 11 million.”
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“That’s not practical,” he said. “No Democratic Congress is going to give the Republican Party everything we want on border security until you tell them what happens to the 11 million.”
Does Little Lindsey not realize that the REPUBLICANS control the Congress?? Or is he anticipating (or hoping) that the democrats will take one house or both in 2016??
Sorry Linda...you won’t get the chance.
Vapid female organ.
But Linda was in the service?
Yeah a JAG-off.
He is a mouthpiece for progressives, nothing more, nothing less.
There, fixed it.
I don’t think America can survive two gay presidents in a row.
But the Republican Congress will give the Democrat party 11 million new voters without the Democrats telling them how they will prevent that number from growing. Losing attitudes will always lose.
He must be counting himself and McCain and their friends as Democrats.
They also said the government shutdowns would lose them the House in ’14, which turned out to be a pack of lies.
The United States already has a legal path to citizenship.
This twit is this election’s Jon Huntsman
Flimsy Graham? Is he running for president of Mexico?
What an ass.
Will the American taxpayer have to pay for president Linda Graham's gender reassignment surgery??? Enquiring minds want to know.
This twit is this election’s Jon Huntsman
There's a racist joke in there somewhere....
Apologies in advance....
A non-Patriot.
South Carolina citizens: you can do much better than that.
Ole Strom Thurmond was, and he was a Democrat who finally wised up.
In contrast, Lindsey will never be wise.
Jeb Bush is a better Huntsman. Graham is just a stooge with zero support. Like Huntsman, Bush’s favorite statements all lash out at what’s wrong with Republican voters. No thanks.
No surprise from Gramnesty.
The only reason Lindsay is running for president is he hopes to be Hillary’s Vice President.
Lindsey Graham is wrong about pretty much everything. He’d make a great democrat.
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