Posted on 08/21/2018 10:45:55 AM PDT by Kaslin
During a campaign stop Saturday in Corpus Christi TX, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the crowd of voters that he has a fairly basic view when it comes to the issue of immigration.
You know, I have many times summed up my views on immigration in four words: Legal, good. Illegal, bad, Cruz said.
In reference to the upcoming midterm elections, Cruz added that This election is about jobs, its about securing our border, and its about protecting our constitutional rights.
Cruz told reporters that he believes the election between himself and his opponent, Congressman Beto ORourke (D-TX) will be based on one thing.
This election is a fundamental choice and I believe its going to come down to turnout, he said.
ORourke, who posted video of himself skateboarding in the parking lot of a Whataburger restaurant Sunday, said he feels an intensity when it comes to the data the polls are putting out.
Everywhere we go, theres just an intensity the numbers feel good. The energy feels good. And again, if those polls are to be believed, were within contention.
However, Cruz told NPR that ORourke has moved to the hard left and that he hopes to energize them enough that they show up and vote.
And I think hes gambling on there are enough people on the left for whom defeating and destroying Donald Trump is their No. 1 issue, that hes hoping thats his path to victory. I dont see that in the state of Texas. In Texas, there are a whole lot more conservatives than liberals, Cruz said.
In regard to the immigration issue, ORourke said he wants Texans to live out their values by allowing DREAMers to become citizens.
I think the this state, the most diverse state in the country, should lead on immigration. Free DREAMers from the fear of deportation, but make them citizens today so they can contribute to their full potential. That is not a partisan value, thats our Texan identity and we should lead with it.
We can either be governed by fear, fear of immigrants, fear of Muslims, call the press the enemy of the people, tear kids away from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, or we can be governed by our ambitions and our aspirations and our desire to make the most out of all of us, ORourke said, adding And thats America at its best.
He also touted his grassroots campaign by saying he is not running against anyone, were not running against anything. This is Republicans, Democrats, independents alike, coming together without the help of corporations or special interests, or political action committees, to do the work of this country.
However, Cruz referenced a major difference between himself and ORourke, stating In the Senate race, there is no political race in the country with a starker divide between the two candidates. My opponent, Congressman Beto ORourke, is not doing what Democrats usually do in the general election. Hes not pretending to go to the middle, hes not pretending to be moderate, the senator concluded.
Unfortunately, a lot of the talk we hear from the GOP on illegal immigration is for all intents and purposes a bait and switch. Unlike Democrats, many (but by no means all) Republicans are willing to see existing immigration laws enforced to some degree. However, many of them also want to increase guest worker and legal immigration quotas - which means that in a sense their "solution" to illegal immigration is simply making illegals legal.
Illegal immigration is just the tip of the iceberg of a much bigger problem, which is the demographic, political, economic, and cultural displacement of Americans by unassimilable Third World peoples. Just making sure that the INS dots every "i" and crosses every "t" on the right forms isn't going to solve that more fundamental problem.
Don’t rely on campaign signs to guage support. Keep in mind the nature of each side. The law-abiding Cruz supporters/Republicans who respect other’s property and free speech rights, and nihilistic Beto supporters/Dementedcrats, who respect no property or free speech rights (except for their own.) Cruz supporters know their signs will be torn down.
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