Fox Host Grills Rubio On Political Motives Behind Immigration Flip (VIDEO)

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“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace on Sunday challenged Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to explain why he pulled his support for the Senate bipartisan immigration reform bill.

Wallace displayed polls showing Rubio’s favorability taking a hit since supporting the bill.

“Is that why you have now switched and said we have to do this in stages with enforcement first and any dealing with legality or citizenship for the immigrants way down the line and afterward?” Wallace asked.

Rubio said his stance on immigration reform has nothing to do with politics.

“When I got involved in the issue, I knew how difficult it was politically, but I ran for office to make a difference,” he responded. “I didn’t get elected to maintain good poll numbers nationally.”

Wallace then cut in to ask, “If it’s not political, why have you flipped?”

“That’s not accurate, Chris,” Rubio insisted.

The senator said he and Wallace were “talking about two separate things.”

“We’re not debating what to do. We’re debating how to do it. And I’m just telling you we will never have the votes necessary to pass in one bill all of those things. It just won’t happen,” Rubio said. “So, our choices are: We can either continue to beat our heads against the wall and try a process for which we will never have the support, or we can try another way that we could perhaps make progress on.”

Watch part of the interview via the Democratic National Committee:

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  1. Roger musta decided Marco shall not be the nominee in '16. Jeb’s the one.

  2. He flipped because it put him in a better position to advance himself in American politics. It was a selfish move.

    But Wallace isn’t stupid. He knows the only way to dig Ribio out of the mess he put himself in ( and that is all Wallace is doing ) is to let Rubio do so under “tough questioning”. Its the credibility scam. Rubio made the flip for Ribio. Wallace did the “tough” interview for the same.

  3. His political career is over.

    Not just because of his positions but because he’s going bald. Not even Rogaine can save him.

  4. Rubio has pretty much proven he is not a leader. Just another wishy,washy pandering, slave to the extreme right. Defiantly not presidential material.

  5. Because, Cubanos still get extra secret sauce status when escaping from their oppressors, while refugees from just about anywhere else, can go F’ themselves. Perhaps if the migrants from central America, used inner tubes lashed together and crossed into Key West, he’d sing a different tune.

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