Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly pressed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on his record on immigration during Thursday night’s debate, forcing the candidate to go on the defensive after playing video of Rubio saying he opposes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
The lead-in featured clips of Rubio saying an “earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty,” a policy he said he “never will support,” despite his role pushing for a path to citizenship in the Senate.
“Haven’t you already proven you cannot be trusted on this issue?” Kelly asked.
“No because if you look at the quote, it’s very specific, it says ‘blanket amnesty.’ I do not support blanket legalization –” Rubio began.
Kelly interrupted: “You said more than that, sir.”
“No, I said I do not support blanket legalization,” he said.
“You said earned path to citizenship is basically code for amnesty. You supported an earned path to citizenship,” Kelly responded.
“It absolutely has been,” Rubio attempted to clarify. “At the time and context of that was in 2009 and 2010 where the last effort for legalization was an effort done in the Senate, an effort led by several people that provided almost an instant path, with very little obstacles moving forward.”
He went on to say that fixing immigration should involve “keep[ing] ISIS out of America” and securing the borders.
Rubio’s critics have repeatedly hit him for “flip flopping” on the issue of immigration. He was one of the “gang of eight” senators who drafted a plan for comprehensive immigration reform in early 2013, which included a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But by October 2013, Rubio had publicly backed away from the legislation when it came under fire from Republicans.
Gosh, is this thing still going on? Sounds like they’re all yammering away to no avail.
Just curious…how many commercials from Koch Industries. I’ve noticed them ramping up their ad buys for their paper products lately.
We seriously have to hear these assholes for another 9 months?
Megyn Kelly unleashes the full frontal attack, and candidates squirm, quiver and scatter! No wonder Trump ran and hid! She’s not a woman. She’s the Terminator! That thing can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!
She had blood running from her everything…
The thing that cracks me up about this collection of lying morons is that they repeatedly use talking points without a bit of substantiation. Like the claim that Barack Obama has ruined America. It’s a knee-jerk applause line that never gets into specifics, because, obviously, there are no specifics that justify their enmity for a man who put this nation back together after GWB came thisclose to destroying it. (Oops, I mentioned George W. Bush, and that’s taboo in GOP politics. It proves I have a worldview that extends beyond the Obama administration, and Repugs don’t accept that. US History begins in January 2009, except where St. Reagan is concerned.) So they simply stick with this empty claim about Obama destroying America that gets every imbecilic hater up on their feet, screaming in agreement, and yet – and mark my words here – not one single person in that hall could corroborate their hatred with anything close to a fact.