Paul Knocks Rubio On Immigration: He Has More Of An Allegiance To Dems!

Rand Paul speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) used his hard-earned spot on the GOP debate main stage to lay into Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on immigration, earning cheers from the crowd.

Paul pivoted from a question on why he didn’t support increasing surveillance to accuse Rubio of weakening U.S. security, pointing specifically to his failed immigration legislation known as the “Gang of Eight” bill.

“Marco has opposed at every point increased border security for those who come to our country. On his Gang Of Eight bill, he would’ve liberalized immigration,” Paul said. “And he steadfastly opposed any new border security requirements from refugees or students. Last week, I introduced another bill saying we need more security, we need more scrutiny. Once again Marco opposed this.”

Paul accused Rubio of trying to “have it both ways.”

“He thinks he wants to be this ‘Oh I’m great and strong on national defense’ but he’s the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. He’s the one for an open border that is leaving us defenseless,” Paul said. “If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against those who are coming in. Marco has more of an allegiance to Chuck Schumer and to the liberals than he does to conservative policy.”

Paul had previewed the line of attack in an interview for Breitbart earlier Tuesday.

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  1. Rand Paul’s desperation exposes him as the grifting fraud, and degenerate liar he is. His gibberish on immigration heaped on the hapless Rubio is easy to see by even the dumbest citizens. He’s a disgrace.

  2. Avatar for condew condew says:

    Rubio’s problem is that he seems to have actually thought about immigration reform and has a few points he thinks must be part of the solution, he sounds sane on the subject, definitely out of step with the rest of the clown car, and yes, more like a Democrat. But Paul is wrong, it’s not a bad thing to actually dabble in governing, not a bad thing at all.

    Rubio is right that this time immigration reform must not leave a tail of more illegal immigrants entering every year so that in 30 years we’re back were we are today, or back were we were 30 years ago talking about an another amnesty. We don’t need a wall to achieve this, just an immigration policy that works and a country with policies tightened down so that it is very, very difficult to be any more than a short-term tourist if you didn’t enter the country legally.

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