This isn’t the first time we’ve reported this. But considering all the misinformation and nonsense being pushed by a lot of Rubio supporters who refuse to be intellectually honest about this, I decided to republish this.
This video is at the heart of the misinformation:
Amanda Carpenter, who used to work for Ted Cruz in the Senate, explains why Ted Cruz ‘proposed’ the legalization of illegals during the Gang of 8 bill, as you see in the video.
In short, it wasn’t that Cruz wanted to legalize illegals, but rather Cruz was brilliantly exposing how the Gang of 8 bill was all about a path to citizenship and not fixing the immigration system and border enforcement as the Gang of 8 would have had you believe.
Can we talk about the Cruz/Rubio differences on immigration? I was there in the Senate when it all went down
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
I understand why the Rubio camp wants to say they have the same position but it's blatantly false. There's nothing slippery about Cruz
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Ask yourself this: If Cruz had the same position on a path to citizenship why would he try to kill Rubio's Gang of 8 bill?!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Cruz took on an incredible amount of political risk working to stop amnesty. I was there. Everyone was against us
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Cruz introduced amendments specifically designed to expose the fact all Gang of 8 cared about was path to citizenship.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
During debate the Gang wanted everyone to think it was about fixing the system and border enforcement. No, it was about path to citizenship
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
So Cruz said ok, here are some amendments that do everything EXCEPT path to citizenship. And the Gang killed them exposing the big hoax
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Cruz's work was essential in proving that the Gang bill was only about path to citizenship. He was successful!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
And to say now that somehow his work killing the bill is somehow a sign of support for it is well…."slippery"
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Lastly, if you question Cruz's dedication on stopping amnesty look at his work to defund Obama's executive amnesty
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Cruz and Lee demanded a vote on it, throwing the Senate into a rare Sat session last December. Everyone in DC was FURIOUS
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) November 13, 2015
Rubio folks should be intellectually honest about this and stop smearing Ted Cruz. It’s just dumb and tiresome.