Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Clash over Immigration

Cruz is defending against attacks from Marco Rubio on immigration and military cuts. “It shows a lack of character, in my opinion”.

The New York Times reports that Clinton and her aides “have had to rethink how they handle Mr. Trump and what his candidacy, and the anger in the electorate that has fueled it, means for her chances in 2016”. Marco Rubio of Florida has 9 percent and the rest of the GOP candidates have less than 5 percent each. He got into a heated exchange with Sen.

“No, I’ve learned not to answer questions”.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was again confronted on his 2013 immigration position Friday, being grilled for almost 10 minutes by Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren. You can’t even begin that process until you prove to people – not just pass a law that says you’re gonna bring illegal immigration under control.

Reid said he’s had enough.

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the immigration reform bill, with a yes vote from Rubio.

Budowich said Rubio will have a tough time selling the idea that he and Cruz share the same approach on immigration.

“By revealing the truth, calling their bluff, we were able to mobilize and energize the American people and defeat it. And by the way what we’ve seen in the last 2 days, this is the establishment strikes back”, Cruz told reporters in Nevada. The initiative opened a rift with his tea party constituency and a concerted effort by him to mend fences – a period he recalled as “a real trial for me”.

The Rubio campaign has started to zero in on its own perceived vulnerability with Cruz’s strategy, implying the Floridian has a better shot than any rival – including Cruz – does at winning each of the first four early voting states.

Rubio has a reputation for missing votes and complaining about being in the Senate. Both Rubio and Cruz opposed the deal, with Rubio at one point this week saying Republicans should try to slow it down, but only Cruz returned to Washington to actually vote “no”.

After insisting that enough damage had been done and swearing off future insults toward Jeb Bush, Donald Trump on Friday returned to badgering his favorite presidential foe.

“In this instance there are millions of peaceful Muslims across the world, like in India, where there is not the problems we are seeing in nations that are controlled by al-Qaida or ISIS”, he said.

Nonetheless, Cruz’s explanation was good enough for some in the audience, who made clear in interviews they were watching the debate closely.

“Let’s have a moment of simple clarity: I oppose amnesty, I oppose citizenship, I oppose legalization for illegal immigrants”.