Cruz Says He’d Tap Jeff Sessions for His Cabinet

Speaking with CBS News, Cruz was a vocal supporter of the bill.

Cruz’s comments are fair game, Rubio said, because Cruz calls himself a “clear talker” who says what he means while “everyone else is a sell-out”. Ted Cruz over his immigration history and when he wasn’t happy with Cruz’ response, the Floridian implied Cruz was lying about his stance.

Rubio also explain his ad that appeals to “all of us who feel out of place in our own country”. “I do think he has the right values and will do as he says”.

“We’re in it to win it”, he said. “Perhaps even more disappointing is that Senator Rubio explicitly ran against amnesty to get elected in 2010”.

“I’m just flabbergasted, really”, Sessions said during the rally.

The spat between Rubio and Texas Sen.

Cruz said, “President Obama says he has a pen and a phone”.

Sessions added, “Ted Cruz was with me, Steve King, Mike Lee and others who were opposed to this bill”.

Central to the Cruz campaign’s new offensive Friday was Rubio’s Senate attendance record, which has already fallen in the crosshairs of GOP opponents such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. ‘And we had the biggest vote of the whole year, voting on a trillion dollars worth of spending and he didn’t show up’.

“Cruz aides, some using the hash tag “#MarcoNoShow”, pounced on Rubio’s absence from the vote – he was stumping in Iowa at the time – also needling him over his relatively slow schedule on the campaign trail.

The media have seized on the disagreement and pressed Cruz on the issue in numerous interviews over the past week, but Senator Sessions, whose credibility on the immigration issue is unquestioned among the conservative base, has repeatedly come to Cruz’s defense.

“I’m sure he was teasing or making a rhetorical point”, Sessions said.

“I am not my brother’s keeper”, Cruz added with a smirk. Baier candidly asked Cruz.

“They were on polar opposites”, Sessions later told reporters.

The bill in question would have prevented undocumented migrants from obtaining citizenship if they entered the country legally, but they would have been permitted to stay, according to the Cruz amendment, not citizens but legal residents. The grilling lasted for almost 10 minutes with Van Susteren digging to get to the bottom of the controversy. It has won the endorsements of two influential figures in conservative circles, Ken Cuccinelli and James Dobson, with more high-profile endorsements expected in the coming weeks. The proposal would have replaced it with one that offered those immigrants legal status within the United States.

During a weekend campaign stop in south Alabama, Republican senator and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said he had “three words” for people questioning whether the southern border can be secured: “Secretary Jeff Sessions”.

“He made it clear multiple occasions that he was against citizenship but he was open to legalization”, Rubio said. “That just about kills Marco Rubio in Alabama”.