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Taylor Rose
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain is a “bozo” for supporting amnesty for illegal aliens, and rising GOP star Sen. Marco Rubio is doing it because he’s maneuvering for a possible presidential candidacy, charges a former Republican Colorado congressman who for years was the chief advocate in Congress for border security.
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, author of “In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America’s Border and Security”, spoke to WND on the recent Senate and White House proposals for amnesty.
From the Senate came a “compromise” proposal by a “Gang of Eight” Republicans and Democrats. It would include a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal aliens and aligns closely with Barack Obama’s strategy.
“This is not a compromise; this is suicide for the Republican Party,” Tancredo told WND.
He cited two of the GOP supporters, Rubio, R-Fla., and McCain, R-Ariz.
“I think they’re naïve,” he said. “Marco Rubio is doing it because he believes it will help him with a presidential election eventually.”
Get Tom Tancredo’s diagnosis of the problem and prescription in “In Mortal Danger”
Tancredo had further strong words about McCain.
“I know the guy, he’s a bozo! The guy has no common sense … all he has to do is look to the guys next to him (at the press conference, Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Robert Menendez) to realize this does not benefit the Republican Party,” Tancredo said.
“There is a lot of déjà vu here,” he said, because the proposal is “almost exactly the same” as the 2007 McCain-Kennedy plan, which focused on legitimizing the illegal aliens already in the U.S.
“This is being sold to Republicans as a way of gaining support amongst Hispanics in this country, and we have to do this in order to accomplish that,” he said. “Does anybody in their right mind believe that Sens. Schumer and Menendez would be pushing this bill if they thought for a millisecond that it is going to [benefit] the Republicans?”
Tancredo elaborated that “if the Democrats thought that all of these folks would vote for Republicans, we would not have this push for amnesty, and we would not have a push for open borders.”
He said individual members of Congress may find approval in their constituencies for the move, “but for the party, it is a farce.”
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WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain is a “bozo” for supporting amnesty for illegal aliens, and rising GOP star Sen. Marco Rubio is doing it because he’s maneuvering for a possible presidential candidacy, charges a former Republican Colorado congressman who for years was the chief advocate in Congress for border security.
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, author of “In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America’s Border and Security”, spoke to WND on the recent Senate and White House proposals for amnesty.
From the Senate came a “compromise” proposal by a “Gang of Eight” Republicans and Democrats. It would include a “pathway to citizenship” for illegal aliens and aligns closely with Barack Obama’s strategy.
“This is not a compromise; this is suicide for the Republican Party,” Tancredo told WND.
He cited two of the GOP supporters, Rubio, R-Fla., and McCain, R-Ariz.
“I think they’re naïve,” he said. “Marco Rubio is doing it because he believes it will help him with a presidential election eventually.”
Get Tom Tancredo’s diagnosis of the problem and prescription in “In Mortal Danger”
Tancredo had further strong words about McCain.
“I know the guy, he’s a bozo! The guy has no common sense … all he has to do is look to the guys next to him (at the press conference, Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer and Robert Menendez) to realize this does not benefit the Republican Party,” Tancredo said.
“There is a lot of déjà vu here,” he said, because the proposal is “almost exactly the same” as the 2007 McCain-Kennedy plan, which focused on legitimizing the illegal aliens already in the U.S.
“This is being sold to Republicans as a way of gaining support amongst Hispanics in this country, and we have to do this in order to accomplish that,” he said. “Does anybody in their right mind believe that Sens. Schumer and Menendez would be pushing this bill if they thought for a millisecond that it is going to [benefit] the Republicans?”
Tancredo elaborated that “if the Democrats thought that all of these folks would vote for Republicans, we would not have this push for amnesty, and we would not have a push for open borders.”
He said individual members of Congress may find approval in their constituencies for the move, “but for the party, it is a farce.”
See McCain on immigration reform: Read More:
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