This veritaspac editor has no other words to describe it — Scalia’s passing — the Republican debate — the numbing response of Jeb Bush- While we mourn Justice Scalia’s passing a choir of Founding Fathers will welcome him with open arms to his call home
- Cruz sets the right response: Honor Justice Scalia by Preventing Obama from Choosing His Replacement
- Can you win a debate by lying, and swearing to it? Apparently so according to some of the after debate polling.
- The truth is Rubio lied about Cruz lying and Trump lied that anyone lied about WMD’s
This post assumes readers saw or have now been versed on the “highlights” of the Republican debate last night. From Julia Hahn writing at Breitbart:
Interview Transcript Proves Rubio Promised Hispanics en Español He’d Keep Executive Amnesty in Place
In what could arguably be seen as another debate debacle for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) the Florida Senator seemed to confirm Phyllis Schlafly’s assertion that he is “back to his old ways” of deceiving conservatives on immigration.
In response to attacks leveled against him by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rubio made a demonstrably and provably false declaration about his position on President Obama’s executive amnesty. Rubio even accused Cruz of “telling lies” about his position on executive amnesty– even though nationally-televised video footage of Marco Rubio confirms Cruz’s allegation, and reveals that Rubio lied in front of a nation-wide viewing audience during tonight’s debate.
Cruz said: “Marco right now supports citizenship for 12 million people here illegally. I oppose citizenship… Marco has a long record when it comes to amnesty. In the state of Florida, as Speaker of the House, he supported in-state tuition for illegal immigrants. In addition to that, Marco went on Univision in Spanish and said he would not rescind President Obama’s illegal executive amnesty on his first day in office. I have promised to rescind every single illegal executive action, including that one.”
Cruz was referring specifically to President Obama’s 2012 executive amnesty for illegal immigrants who allegedly came to the country as minors. The unconstitutional amnesty known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals– or DACA– remains fully operational to this day. DACA not only gives illegal immigrants immunity from deportation, but also grants them work permits and access to federal benefits.
Indeed, video footage of Sen. Rubio confirms Cruz’s assertion. In an April Spanish-language interview, Rubio told Univision’s Jorge Ramos: “I wouldn’t undo it [DACA] immediately.” Rubio elaborated in English, telling Ramos: “I don’t think we can immediately revoke that [DACA]… I’m not calling for it to be revoked tomorrow, or this week, or right away.”
Yet Rubio– seemingly comfortable in the knowledge that the debate moderators would not be presenting any actual information on Rubio’s immigration record– simply denied Cruz’s charge, despite the existence of a readily available transcript which confirms Cruz’s claim. Rubio argued that Cruz didn’t know what he was talking about because– unlike Rubio– Cruz is not fluent in Spanish.
“First of all, I don’t know how he knows what I said on Univision because he doesn’t speak Spanish,” Rubio said in response to Cruz’s accusation.
Asserting that non-Spanish speakers will never find out what you promise Spanish-speaking voters so long as you promise it in Spanish, is a curious tactic for someone who has been accused of telling voters one thing in English and another thing in Spanish. Rubio is essentially acknowledging that if he delivers a message in Spanish, English speakers won’t be able to catch on to what he’s saying.
Trump bombastically and repeatedly asserted that GW Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s) in Iraq. Is Trump so ignorant to say it mistakenly, which we would not characterize as a lie, or is he lying? While the former is disqualifying given his repetition of it throughout months of campaigning, at some point given the seriousness of the charge it becomes lying. Trump has reached that point and therefore we think he is doing it for political gain. That some of the people he has surrounded himself with do not speak up to correct the record makes them complicit.
Readers desiring to review the truth about the matter of WMD’s in Iraq can refer to our veritaspac.com collection of articles dealing with the subject. The articles contain many authoritative links.
We do not know for sure who Trump thinks his demonstrably false shibboleth appeals to. Left wing Democrats perhaps — cranks and ignorant a-political dolts perhaps — absolutely oblivious libertarians maybe — but the audience in the arena did not support Trump’s repeated assertion. We grant that it is probable that they were biased toward Rubio and Jeb Bush. Nevertheless we do credit Rubio for responding that America was safer with G W Bush in office compared to Gore and pointing out that Bill Clinton had failed keeping America safe by not destroying Osama bin Laden when he had the chance. But that says nothing about Saddam Hussein’s WMD’s. Trump’s accusations against Bush in a Republican primary should be nomination ending, unfortunately the ease of voting in the primaries and contempt people have for the Republican establishment sustains him.
While we have not reviewed every candidate’s response to the matter of Justice Scalias’ replacement, we found Jeb Bush’s response on one of the morning talk shows today rather pathetic even smacking of indifference.
Jeb: ‘Not important to me’ when to vote on Scalia replacement
Cruz appreciates the existential importance of the matter
Ted Cruz: Senate Can’t Let Democrats Use Scalia’s Death to Erase 2nd Amendment
R Mall with DLH
