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pampango

(24,692 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 12:27 PM Jun 2013

More tea party trouble for Rubio over immigration reform.

Saying Sen. Marco Rubio has "broken promises" on immigration a group of tea party groups in Florida plan to protest outside his Tampa office tomorrow at noon.

"This bill will forever be known as the Rubio Amnesty bill. As a result, Patriot groups are withdrawing their support for Senator Rubio and demand that he walk away from this bill," read a statement from three local activists.

The letter said Rubio pledged not to support legislation that is rushed through Congress and does not secure the borders or lead to more illegal immigration.

The current bill, current amendment and the rush to ram the bill through the Senate by week's end violate this letter and earlier public statements by the Senator.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/saying-rubio-betrayed-them-on-immigration-tea-party-groups-plan-protest/2128430

Always good to see the republican right being criticized by the republican far-right.

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More tea party trouble for Rubio over immigration reform. (Original Post) pampango Jun 2013 OP
I saw some video of that alsame Jun 2013 #1
Delightful. Love to see smarmy Marco get COLGATE4 Jun 2013 #2

alsame

(7,784 posts)
1. I saw some video of that
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 12:36 PM
Jun 2013

tea party rally last week at the Capitol - there were a lot of anti-Rubio signs and they would boo loudly when his name was mentioned.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
2. Delightful. Love to see smarmy Marco get
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 01:16 PM
Jun 2013

gigged for trying to 'thread the needle' with the teabaggers. Looks like they caught him out. As Witch Laura Ingraham pronounced, 'stick a fork in him-he's done'.

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