Yesterday, all the news was about Cruz firing his communications director for posting a video slamming Rubio’s faith. Everyone thought it was a very bad day for Cruz. His Campaign was described as “reeling.” It was a bad day for Cruz, but not nearly as bad as the evening was for Rubio.
Both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz went on O’Reilly last night. It was a remarkable contrast. O’Reilly really challenged Ted Cruz and interrupted him several times, but Cruz stood his ground and backed O’Reilly down. When O’Reilly opined that the courts would never allow Cruz to deport illegal aliens, Cruz reminded O’Reilly that he is a constitutional lawyer and the law not only allows that, it requires that.
On the other hand, the interview with Marco Rubio may have hurt Rubio. It may turn out that the biggest threat to Marco Rubio wasn’t Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, it was Marco Rubio himself. Marco Rubio would not give O’Reilly a straight answer with regard to giving citizenship to illegal aliens. As you can see, Rubio literally repeated the same phrase eight times during one interview. Ouch:
There may be more problems on the horizon for Rubio. He bad mouthed an ICE officer who criticized him and the response is pretty strong:
“You recently lied to the American public on FOX news regarding my current status and career as both an ICE Agent and Officer,” Crane writes in his email to Rubio. “I challenge you to make yourself available, as a United States Senator and Presidential Candidate, so that I may present my badge and credentials to you as proof that your comments on FOX news are false.”
He’s not an ICE official. He’s the head of a union,” Rubio told Neil Cavuto. Rubio said he would not address Crane’s accusations because they were published by Breitbart News — suggesting that Crane was a “conspiracy” theorist. “I literally don’t talk about the things they [i.e. Breitbart News] report because they’re basically conspiracy theories and often times manipulated. And that individual is not an ICE official, he’s the head of a union,” Rubio said.
Immigration has always been a huge problem for Rubio. His activities on the gang of eight are well documented. It is clear that Republicans have moved to a much stronger position on illegal immigration. Donald Trump realized that before anyone else and it is a major factor in his support. So, I guess the question is who was hurt more. Cruz, for firing his communication’s director? Or Rubio for the double exposure on immigration?
TDM.