Subject: Just saying it doesn't make it so, Marco Rubio
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:21:26 +0000

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On Face The Nation this morning, Marco Rubio said it wasn't "an accurate assessment" to say he backed off of his own immigration reform proposal after taking heat from his own party.

Sadly for Rubio, just saying something doesn't make it the truth.

Here's the facts:

  *   After voting in favor<http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00168> of the bipartisan immigration reform bill, Rubio then came out against the bill and called on party leaders to ditch<http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/sen-marco-rubio-lets-be-realistic-and-ditch-comprehensive-immigration/2149542> comprehensive immigration reform.
  *   Rubio ran away from the immigration reform package, bowing to political pressure. He said<http://sendgrid.dnc.org/wf/click?upn=LRCEH9efIj9DkcP7c0H0-2BDeUaklA1x23F4P0zqHSl-2FiYydjNpOl2Z-2BTAZMpNJv1WqPCveY2M4TJbziLe-2B96w1E-2BZ2-2BNLj5oDu8-2Frl-2FftRgK24hoCHTm-2FMNQOxUJQUSnEO8W92ZdV-2Fmrticu2FY5BYBUNznkAJBScagmUZ2e2IKb5kTrc6Av7n44Wh50JFJ-2By_x7QAo5Znl5xEvTh8iH2q9VD9v-2B3HHLLcuoDMViAERX8-2Bt2nkS9EBZ4iRvWRGuix519l4DBVZfhvVhBDCn8A3ugOcxqoQYv-2F-2Fs4NPABHnzXd6O58lkzqnhz1PufMwSrXSegKRwJXjl946uywu6KAhG41ty-2FwWIxmzjVWijyTw1Vq5SRijifATgnZFTXKY8xzTnHz8pErAcyvXUztudaSqb-2FC0WcXflz21S6BvrJCfbWQ-3D> "...calls to grant amnesty to twelve million people are unrealistic and quite frankly irresponsible."
  *   The Tampa Bay Times criticized<http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-rubio-plays-politics-doesnt-lead/2136482> Rubio for turning his back on Latinos, saying "he is more intent on shoring up his political future than in securing immigration reform."
  *   After that, Rubio  threatened to shut down part of the government<http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Marco-Rubio-homeland-security-dhs-funding/2015/02/19/id/625690/> in protest of President Obama's immigration action to keep families together.

"Actions speak louder than words, and the fact is Marco Rubio abandoned his own immigration reform package after receiving blowback from the Tea Party. When it comes to the future of our country, Marco Rubio is no leader with new ideas -- he's just a follower pandering to the right-wing and peddling the same failed GOP playbook of the past." - Kristin Sosanie, DNC spokesperson.

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