In 2012 the ‘gang of eight’ negotiated comprehensive immigration reform. Four Republican and four Democratic Senators negotiated term which would give more than 11 million undocumented residents a path to citizenship. The final draft would make the process difficult but fair.

Although Rubio is a member of the Tea Party which promises not to compromise, he joined the committee and became a major force in deliberation. However, he quickly removed his support, and after the Senate passed the resolution, Rubio encouraged the House to vote against it, claiming that there were more important issues such as another failed attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. If this sounds as though the junior Senator from Florida is a ‘flip-flopper,’ you are correct. His only consideration is which position on the issues will garner him the most votes.

In 2012 President Obama received more than 70 percent of the Hispanic vote. I have to wonder if Rubio will change his position again if he receives the GOP nomination in a desperate effort to receive a greater percentage of Hispanic votes.

The GOP has not learned from it losses in 2012. It continues to be unsupportive of blacks, Hispanics, women, and the LGBT community. In other words, it does not support the majority of Americans on positions which are important to them. It continues to bow to the one-percent, and ignore its duty to represent all of America.

Not the ‘sharpest tools in the shed.’

Op-Ed

By James Turnage

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