Hot Air’s Allahpundit is among those who aren’t thrilled in the least with the “Gang of Eight” deal, and proved it with a worthy Twitter rant.
Today’s reminder that a good chunk of pro-amnesty GOPers are frauds and liars http://t.co/exC7REWnIt
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
From Ralston Reports:
Since Election Day 2012, Heller has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis, from Sen. No Amnesty to Sen. Immigration Reform Broker. All the two personas have in common is that they postures rather than positions, and neither is very believable. This is the same protean politician who was a maverick, hardly partisan secretary of state who suddenly became a super-conservative after Angle almost defeated him in that congressional primary.
Seriously, primaries need to happen over this https://t.co/UPAqCEZUZJ
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
How many of these guys ran as devout border hawks and then rushed to make a deal the *minute* they were safely elected?
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
They have sheer contempt for their constituents. Democrats have contempt for GOP primary voters too, but at least they don’t hide it
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
After a short break, Allahpundit kept going:
Have Rubio, Heller, or McCain said yet precisely when they had their epiphanies about the status quo being “de facto amnesty”?
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
I’m really interested in hearing about their intellectual awakenings on immigration, which in each case came after election day
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
It’s odd how not a single one of these pro-amnesty Republicans ever has their immigration epiphany as a candidate
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
How about Kelly Ayotte? She seems to have done lots of hard thinking on immigration. Lately, after election day, I mean. Not before
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
Per @philipaklein, congrats to the Gang of Eight for reducing “de facto amnesty” by 25%. A real achievement. #cbo
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
I think Rubio might have had his immigration epiphany sometime between Crist’s concession call and his victory speech
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
Did any of the Republicans voting for Gang of Eight bill ever use the term “de facto amnesty” before, say, 2011? McCain might have
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
So all of these people independently concluded that the status quo is “de facto amnesty,” but only after each was safely elected. Got it.
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
Are any supporters of the Gang of Eight bill nonetheless troubled by either (a) the deceit practiced by Rubio, Heller, McCain as candidates…
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
… or (b) the fact that, if you take them at face value, none of them thought deeply about this issue until after getting elected?
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
What deceit is next?
I wonder which major policy issue next year’s crop of GOP candidates will lie about to win conservative votes #backgroundchecks
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) June 21, 2013
@allahpundit If I could retweet this 100 times I would..well done sir..
— Raging Conservative (@RagCon) June 21, 2013
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