Distrust the Candidate

Immigration is one of the biggest issues of this election season and most of the Republicans are on the wrong side of the debate.  Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton have essentially the same view on immigration despite being from rival parties.  Marco Rubio, who is in the process of unseating Jeb as the establishment's preferred candidate, tried to get amnesty passed several years ago but has since disavowed it.  Sort of.  He has declared that he would not reverse Obama's Dreamer Act; that would be the one that Congress declined to pass into law but the president enforced it anyway.  Hey, faithfully execute the laws is so passé.  Basically, Rubio has shown his cards.  He is going to claim to be a border hawk and against illegal immigration until - should he win - he is inaugurated.  Then, hello amnesty!  Too many Republicans have a short-sighted view on immigration.

 

The fastest growing immigrant group is Muslims.  Islam is entirely incompatible with the First Amendment.  Rather than forcing new immigrants to live under the rules that they knew existed when they chose to immigrate here, we are seeing self-censorship of anything that might upset Muslims.  Those who don't practice self-censorship are the bad guys in most media reporting.  "If you hadn't drawn that cartoon of Muhammad, you wouldn't have been shot.  It's your own damn fault!"  There will come a time when an area is majority Muslim and it will vote for Sharia law.  This is a when, not an if.  Muslim immigration has done wonders for Paris and Stockholm but I'm sure it will work out much better for us.

 

Rubio probably thinks that because he is Hispanic, he will benefit from an Amnesty.  He is delusional.  Amnesty is Republican suicide.  Ever notice how the Democrats are so concerned that Republicans will never win the White House again if they don't change their views on illegal immigration?  If the other party were ruining its chanced to compete with mine, I certainly wouldn't mind and absolutely wouldn't give them advise that might harm my party's chances.  Sure, the Democrats only want what's best for Republicans.  BS!  Republicans, being stupid, have swallowed this nonsense and are prepared to give millions of votes to the Democrats by passing some form of amnesty.

 

Amnesty is an existential threat to the party and yet most of the candidates are in favor.  Few have learned from history.  Republicans lost California thanks to the last amnesty.  Lose one more big state and their presidential prospects will vanish for many years thereafter.

 

This is why Trump still dominates.  Carson and Cruz are on the same page with him but Trump is the one who trail blazed the issue and he may ride it all the way to the Presidency.