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Related: About this forumScott Walker waffles on immigration — again: Why his latest about-face could do him in (UPDATED)
As you can see below--it appears the NH lady believes Scoooter.
Some day perhaps--most will learn how sleazy Walker is with words!
Thursday, Mar 26, 2015 01:26 PM CST
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/26/scott_walker_waffles_on_immigration_again_shameless_shape_shifter_back_to_supporting_path_to_citizenship/
Scott Walker waffles on immigration again: Why his latest about-face could do him in (UPDATED)
Speaking at private dinner, 2016 hopeful abandons his hard line
............Well, it appears that Walkers view has changed again, although hes not flat-out saying it, at least not in public. The Wall Street Journal reports this afternoon that at a private dinner with business-minded Republicans in New Hampshire earlier this month, Walker told attendees that he favors a path to citizenship a stance that starkly contradicts his recent no amnesty tack:
But during the March 13 New Hampshire dinner, organized by New Hampshire Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Horn at the Copper Door Restaurant in Bedford, Mr. Walker said undocumented immigrants shouldnt be deported, and he mocked 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romneys suggestion that they would self-deport, according to people who were there.
Instead, they said, Mr. Walker said undocumented immigrants should be allowed to eventually get their citizenship without being given preferential treatment ahead of people already in line to obtain citizenship.
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He said no to citizenship now, but later they could get it, said Bill Greiner, an owner of the Copper Door restaurant. Ken Merrifield, mayor of Franklin, N.H., who also attended, said Mr. Walker proposed that illegal immigrants should get to the back of the line for citizenship but not be deported.
Get[ting] to the back of the line for citizenship is a crisp, concise summary of precisely what the 2013 immigration overhaul which passed the Senate in a bipartisan vote but floundered in the House would have required of unauthorized immigrants. Thats also what President Obama has called for. Walker, in other words, just endorsed the immigration framework favored by virtually all Democrats and a bloc of squishy moderate/liberal/Alinskyite/communist Republicans.
Three separate sources at the dinner confirmed Walkers remarks to the Journal, and Walker spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski isnt even bothering to deny that Walker uttered them.* Instead, she reiterated to the paper that Walker is opposed to amnesty, whatever that means to him, and believes that Obama exceeded his authority with his executive actions on immigration. Well, Jeb Bush says that too.
The great irony in Walkers latest immigration U-turn.....
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141050217
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150326/us--gop_2016-walker-immigration-5933edbeda.html
...The likely Republican presidential contender has consistently opposed what he calls "amnesty" for immigrants in the country illegally. But in a recent closed-door meeting with New Hampshire Republicans, he said such immigrants should be allowed to stay in the country legally.
That's according to the meeting's organizer, New Hampshire GOP chair Jennifer Horn. She rejects a Wall Street Journal report that Walker supports a pathway to citizenship.
Horn says Walker "very clearly identified he was advocating a path for legal status but not citizenship."
The distinction between a pathway to citizenship and legal status matters little to many conservatives. It's largely the same position as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who has been widely criticized for supporting "amnesty."
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(81,895 posts)He basically wants to do nothing.
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(70,419 posts)later. He has done it a lot in WI
riversedge
(70,419 posts)Long hx of their flip flops, U turns, denials etc. Good for a reference
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....And now, Walker may have returned to the stance that he had previously taken and later disavowed. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that, this month, at a private dinner of Republicans in New Hampshire, Walker expressed support for allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and eventually apply for citizenship. This is the first time weve heard this, and it further muddies Walkers position.
What will the Walkeristasnot to mention assorted members of the Tea Partysay about that? Sounds like Walker himself has a pretty good idea what theyd say, because the same afternoon the Journal posted its piece, a Walker spokeswoman said, We strongly dispute this account.
But Walker isnt alone. Bush has also had trouble being consistent on the immigration issue. First, he may claim now that he wants to get people out of the shadows. But in January, during a speech in San Francisco, he seemed more eager to get illegal immigrants out of the country. In those remarks, Bush zeroed in on those people who overstayed their visas, and said: We ought to be able to find where they are and politely ask them to leave.
Also, on the issue of giving undocumented a path to citizenship, Bush has said that he supports the idea, and has even suggested an accelerated path for young people brought here as children by their parents. But, in his book Immigration Wars (co-authored by Clint Bolick), Bush comes out against a path to citizenship. His most recent position is that he could support a pathway if it were proposed by Congress. Does that mean he no longer opposes it? Who can decipher this?...............