I don't know if it's something in the water, or Congressmen lose touch with their constituents all too quickly.
But I have noticed so many conservatives in Washington start to lose it on immigration.
Trey Gowdy is the latest to falter.
One conservative activist in California told me that Gowdy was a fraud. When she wanted to talk to him about immigration issues, he literally jumped over a small fence to avoid talking to her.
I listened to a number of his speeches on the floor of the US House of Representatives. I respected his logic about avoiding impeachment. I understood why he would have voted for John Boehner at the beginning of the year.
Now he has endorsed Marco Rubio for President.
Very disappointed. Rubio just does not possess the solid panache to lead. He follows, and too much of the time his actions please Big Business or the Democratic caucus instead of the base or the good of the country.
He betrayed his constituents when he engaged in the Gang of Eight compromise on immigration, which went down to defeat in the House, since no one would take it up. This country need enforcement, not reform. There is no point in changing laws or expanding clemency if the President and his executive departments will not protect our rights and secure our borders.
And yet Trey Gowdy endorsed Rubio. How profoundly disappointing.
Rubio released a campaign eblast from the South Carolina Congress a few days ago:
Marco Rubio for President.
trust. He is someone we can count on in Washington to stand true to his word.
And I know from experience: that is hard to find in Washington.
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his long-standing support for donor-class Republican lawmakers. For instance,
in a closed-door GOP leadership election in November of 2014, Gowdy seconded
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)s nomination as House Speaker. Similarly, Gowdy was the
Congressman who nominated Paul Ryan for Speaker. According to Politico, Boehner
“secretly urged Gowdy to run” for House Majority Leader.
a quote, which has been absent from virtually all reporting about Gowdy’s
endorsement of Rubio, Gowdy declared during
a 2013 Congressional hearing:
that trespassing. When children cry and yell and scream at restaurants or on
airplanes, we don’t call that a violation of the noise ordinance. When
children eat a grape at the grocery store or eat a piece of candy waiting in
line before mom or dad pays for it we don’t have them arrested for petty
larceny.”
contracts, vote, purchase certain items, or even work in some instances because
the law treats children differently,” Gowdy said.
if Gowdy’s philosophy were put into effect, illegal alien children could
vote in U.S. elections as soon as they turn 18.