for you most in the world. don t mess with the immigrants, my son. they re human beings just like us, and they came for the same reasons we came. to work, to improve their lives, so please, don t mess with them. last week rubio and the bipartisan gang of eight proposed an immigration bill that included a path to citizenship. he then spent the following day outlining just how long and difficult and exhausting that path would be. this provision, one that many republicans criticize as amnesty, could be the defining issue for rubio, who is on a meet orric track to possibly be the gop s presidential candidate in 2016. in the meantime, rubio has been tapped to give the republican response to the president s state of the union address next tuesday. he will be the first to give the response in english and in spanish disregarding the voices in his party, including majority leader eric cantor, who co-sponsored a bill in 2007 mandating that all citizens understand english. former rnc chair ed gi
you know, i, as a gentleman, care very deeply about women and the abuse situation that, we need to get them the relief that this bill offers. that was house majority leader and virginia gentleman eric cantor yesterday shefl russly declaring compassion for women in the abuse situation. a word to the wise, awkward proclamations of empathy don t always ring true. i love you women. in fact, while the senate voted to take out the violence against women act this week with just eight republicans against it, it remains unclear what gentleman cantor and the house republicans will do with the bill when it arrives in the lower chamber. in had 2012 the senate passed the bill, but was left to die a
slow death at the hands of speaker john boehner and eric cantor who never brought the senate version to the floor. perhaps there is ru knee hope for those in the abuse situation. this year even republicans are begging the house gop to make it right. this is not and never should be a partisan issue. this is an equal opportunity crime. it is an issue that deserves bipart sfwlan support. we have talked about the great emelioration of 2012, and we talk about immigration, we talk about gun laws, and we talk bay kinder, gentler fiscal message. the woman piece seems to be the no-brainer in all of this, and it remains shocking to me that they would still hold this legislation up months after it first came to the senate. the name of the bill ichts is such a question of optics for the party. i mean, i think, you know, they
of the union a good thing or in the words of one of my producers is it like ok the cover of sports illustrated? it s both an honor a gift and a curse. i still remember senator jim webb s 2006 during the bush period. he came out with a populous message that today really, you know, is one that is mainstreamed in the democratic party. it still needs that s one end of the spectrum. bobby jindahl is the second. he is doing it in english and spanish. he is talking the talk. he is at least talking the talk. with frogs. we need that t-shirt. and a wheel barrow behind him. just wondering. it s like those reverse cookies where anyway. okay. coming up, while republicans try to explain how some in the party find the violence against women act unconstitutional, majority leader eric cantor took to the house floor yesterday to show his compassion for victims of domestic abugs. we will discuss how the jamt from virginia handled the
has massive bipartisan support. so what you essentially have is people waiting on leadership in the house, republican leadership just make a move. bring up the bill. there s not real explanation as to why they re not doing that. eric cantor on the house floor said actually, let s play the sound. do we have that? we want to protect the women who are subject to abuse on triable lands, and, unfortunately, there are issues that don t directly bare on that that have come up that have complicated it. michael, i just think you shouldn t have eric cantor and his sort of dripping virginia drawal. it s so unconvincing that they are really making violence against women abuse directed at women a priority with that kind of rhetoric and these kind of