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Santorum warns Rubio to 'be very careful' of Durbin, Schumer on immigration
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum warned Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to "be very careful" in his bipartisan negotiations over a comprehensive immigration reform package.
Appearing on the "Laura Ingraham Show" on Monday, Santorum was asked what advice he'd dispense to Rubio for working with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), two of the leading Democratic negotiators.
“That’s a very dangerous group you’re playing with.” Santorum said. “These are folks who do not have the interest of finding a bipartisan solution.”
“I’ve never, never, in twelve years of working with those guys found them to be interested in anything that smacks of anything but capitulation on our side, and if not, [expect] demonization if they don’t get their way," Santorum said. "So be very careful.”
Rubio defended his push for a comprehensive immigration reform package during an appearance on conservative Rush Limbaugh's show last week.
“Our point has always been we understand we have to fix this problem, but just because we’re not for what you’re for doesn’t mean that we’re anti-immigrant and anti-immigration," Rubio said.
The Florida lawmaker also acknowledged there was political risk in not acting, saying he agreed Democrats could use immigration as a wedge issue.
“That’s precisely why I thought it was important that our principles be out there early,” Rubio said. “They can try to sell that, but I doubt people are going to buy it because the reality is we have put [out] something that is very common sense and reasonable. If you take our principles, 70 percent of the American people would agree, if not more, with the general principles that we have outlined. And if they want to go further than that, then I think they’ve got a problem because they can’t argue that we haven’t tried to do our part to come up with something reasonable here, which has always been our point.”
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