McCaskill: Rubio 'Folded Like A Cheap Shotgun' On Immigration Bill

[DonViejo]

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on Sunday dismissed the idea that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) represents a new generation of candidates in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

ABC's "This Week" host Martha Raddatz asked McCaskill to respond to Rubio's statement that the election will be a "generational choice," referring to Hillary Clinton as a "leader from yesterday."

"If you look at Marco Rubio's record, he took a principled, courageous stand on immigration reform, and we passed a comprehensive bill in the Senate. And then the minute his party's base starting chewing on about it, the minute Rush Limbaugh criticized him, he folded like a cheap shotgun," McCaskill responded.

"That's old politics. That's not what we need right now. That is the stalest trick in the book. That is shirking on your principles because of the political necessities of your party," she continued. "So I don't think that he necessarily represents some generational change. It sounds like, to me, old style politics."

Watch the clip via ABC. Raddatz asks about Rubio at the 2:48 mark:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mccaskill-rubio-immigration-reform

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[Scootaloo]

1. That's kind of an odd go-to for a folding simile. n/t

[aikoaiko]

2. like a shotgun? Isn't it camera?

As in folded like a cheap camera.

Either way, Rubio is a joke.

[TlalocW]

6. I always heard it as folded like a cheap suit

Do shotguns fold?

TlalocW

[aikoaiko]

7. Some do.

This is a true folding shotgun.
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I suppose a cheap break action shotgun could fold up if the latching mechanism didn't work well.
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[Thinkingabout]

3. McCaskill did not pull any punches on this one. Marco is running around talking about

Going with new ideas and he made a total flip on immigration. He is going with Rush ideas.

[Cha]

4. K&R.. Sen McCaskill Killed it! Mahalo Don

[William769]

5. Perfect!

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. The more Latinos learn about it the more alienated they will be from him.

Because Cubans get preferential treatment when it comes to immigration while other Latinos don't.


As Jesus said to Judas "it would be better as if your were never born" Latino.

[Orsino]

9. McCaskill is not exactly a model of courage, either...

...but that's a good take-down.