NBC host Chuck Todd pressed Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in an interview aired Sunday on immigration and asked him why rival Sen. Ted Cruz’s flip flops on the issue were worse than his own.
Rubio has criticized Cruz’s changing opinions on the topic, calling his immigration record “inconsistent.” Rubio himself once supported a massive effort to reform immigration, but went back on it and said that one big piece of legislation to tackle the topic “doesn’t work.”
Todd asked Rubio why Cruz’s flip flips were worse than his own.
“Well,
first of all let me say that if circumstances change or you learn
something along the way, it’s reasonable to say, ‘Maybe a different
approach will work better.’ So for example, on
immigration it is clear no comprehensive solution to immigration is
going to pass,” Rubio replied.
“But don’t go around pretending that you never do, and certainly don’t go
around pretending and telling everyone like Ted Cruz does that he is the
only consistent conservative running for president,” he continued. “The fact of the matter is that Ted has shown a propensity throughout his career in the U.S. Senate to take one position in front of one audience and then change his position in front of another.”