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Rick Santorum to Ann Coulter: ‘I Mean, Ann, Should I Have Voted for Amnesty?’

Posted on | December 30, 2011 | 68 Comments

During his speech Thursday night in Davenport, Iowa, Rick Santorum talked about his record in the Senate and mentioned that Ann Coulter had criticized him in her column for voting against “E-Verify”:

But if Santorum wins, we lose on the second most important issue — illegal immigration — and he’ll be the last Republican ever to win a general election in America. . . .
Kowtowing to business (while pretending to kowtow to Hispanics), Paul, Perry and Santorum oppose E-Verify. As a senator, Rick Santorum voted against even the voluntary use of E-Verify.

Santorum explained to the Iowa folks that he voted against “E-Verify” when it was part of John McCain’s amnesty bill in 2006 — a bill that Coulter and every other American with a shred of honesty, intelligence or patriotism also opposed. And what he said next was Tweet-worthy:

“Tell @AnnCoulter, next time you see her, get her facts straight.”

Wow. It’s takes a lot of confidence to throw down with Chairman Ann and, even though I’m having a hard time figuring out her pro-Romney turn in recent weeks, I could imagine the MSM headlines:

REPUBLICAN TELLS COULTER
TO ‘GET HER FACTS STRAIGHT’

The New York Times , Huffington Post, MSNBC, Media Matters — they’re gonna love this story, OK? So I was eager to get more comment from Santorum afterwards. I don’t have the software to edit video, and so you’ll have to skip ahead to the 4:45 mark to catch his answer:

“Why would Ann Coulter criticize me for voting against the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill? I mean, Ann, should I have voted for amnesty? Should I have voted for comprehensive immigration reform? Because if that’s what you’re saying, then, doesn’t sound like you’re the real conservative here. I think when Jim DeMint and every conservative in the United States Senate voted against the McCain-Kennedy bill – yes, we voted against E-Verify, but we voted against a pretty bad bill that I think, at least you said you were against.”

That video is guaranteed viral, my friends.

Category: Ann Coulter, Election 2012, Fear and Loathing in Iowa, Immigration, Iowa, Rick Santorum

Comments

68 Responses to “Rick Santorum to Ann Coulter: ‘I Mean, Ann, Should I Have Voted for Amnesty?’”

  1. Anonymous
    December 30th, 2011 @ 2:51 pm

    So are the business owners whom these alleged “conservatives” are telling “become an unpaid government informant or lose you business and possibly even go to jail.”

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    December 30th, 2011 @ 4:17 pm

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  4. Shawn Gillogly
    December 30th, 2011 @ 6:12 pm

    Unfortunately, your ‘take’ is as noted, inconsistent with her earlier support of McFatty Not-so-Awesome, who loves all things shamnesty and global warming.

  5. Bob Belvedere
    December 30th, 2011 @ 6:21 pm

    Someone should get her to a doctor to see if she has a slow-growing brain tumor.

  6. Bob Belvedere
    December 30th, 2011 @ 6:33 pm

    Her claim to fame has always been well researched facts.

    Good point, John.  She has always had that going for her and it was an effective shield against people who did not approve of her tactics.  But now she has disarmed herself and is open to a killer thrust from her enemies.  Waging the kind of war she has over the past ten+ years means you can never, ever, leave yourself open on any of your vulnerable parts.  She has done that and it is only a matter of time before the fatal blow will be struck.

    Goddamn sad. 

  7. Bob Belvedere
    December 30th, 2011 @ 6:34 pm

    Thank you, Zilla.

  8. CavalierX
    December 31st, 2011 @ 7:56 am

    Ann Coulter did to Santorum what Liberals always do to Conservatives. He didn’t vote for E-Verify because it was a very small ingredient in a huge crap sandwich. But she portrays him as being against E-Verify, as though it were possible to vote on one item in a bill and against the rest of it!

  9. Guest
    December 31st, 2011 @ 7:59 am

    It’s not possible to vote for one item in a bill and against the rest of the bill. Santorum needs to remind Ann of that fact.

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  11. Felipe Zapata
    December 31st, 2011 @ 6:43 pm

    He  looks really tired in that video.

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