On Rush, Rubio lays groundwork for ditching Senate immigration bill

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called in to Rush Limbaugh‘s radio show today to defend his involvement with a bipartisan group of senators pushing an immigration reform plan that includes a path to citizenship. Rush kicked off the interview by asking Rubio, “Why are we doing this now?”

Rubio replied: “This was going to be an issue. The president outlined that he was going to push on this. The media was going to focus on this. I thought it was critically important that we outline the principals what we are for and what we are about. There’s this false argument on the left that conservatives and Republicans are anti-immigrant and anti-immigration. And we’re not. Never have been. To the contrary we are pro-legal immigration.”