Rubio bashes Cruz for not speaking Spanish

Published February 14, 2016 3:46am ET



Marco Rubio swiped at Ted Cruz for attacking him over a comment Rubio made to Univision on President Obama’s executive action on immigration, saying Cruz wouldn’t know what he said because he doesn’t speak Spanish.

During a lengthy attack on the Florida senator over his record on immigration, Cruz laid out several instances in which he deemed Rubio to be weak on combating illegal immigration, including Rubio’s support of the DREAM Act while speaker of the house in Florida and telling Univision’s Jorge Ramos that he would not rescind Obama’s executive action.

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