ABC NEWS – Some American workers “can’t cut it.”
That’s what an unnamed aide to Sen. Marco Rubio told the New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, explaining the Florida Republican’s desire to bring more immigrant workers into the U.S. economy.
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For obvious reasons, the quote has already ruffled the feathers of many participants in the immigration debate. Conservative voices like Erick Erickson have accused Rubio of not sticking up for out-of-work Americans at a time when the unemployment rate is 7.6 percent. Labor unions likely won’t love that quote either.
Rubio’s team walked back the aide’s assertion that American workers aren’t “star performers.” Spokesman Alex Conant told the Daily Callerthat his office “strongly objected” to the inclusion of that quote in the piece because Rubio believes “American workers can compete against anyone in the world.”
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