Rubio Doubles Down

Marco Rubio, an otherwise talented Senator and GOP presidential aspirant, has had an ongoing problem with the party base because he favored amnesty as a member of the 2013 Senatorial Gang of Eight. More recently, Politico reports:

Sen. Marco Rubio says people who immigrated to the U.S. illegally but haven’t committed any major crimes could be allowed to stay.

In an interview airing Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the Florida contender for the Republican presidential nomination said felons shouldn’t be allowed to stay, but those who commit lesser crimes could still qualify. In this interview, he didn’t specify whether those allowed to stay would ever be able to become citizens.

NBC gave Rubio an opportunity to change his mind and he didn't bite. Thus, he has to live with the "let 'em stay" rap.