But let’s be clear: While Senator Rubio may be trying to keep his distance, he can’t run away from his support for Trump, along with his divisive rhetoric, dangerous temperament, and constant lies.

OF COURSE PAM BONDI IS THERE!

Florida AG Pam Bondi, who was at center of Trump Foundation scandal, speaking before Trump here in Orlando pic.twitter.com/qDGIuyWuz4

— Tim Mak (@timkmak) November 2, 2016

ORLANDO —

Trump arrives in Trump Force One with Reince and Pam Bondi.

— Kevin Cirilli (@kevcirilli) November 2, 2016

Pam Bondi now speaking at Trump rally in Orlando. “7 days from now, we’re going to wake up to the sound of President Trump”

— Steven Lemongello (@SteveLemongello) November 2, 2016

Florida AG Pam Bondi up next ahead of Trump rally. Recall this controversy over corruption allegations: https://t.co/rXR5TAYX4G

— Sarah McCammon NPR (@sarahmccammon) November 2, 2016

…BUT NO TRUMP-ENDORSER RUBIO?

In Orlando, Donald Trump’s rally crowd chants: “Drain the swamp! Drain the swamp!” A guy near me shouts: “And Rubio!”

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) November 2, 2016

Rep. Raoul Labrador is at both of Trump’s FL events so far. Notable that the only Hispanic rep with Trump isn’t from Florida but Idaho.

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) November 2, 2016

ID Rep. Raul Labrador speaking for Trump in Miami, where 3 local GOP House members & Sen Rubio won’t stump w/candidate

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 2, 2016

Rubio says he won’t be campaigning with Trump in all-important Florida https://t.co/FplJ4GdFtO

— Jay Weaver (@jayhweaver) November 2, 2016

“Let’s make sure we keep the House,” Sharon Day says at Miami Trump rally.
“Except Marco Rubio,” man yells. (He’s a Senator. But details…)

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) November 2, 2016

“Defending Donald Trump should be disqualifying. These Republican Senate candidates have betrayed the American people by aiding and abetting Donald Trump’s disturbing and disgusting presidential campaign,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The Record. “These five candidates have been Trump’s stooges for months—and we’re not going to let them get away with it. Correct The Record will expose these candidates as Trumpkins directly responsible for The Donald’s disgraceful political rhetoric and toxic policy positions.”

For months, these Republican elected officials have ignored their constituents and cravenly lined up behind Trump’s presidential bid. In the process, they have helped support—and legitimize—Trump’s deeply offensive attacks on women, individuals with disabilities, communities of color and our democracy itself. Just a few weeks ago, Sen. Ayotte said Trump “absolutely” was a role model for children and Sen. Rubio has proudly said “we have to make sure that Donald wins this election.” Sen. Toomey stood with Trump even after he mocked a reporter with disabilities, attacked immigrants and demonized Muslim Americans. Sen. Burr has gone even further saying Trump has “done a tremendous job.” And Indiana Senate candidate Todd Young continues to defend Trump even after the Republican nominee viciously attacked federal judge—and fellow Hoosier—Gonzalo Curiel for his Mexican heritage.

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For months, Correct The Record has held Trump accountable for his campaign of lies, bigoted rhetoric and relentless and disturbing attacks on our democracy. As part of CTR’s overall effort to elect Hillary Clinton our next president, Correct The Record will expand these efforts by exposing Republican Senate candidates’ records of defending, praising and enabling Trump. The American people deserve much better than Trump and his GOP enablers. Instead of candidates who will kowtow to an unhinged, serial liar, voters want leaders who will stand up for American families and work to build an economy where everyone can succeed.

After months away from the presidential campaign trail, tonight Marco Rubio returns to the spotlight. Rubio will address the Republican National Convention in Cleveland via video. In case you forgot, Rubio (like The Donald) has lied about nearly everything from Hillary Clinton’s stance on choice to his own family history. Most egregiously, during the Republican presidential campaign (which he lost), Rubio insisted that Clinton “put classified information on her computer because she thinks she’s above the law.” That lie has been completely obliterated not only by The Washington Post’s Factchecker but by FBI Director James Comey.

Here’s a quick refresher on Rubio’s record of lies:

MARCO RUBIO LIED ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON’S STANCE ON CHOICE

Marco Rubio: Hillary Clinton “believes that all abortion should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child.”

• PolitiFact gave Marco Rubio’s claim that Hillary Clinton “believes that all abortion should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child” a rating of “False.”

  Rubio said Clinton ‘believes that all abortion should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child.’ Clinton does not believe that all abortion should be legal. Instead, she’s said she supports restrictions on late-term abortions except in cases of rape, incest and when the mother’s life and health are in danger. That’s not the same thing as unequivocally supporting abortions ‘even on the due date’ of the child. Such an abortion would be a purely hypothetical scenario; doctors said such a procedure doesn’t make sense medically. We rate Rubio’s claim False.

• PolitiFact: “Rubio’s conclusion that Clinton supports due-date abortions is not backed by evidence and logically unsound.”

  We should note that those who want a total abortion ban — a position that Rubio has expressed — see exceptions made for rape, incest and health as loopholes that undermine late-term restrictions. Advocating for exceptions could theoretically encompass a due-date abortion, but Rubio’s conclusion that Clinton supports due-date abortions is not backed by evidence and logically unsound.

• PolitiFact: “Clinton is open to restrictions on late-term abortions provided there are exceptions for the life and health of the mother.”

  In short, Clinton is open to restrictions on late-term abortions provided there are exceptions for the life and health of the mother. This includes both mental health and medical complications like preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication of high blood pressure that could lead to death.

MARCO RUBIO LIED ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON’S HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Marco Rubio: Hillary Clinton “put classified information on her computer because she thinks she’s above the law.”

• The Washington Post Fact Checker said there was “no evidence to show that” Hillary Clinton purposefully “put classified on information on her computer.”

  ‘She [Hillary Clinton] put classified information on her computer because she thinks she’s above the law.’ –Rubio Rubio’s phrasing suggests that Clinton purposely put classified information on her emails. There has been no evidence to show that is the case.

• FBI Director Comey: There was not evidence to show “that she knew she was receiving classified information.”

  I do not believe there’s evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that she knew she was receiving classified information in violation of the requirements… She did in fact — there is, in my view, not evidence beyond certainly probable cause. There’s not evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that she knew she was receiving classified information or that she intended to retain it on her server.

• FBI Director Comey said there was not evidence to show that “she knew she was sending classified information” or that she was doing so with intent.

  But on Thursday, his careful explanation that the FBI ‘did not find evidence sufficient to establish that she knew she was sending classified information beyond a reasonable doubt to meet the intent standard’ brought them a measure of relief.

• FBI Director Comey testified that three documents in question were not properly marked if they were meant to indicate classified information.

  Second, Director Comey testified that the classification markings on these three documents were not proper and did not comply with federal guidelines or manuals. The emails did not have classified headers, and they did not identify the original classifier, agency, office of origin, reason for classification, or date for declassification. Instead, they had only a ‘c’ for ‘confidential’ next to a paragraph further down in the email. Third, Director Comey testified that, based on these facts, it would be a ‘reasonable inference’ fore Secretary Clinton to have ‘immediately’ concluded that these documents were not classified.

• FBI Director Comey testified that the improperly marked emails could be reasonably judged as not classified.

  MATT CARTWRIGHT: If Secretary Clinton were an expert about what’s classified and not classified and we’re following the manual, the absence of a header would tell her immediately that those three documents were not classified. Am I correct in that? COMEY: That would be a reasonable inference.

MARCO RUBIO LIED ABOUT QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL AND POLITICAL FINANCES BEING “DISCREDITED”

Marco Rubio said that claims that he was negligent in his personal and political finances were “discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents.”

• Marco Rubio failed to disclose a $135,000 home equity loan he obtained from a bank controlled by his political supporters.

  State House Speaker Marco Rubio abruptly amended his financial disclosure forms Friday after The Miami Herald asked why they lacked a $135,000 home equity loan he obtained from a bank controlled by his political supporters.

• Marco Rubio double billed the Republican Party of Florida and taxpayers as Florida House Speaker.

  One day after the Herald/Times received travel records from the state, U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio’s campaign is admitting that he double billed the Republican Party of Florida and state taxpayers for eight flights while he was House Speaker. ‘Earlier this week in response to a question from the media I stated that all my legislative travel during my tenure as Speaker was paid for by the Republican Party of Florida. However after reviewing hundreds of flights we identified 8 official state business flights which the state properly paid for. These flights total approximately $3,000. Further, it appears several of these flights were also billed to the RPOF.’

• Marco Rubio charged personal expenses including car repairs, grocery bills, plane tickets, wine, Apple products, and meals to his Florida Republican Party credit card.

  Rubio billed the party for more than $100,000 during the two years he served as the state’s House speaker, according to credit card statements obtained by the Miami Herald and St. Petersburg Times. The charges included repairs to his family’s minivan, grocery bills, plane tickets for his wife, and purchases from retailers including a wine store near his home and Apple’s online store. Rubio also charged the party for dozens of meals during the annual lawmaking session in Tallahassee, even though he received taxpayer subsidies for his meals. Rubio said that the billings all related to party business — the minivan, for example, was damaged by a valet at a political function and that he repaid the party about $16,000 in personal expenses.

• Marco Rubio: “When I received my statement, I would spend hours trying to figure out which [credit card expenditures] were political, and which were personal.”

  I often used my or Jeanette’s personal credit cards to pay for many of the campaign’s expenditures. When I received my statement, I would spend hours trying to figure out which were political, and which were personal.

• Marco Rubio’s Republican Party credit account incurred more than $1,700 in delinquency and late fees over a four-year period while he was in the Florida legislature.

  The records, which cover a 22-month period in 2005 and 2006, combined with previously disclosed credit card statements, show that Rubio charged more than $22,000 in personal expenses to the card while the account incurred more than $1,700 in delinquency and late fees over a four-year period while he was in the Florida legislature.

• Florida State Ethics Commission: “The level of negligence exhibited by [Marco Rubio]…is disturbing.”

  In 2012, the Florida state ethics commission dismissed a complaint against him for the spending, though an inspector analyzing the claims noted that Rubio was not without some fault. ‘The level of negligence exhibited by Respondent’s confusion between the (Republican Party of Florida) American Express card and his personal MasterCard, together with his failure to recognize the error when reviewing the months’ statements, and his signature on the reimbursement requests, is disturbing,’ the ethics commission advocate wrote.

• Marco Rubio faced foreclosure after missing five months of mortgage payments on a home he owned.

  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is facing foreclosure on a Tallahassee house after missing five months of mortgage payments, according to a lawsuit filed in Leon County Circuit Court. But Rubio’s campaign spokesman said Rubio and David Rivera, a U.S. House candidate from Miami who co-owns the home with Rubio, have paid $9,200 owed to Deutsche Bank and the foreclosure has been withdrawn.

• Marco Rubio likely faced tens of thousands of dollars in penalties for cashing out his retirement account early.

  If it was traditional, he would have essentially forfeited more than a third of his withdrawal. […] Rubio’s taxable income probably put him in either the 28% or 33% federal income tax bracket. Let’s assume he’s in the 33% bracket. That means he probably had to pony up roughly $30,000 in taxes and penalties on his IRA cash-out. That means he would have netted only $38,000 from the original $68,000.

MARCO RUBIO LIED ABOUT HIS PARENTS FLEEING FIDEL CASTRO

Marco Rubio repeatedly claimed that his parents fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba in 1959.

• Marco Rubio’s parents left Cuba and were admitted to the United States as permanent residents more than two years before Fidel Castro came to power.

  During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio frequently repeated a compelling version of his family’s history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the ‘son of exiles,’ he told audiences, Cuban Americans forced off their beloved island after ‘a thug,’ Fidel Castro, took power. But a review of documents — including naturalization papers and other official records — reveals that the Florida Republican’s account embellishes the facts. The documents show that Rubio’s parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than two-and-a-half years before Castro’s forces overthrew the Cuban government and took power on New Year’s Day 1959.

• PolitiFact rated Marco Rubio’s claim that his parents “came to America following Fidel Castro’s takeover” as “False.”

  Even after he stumbled over dates with a Miami Herald reporter and acknowledged his parents left before the revolution, his official Web bio stayed the same. After two news organizations reported his parents moved to the United States in 1956, his spokesman acknowledged that the bio was wrong. It was updated to say, ‘Marco was born in Miami in 1971 to Cuban exiles who first arrived in the United States in 1956.’ That puts everyone in agreement: The original statement is False.

MARCO RUBIO LIED ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Marco Rubio: “We are worse off today than we were five years ago. We have more illegal immigrants here.”

• PolitiFact: “There is no evidence to support the idea that the illegal immigrant population has grown in the past five years.”

  Rubio said, ‘We have more illegal immigrants here’ than we did five years ago. Multiple estimates show that the illegal immigrant population has stabilized, or even decreased, from its peak in 2007 through 2014, the latest available data. According to Pew, the illegal immigrant population was 11.3 million in 2014, down from 11.4 million five years prior in 2010. This is in sharp contrast to dramatic and steady increases throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. There is no evidence to support the idea that the illegal immigrant population has grown in the past five years. We rate Rubio’s claim False.

Donald Trump: “I am pro-life.” [LifeNews, 4/8/11]

Ted Cruz opposed abortion even for victims of rape and incest, and referred to contraception as “abortion-inducing drugs.” [PBS, 3/23/15]

Marco Rubio did not support abortion exceptions for cases of rape or incest. [CNN, 8/9/15]

Ben Carson said he opposed abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. [New York Times, 10/25/15]

Ben Carson compared abortion to slavery.” [Raw Story, 10/25/15]

John Kasich signed into law a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. [Huffington Post, 7/21/11]

Here’s a dose of reality:

EXCERPTS from website, Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Reviewed June 24, 2015:

The Affordable Care Act is Working

The evidence is clear when it comes to access, affordability, and quality the Affordable Care Act is working.

For the last 50 years, Americans have struggled to navigate a health care system that has failed to put patients first. Millions who were uninsured struggled to pay for even a doctor’s visit, while those who had insurance risked losing it when they needed it most. Quality care, especially preventive screenings and checkups that keep people healthy, was a luxury for many. And doctors were encouraged to focus on the amount of care they delivered, rather than effectively treating patients’ big-picture health.

Today, as a nation, we are at the threshold of a truly historic opportunity. The promise of positive transformative change in the U.S. health care system is at hand, thanks to:

• The Affordable Care Act working to improve access, affordability and quality in health care
• Private and public sector alignment around better care, smarter spending, and healthier people
• New initiatives to advance Precision Medicine
• Newly unlocked health data to inform providers and empower consumers
• An increased interest among Americans in prevention and wellness

The evidence is clear when it comes to access, affordability, and quality the Affordable Care Act is working.

ACCESS

Strong Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace. On March 31, 2015 about 10.2 million Americans had paid their premiums and had active coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace.

Historic Reduction in the Uninsured. We have seen the largest reduction in the uninsured in four decades. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act five years ago, about 16.4 million uninsured people have gained health coverage. Those gains come primarily from the Marketplace, young adults who can stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26, and Medicaid expansions.

Progress in Fighting Health Inequity. Since 2013, the uninsured rate has declined 9.2 percentage points for African Americans, resulting in 2.3 million adults gaining coverage and 12.3 percentage points for Latinos, resulting in 4.2 million adults gaining coverage. Since 2013, the uninsured rate among women declined 7.7 percentage points, resulting in 7.7 million women gaining coverage. An estimated 55 million women are also benefiting from preventive services coverage with no out-of-pocket costs. And health insurers can no longer discriminate based on gender, so being a woman is no longer a preexisting condition.

Medicaid Expansion. Over 12.3 million additional individuals are enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP as of April 2015, compared to before October 2013. To date, 28 states plus DC have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. This is one of the areas where we know more can be done. We want to work with all the states that have yet to expand — to get as many people covered as possible.

Reducing Uncompensated Care in Hospitals. As a result of Marketplace coverage and Medicaid expansion, hospital uncompensated care costs were reduced by an estimated $7.4 billion in 2014, compared to what they would have been in the absence of the coverage expansion. Medicaid expansion states account for $5 billion, or 68 percent, of that reduction. If all States fully expanded Medicaid, uncompensated care costs would be about $8.9 billion lower in 2016 than they would be if no additional states expanded Medicaid.

From Coverage to Care. Now that millions of Americans have health coverage, we are working toeducate consumers about their coverage and to reduce barriers so that they can get the care they need to live longer and healthier lives.

AFFORDABILITY

Health Care Coverage is now Affordable for Millions of Americans. Of the about 10.2 million consumers who had paid their premium and had active Marketplace coverage on March 31, 2015, nearly 8.7 million (85 percent) nationwide and 6.4 million in the 34 states with Federally-facilitated Marketplaces received an average premium tax credit of $272 per month. And in 2015, nearly 80 percent of Marketplace shoppers using HealthCare.gov could purchase coverage for $100 or less after tax credits. A recent Commonwealth Fund study found that in 2014, fewer Americans had problems paying medical bills or medical debt, and fewer went without care because they couldn’t afford it. This is the first decline and lowest level in these areas since 2005.

Choice, Competition and Premiums. Insurers have decided that the Marketplace is a good place to do business and as a result, consumers have more choices. Twenty-five percent more issuers joined the Marketplace for the 2015 Open Enrollment, and consumers could choose from an average of 40 health plans, up from 30 in 2014. Studies show more issuers are associated with more affordable premiums.

Health Care Cost Growth Has Slowed Sharply. Since the Affordable Care Act became law, the price of health care has risen at the slowest rate in 50 years. Medicare has paid out nearly $316 billion less through 2013 than it would have had previous trends continued. The average premium for employer-based family coverage rose just 3 percent in nominal terms in 2014. Just more than a decade ago, surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation frequently registered double-digit premium increases for this type of coverage.

QUALITY

Improved Patient Safety. Since 2011, patient harms like hospital-acquired conditions, pressure ulcers, central line associated infections, falls and traumas have fallen by 17 percent, saving an estimated50,000 lives and $12 billion dollars.

Fewer Avoidable Hospital Readmissions. The Medicare all-cause 30-day readmission rate fell to approximately 17.5 percent in 2013, translating to an estimated 150,000 fewer hospital readmissionsamong Medicare beneficiaries between January 2012 and December 2013.

Alternative Care Models are Driving Value. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of providers and insurers who work together to put patients in the center of their care and create better health outcomes. Today, more than one in every 14 Americans gets their health care from one of more than 700 ACOs established by Medicare and other payers. ACOs have generated a combined$417 million in savings for Medicare. In addition, the Pioneer ACO model has been certified as the first patient care model to meet the stringent criteria for expansion to a larger population of Medicare beneficiaries.

Higher Quality Coverage. After years of dropped coverage, flimsy plans and barriers to care, everyone’s coverage has improved because consumers have new protections, including those who get health insurance through their employers. They can’t be turned away because of pre-existing conditions; they can’t be dropped just because they get sick and insurance has to cover care that Americans count on like trips to the emergency room, prescriptions and preventive services.

We are transforming the way Americans get health care and they have sent a clear message that the Affordable Care Act’s benefits are needed, wanted, and liked.

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Content last reviewed on June 24, 2015

Donald Trump: “No citizenship.” [CNN’s New Day, 7/30/15]

Ted Cruz: “I think a path to citizenship for those who are here illegally is profoundly unfair.” [Washington Post, 7/21/13]

September 2015: Marco Rubio ruled out a path to citizenship during his presidency. [Bloomberg,9/22/15]

Ben Carson said he would allow some undocumented immigrants to “become guest workers, not citizens, not voting people, not people who get goodies.” [CBS’s Face the Nation, 9/13/15]

John Kasich: “I’m not for giving anybody a path to citizenship here.” [Fox News’ Hannity, 12/30/15]

Donald Trump

• Donald Trump said that Planned Parenthood was “disgusting and absolutely they should be defunded.” [Washington Times, 7/22/15]
• Donald Trump: “I am pro-life.” “Trump characterized himself as ‘pro-life’ and he repeated that apparent reversal when he told the audience at CPAC, ‘I am pro-life’ and pledged to fight for the reversal of Obamacare, which contains abortion funding loopholes.” [LifeNews, 4/8/11]
• Donald Trump suggested that he would support shutting down the federal government in order to defund Planned Parenthood. [New York Times, 8/4/15]
• Donald Trump said that Planned Parenthood was “like an abortion factory.” [CNN, 8/11/15]

Ted Cruz

• Ted Cruz on contraception: There’s no “rubber shortage in America’…. he told a crowd in Bettendorf, Iowa, during an extended riff on the politics of reproductive health.” [New York Times, 11/30/15]
• Ted Cruz opposed abortion even for victims of rape and incest, and referred to birth control pills as “abortion-inducing drugs.” [PBS, 3/23/15]
• Ted Cruz supported the Life at Conception Act. [Pro Life Alliance, 11/9/12]
• Ted Cruz supported a federal ban on abortions after 20 weeks. [Indianapolis Star, 9/17/14]
• Ted Cruz was a cosponsor of the Senate version of legislation designed to defund Planned Parenthood. [LifeNews, 1/8/15; S. 51, 1/7/15]
• Ted Cruz said Planned Parenthood was using “taxpayer funds to murder unborn children” and “profiting from the buying and selling of the body parts of babies.” [Senator Ted Cruz press release, 8/3/15]
• Ted Cruz called Planned Parenthood an “ongoing criminal enterprise.” [Mother Jones, 9/16/15]
• Ted Cruz said he would open an investigation into Planned Parenthood on his first day as president. [CSPAN, 9/29/15]

Marco Rubio

• Marco Rubio did not support abortion exceptions for cases of rape or incest. [CNN, 8/9/15]
• Marco Rubio: “I have never advocated for” abortion exceptions in cases of rape or incest. [Los Angeles Times, 8/7/15]
• Marco Rubio supported bills that would ban abortions after 20 weeks after conception. [Politico, 7/24/13]
• Marco Rubio said it was “settled science” that “human life begins at conception.” [NY Times, 3/15/14]
• Marco Rubio compared abortion to the mass murder at an Oregon community college. [Buzzfeed, 10/8/15]
• Marco Rubio supported forcing victims of rape to carry their attacker’s children to term. [National Review, 11/30/15]
• Marco Rubio voted in favor of a failed measure to defund Planned Parenthood. [Tampa Bay Times, 8/3/15]
• Marco Rubio voted to defund Planned Parenthood. [Salon, 2/27/15; Senate roll call vote 60, 4/14/11]
• Marco Rubio said Planned Parenthood created an “incentive for people…to look forward to having more abortions [and] being able to sell that fetal tissue for purposes of making a profit.” [KCCI, 9/21/15]
• Marco Rubio said that defunding Planned Parenthood was “a human right issue.” [Talking Points Memo, 9/23/15]

Ben Carson

• Ben Carson said he opposed abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. [New York Times, 10/25/15]
• Ben Carson compared abortion to slavery. [Raw Story, 10/25/15]
• Ben Carson likened abortion to “human sacrifice.” [Washington Times, 7/2/14]
• Ben Carson supported legislation that would ban abortion after 20 weeks. [Politico, 8/18/15]
• Ben Carson supported defunding Planned Parenthood. [BenCarson.com, accessed 8/5/15]
• Ben Carson said that Planned Parenthood “not only makes money by selling baby parts, but doesn’t seem to understand the sanctity of human life, and is willing to destroy that.” [CNN, 7/28/15]

• Carson: “Planned Parenthood and their enablers must be stopped from these barbaric practices.” [CNN, 7/15/15]

• Ben Carson claimed Planned Parenthood was “killing babies and taking the tissue.” [The Hill, 8/13/15]

Jeb Bush

• Jeb Bush: “I’m not sure we need half a billion dollars for women’s health issues.” [The Hill, 8/4/15]
• Jeb Bush: “I’m probably the most pro-life governor in modern times.” [Washington Examiner, 6/26/15]
• Jeb Bush: Planned Parenthood was “not actually doing women’s health issues.” [Politico, 8/25/15]
• Jeb Bush: “The next president should defund Planned Parenthood.” [The Hill, 8/4/15]
• Jeb Bush diverted funds from family planning services into abstinence-only education. [St. Petersburg Times, 1/29/03]
• Jeb Bush vetoed funding for family planning services provided to poor women through Planned Parenthood. [St. Petersburg Times, 6/16/01]
• Jeb Bush said the Planned Parenthood videos were “shocking and horrific.” [@JebBush,7/14/15, 8:16 p.m. ET]

John Kasich

• John Kasich signed into law a bill banning abortion after 20 weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. [Huffington Post, 7/21/11]
• John Kasich signed into law a bill that enacted strict abortion restrictions, including mandatory ultrasounds. [Washington Post, 7/1/13]
• John Kasich said he would sign a bill that would ban abortion “if the reason for the procedure is because the child would have Down syndrome.” [CNN, 9/19/15]
• John Kasich: “Fight like crazy to defund Planned Parenthood.” [Newsmax, 9/28/15]
• John Kasich signed legislation essentially cutting off Planned Parenthood from $1.4 million in federal family-planning dollars. [Columbus Dispatch, 7/1/13]

WHICH REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS HAVE OPPOSED A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP?

AND THE REST? THEY’RE ALL THE SAME.

When asked if he supported a path to citizenship, Marco Rubio avoided the question, responding, “It’s not a yes or no answer.”

John Kasich remarked that he was “not for giving anybody a path to citizenship here.”

Donald Trump

• Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “We’ve got to do something with the internet.” [Wired, 12/8/15]
• Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “I’m looking to take the oil. I want to take the oil. I want the oil.” [The Hill, 11/8/15]
• Donald Trump on his ISIS plan: “I would bomb the shit out of them.” [Real Clear Politics, 11/13/15]

Ted Cruz

• Ted Cruz: “I will direct the Department of Defense to destroy ISIS.” [Ted Cruz press release, 12/6/15]
• Ted Cruz said his plan was to “carpet bomb [ISIS] into oblivion.” [Washington Post, 12/5/15]

Marco Rubio

• Salon’s Simon Maloy: Marco Rubio “took just about every position one could imagine” on ISIS. [Salon, 11/23/15]
• Salon’s Simon Maloy: After the Paris attacks, Marco Rubio rolled out “a new ISIS strategy that pays no homage to his previous strategy.” [Salon, 11/23/15]
• The Week’s Paul Waldman: Marco Rubio’s ISIS plan was a “collection of ideas ranging from the irrelevant to the ridiculous.” [The Week, 11/23/15] 

Ben Carson

• Ben Carson said his plan to combat ISIS was to “make them look like losers.” [Mother Jones, 11/11/15]
• Ben Carson on his ISIS plan: “The mission that I would give our military is to destroy them first.” [Salon, 2/26/15]

Jeb Bush

• Jeb Bush, on how he would make Syrian refugees “prove” that they’re Christian: “I think you can prove it.” [CNN, 11/18/15]
• Jeb Bush said that the difference between himself and Hillary Clinton on ISIS strategy was that she didn’t “call it for what it is.” [ABC’s This Week, 12/6/15]
• Washington Post’s Paul Waldman: “When Bush is asked what he’d actually do to fight ISIS, he offers a combination of things the Obama administration is already doing.” [Washington Post, 11/18/15]

John Kasich

• John Kasich: “We must create protected safe havens for civilian refugees on Syria’s borders and enforce them with no fly zones.” [John Kasich campaign website, 11/14/15]
• John Kasich: “We have to go on the ground and in the air and destroy ISIS in a coalition.” [USA Today, 12/9/15]
• John Kasich: “We must immediately intensify intelligence collaboration with our allies in order to identify, track and apprehend all foreign ISIS fighters.” [John Kasich campaign website, 11/14/15]
• John Kasich: “I would immediately summon an emergency meeting at the highest level to begin working with our European, Turkish, and Sunni Arab allies to contain and ultimately defeat ISIS in its homeland.” [John Kasich campaign website, 11/14/15]