A devout Roman Catholic for the better part of his life, Senator Marco Rubio attended Pope Francis’s scheduled address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress this past Thursday, leaving many to believe that Rubio became emotional as Francis spoke about foreigners and immigrants.
“We the people of this continent are not fearful of foreigners because most of us were once foreigners…”I say this to you as the son of immigrants, knowing that so many of you are also the descendants of immigrants.”-Pope Francis
The one time pro-legal immigration hawk, Rubio softened his position on the issue in 2013, and cosponsored the highly unpopular Senate Gang of Eight immigration reform legislation.
Rubio has since reversed himself, and now believes that the issue needs to be tackled in different steps, or a “piecemeal” approach.
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Rubio is an emotional guy, especially when discussing his father who passed away shortly before his historic 2010 Senate election win, or talking about immigrants, as both of his parents escaped communist Cuba and immigrated to the U.S.
Rubio’s campaign was quick to exploit this moment by posting the C-SPAN clip to their Youtube page.