Tom Tancredo Endorses Bob Marshall

From the Washington Post blog this morning:

Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), an outspoken conservative and fierce advocate for additional controls on illegal immigration, announced today he is supporting Del. Robert G. Marshall’s candidacy for U.S. Senate.

Tancredo’s endorsement could boost Marshall (R-Prince William) among conservatives as he battles former governor James S. Gilmore III for the GOP nomination. About 10,000 Republican activists will elect the nominee at the state party convention next weekend.

“We can trust Bob Marshall to oppose amnesty for illegal aliens. In the House of Delegates, Bob has a strong record of doing what he could on the state level to stop illegal immigration,” Tancredo said in a statement.

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Tancredo and Gilmore were both briefly candidates for the GOP nomination for president. In endorsing Marshall, Tancredo took a shot at his former rival from the presidential race, accusing Gilmore of supporting “amnesty” for illegal immigrants.

“Jim Gilmore says he’s against amnesty, but he has a long record that suggests otherwise,” Tancredo said. “Less than a year ago, while campaigning for the presidency in Iowa, I witnessed Gilmore give a speech supporting a policy that sounded like amnesty to me.”

Now, even I’ll admit that Tancredo has eaten his foot on occasion, but he is a principled man, and of the most experienced politicians on the illegal alien issue.  His words mean something.  Amnesty opponents should heed them.

Cross-posted to the right-wing liberal