Never Mind, Huckabee Doesn’t Support Ending Birthright Citizenship
Huckabee is denying his support for ending birthright citizenship, which was reported earlier today and sourced to Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist, via this press release:
I do not support an amendment to the constitution that would prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens. I have no intention of supporting a constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship.
So what to think now? Did Huckabee just hang Gilchrist out to dry? Did he make the promise and reneg? Or did Gilchrist lie about Huck’s support for such an amendment in the first place?
I’m leaning toward Huck hanging Gilchrist out to dry. Gilchrist isn’t the most credible of political operatives, but he certainly can’t be so stupid as to think that he won’t get burned for saying Huck supports something he doesn’t. More likely Huckabee made this promise to Gilchrist because he was desperate to shore up his illegal immigration record and needed to get Gilchrist on board with him some how.
