On Friday I published a commentary on Donald Trump's blunder when he said wages were too high.

By Rob Janicki

On Friday I published a commentary on Donald Trump's blunder when he said wages were too high. 

I then received some criticism on Twitter from undoubted Trump supporters who tried to distract from the commentary by misdirecting the dialog to Ted Cruz and Cruz's position on immigration amnesty.  In particular the Trump cultists criticized Ted Cruz for adding an amendment to the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration legislation, as if this amendment meant Cruz supported this Gang of Eight legislation.  It didn't and Cruz didn't support the Gang of Eight legislation.

Apparently these individuals have never heard of, or fail to understand the concept of, a poison pill amendment intended to make a Bill so unpalatable that it will be rejected.  Cruz did indeed have an amendment added to that specific legislation.  Yes, it was a poison pill.  Cruz authored an amendment to the “Gang of 8” amnesty bill stripping out all legalization provisions until the border security measures are actually implemented.  Does that remotely sound like someone caving into immigration amnesty?  Cruz, if he is anything, is a very shrewd tactician and strategist.  The Bill, with Cruz's amendment, failed as Cruz intended.

Cruz has an "A" voting record rating of (97%) from Conservative Review, while Marco Rubio, in contrast, has a "B" voting record rating of (80%) from Conservative Review.  Now, I'm not trying to put down Marco Rubio in this comparison, although Marco was a member of the Gang of Eight.  My point is to show Cruz as the most conservative between the two men.  Why anyone would believe that Ted Cruz would really support the Gang of Eight legislation led by Ted's arch political opponent, John McCain, just staggers the imagination.