Forget What I Said. That Scott Walker Call? Never Happened
Source: New York Times
Last Wednesday, Stephen Moore, a scholar at the Heritage Foundation who is an outspoken supporter of an immigration overhaul, described a recent telephone call with Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, in which he said Mr. Walker had assured him he had not completely renounced his earlier support for a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Im not going nativist, Im pro-immigration, Mr. Walker said, according to Mr. Moores account of the call to a reporter for The New York Times.
On Sunday, after three days of pressure from Mr. Walkers aides, Mr. Moore said that he had misspoken when recounting his call with Mr. Walker and that the call had never actually taken place.
The turnabout by Mr. Moore came after he was quoted Thursday in a Times article detailing Mr. Walkers shifts on immigration, same-sex marriage and ethanol subsidies to protect his early lead in Iowa, where he is facing a well-financed challenge from Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, among other rivals.
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It's a simple mistake; he probably talked to DOZENS of Republicans who told him they were pro-immigration...