"As we come into an election year everybody loves the word conservative. Everybody's a conservative & then of course ppl get into office & we learn something different." 1/
"@POTUS needs people in the Senate who actually understand the constitution & can make the case not only in the Senate but to the American people. I was a professor of Constitutional law for 15 years...these two charges were completely bogus." 2/
"I am the only one who endorsed President Trump in the primaries in 2016. I'm the only person who's been advising @POTUS. I'm the only person whose #1 issue has been President Trump's #1 issue, immigration." 3/
"Cheap illegal labor has come in and forced the wages down. Wage depression is something that has hurt the working men and women in America, and that's one of the reasons I feel strongly about stopping illegal immigration." 4/
"We need people who are serious about cutting federal spending, it is unsustainable. This is a ticking time-bomb in our economy. We have a chance now with a President whose got the guts to stand for it." 5/
"You can tell a person by the company he keeps"
Kobach lists off some of the great endorsements (National Border Patrol Council, @AnnCoulter) he has received, as well as enemies (AOC, Rachel Maddow) he has made along the way. End/
He has gotten pushback from the Swamp.
Here is constitutional law scholar @KrisKobach1787 laying out the legal case for it. #KobachForSenate