--- title: Marco Rubio Allies Turn Up the Heat on Ted Cruz description: Two ads from the Rubio-backing Conservative Solutions PAC appeared on the Internet Monday both criticizing Cruz. canonical: https://time.com/4184947/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-campaign-ad-vat-canada/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-19T15:32:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:41:32.549Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rubio Super PAC Calls Cruz's Tax Plan 'Canadian' og:description: Playing off questions over his birthplace. og:url: https://time.com/4184947/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-campaign-ad-vat-canada/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1067c4d3fa791d2/6988799abc6cfcf29f3db4d2/screen-shot-2016-01-19-at-9-59-00-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2780 og:image:height: 1564 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2016-01-19 at 9.59.00 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rubio Super PAC Calls Cruz's Tax Plan 'Canadian' twitter:description: Playing off questions over his birthplace. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1067c4d3fa791d2/6988799abc6cfcf29f3db4d2/screen-shot-2016-01-19-at-9-59-00-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rubio Allies Turn Up the Heat on Cruz > Sponsored content. 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The ads are set to air in early primary states, where Rubio supporters are [looking to knock some steam out of Cruz.](http://time.com/4172034/marco-rubio-criticism-republicans/) “Ted Cruz calculates his positions for political gain,” a narrator begins in one ad, painting Cruz as hard to pin down on “on immigration, Syrian refugees, ethanol, trade, you name it.” Titled “CalculaTED,” the ad concludes calling Cruz “consistently calculated.” Another 30-second ad the Rubio PAC riffs on the ongoing debate over Cruz’s Canadian birth and subsequent eligibility for President. “What’s Canadian about Ted Cruz?” a narrator asks, quickly pointing to the conservative’s tax plan, which the ad compares to the systems found in “European socialist countries.” The two Senators are [going back-and-forth](http://time.com/4166119/ted-cruz-marco-rubio-super-pac-ad/) into the early-voting action in Iowa, where Cruz has a clear advantage, and in New Hampshire, where Rubio is slightly ahead, according to an average compiled by RealClearPolitics. ## Transcript [00:00] What's Canadian about Ted Cruz? His tax plan. Cruz [00:05] wants a value added tax like they have in Canada and [00:08] European Socialist countries. Obama and Pelosi say [00:12] they're open to it. President Reagan hated it. [00:16] Conservatives call the Cruz scheme a liberal's dream [00:19] because it makes it so easy to raise taxes. Ted [00:24] Cruz. Wrong on taxes. Conservative Solutions PAC is [00:28] responsible for the content of this advertising. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4184947/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-campaign-ad-vat-canada/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4184947/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-campaign-ad-vat-canada/"},"headline":"Rubio Allies Turn Up the Heat on Cruz","datePublished":"2016-01-19T15:32:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-05T08:41:32.549Z","description":"The ads are set to air in early-primary states","url":"https://time.com/4184947/marco-rubio-ted-cruz-campaign-ad-vat-canada/","keywords":["2016 Election","Sen. 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