Rubio says yes to another Senate run after all
Ending weeks of political speculation, Marco Rubio announced Wednesday he has changed his mind and will run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, reversing his pledge to return to private life after his presidential campaign collapsed three months ago.
Rubio cited a sense of duty to try to remain in office under either President Donald Trump or President Hillary Clinton — two candidates he considers mediocre.
“No matter who’s elected president, there’s reason to worry. If it’s Hillary Clinton, you know we’re going to have four more years of the same failed economic policies, four more years of the same failed foreign policy,” he told the Miami Herald. “The prospect of a Trump presidency is also worrisome to me in many ways. It’s no secret that I have significant disagreements with Donald.”
National Republicans fearful of losing Senate control to Democrats mounted a campaign to keep Rubio on the ballot for Florida’s swing seat. He consented just two days before Friday’s state candidate-qualifying deadline.
“I think that the point that really drove me to change my mind is that as we enter this kind of new chapter in our history here is, there’s another role the Senate plays that I think can be really important in the years to come,” Rubio said. “And that’s the power given to it in the Constitution to act as a check and balance on the excess of the president. It’s even more important given the fact that control of the Senate could very well come down to what happens in the Florida race.”
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I just saw Rubio getting off Obammy’s Plane with Obammy what was that about. He won’t win, We need a Trump person to primary him
Not a surprise. He stated when he ran the first time he was NOT for amnesty. Then he changed his mind. Just like Trump, he says what he thinks people want to hear.
With Marco’s remarks about Donald Trump I think it’s safe to say he isn’t on Trump’s short list for VP.
I refuse to vote for Li’l Marco. He lied to us in FL, repeatedly; he has come out against Mr. Trump by saying Mr. Trump’s presidency is “worrisome”. Well, Marco, you’re actions have been worrisome to the voters of FL for the past six years!
NO MARCO!
Rubio is an obama terrorist and running mate of Ryans. Rubio is in this for one thing to keep cuba open for the transfer of ISIS to the united States and to build cuba to a fighting force on the edge of the United States
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Good move. Too bad he didn’t make it before the Florida primary. If he hadn’t needlessly split the conservative vote, depriving Cruz of the nomination, we wouldn’t be facing the prospect of voting for the lesser of two evils in the general election, and the loss of the Senate as well. We do need Rubio in the Senate. As much as I blame him for Trump’s nomination, I hope he wins reelection.