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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:41 AM Aug 2016

Rubio Stands By Claim That Trump Is A 'Con Man', Still Supports Him

Source: Talking Points Memo

In the final weeks of his 2016 presidential run, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) threw every insult in the book at Donald Trump, calling him a litigious, “orange” “con man.” The Florida senator said Monday that he will not retract those comments, even though he is now supporting Trump’s campaign.

“I’ve stood by everything I ever said in my campaign,” Rubio told the Miami Herald editorial board in a meeting when asked about the "con man" remark.

Rubio, who is running for reelection after insisting that he would become a “private citizen” next year, claimed that Trump’s candidacy helped convince him he needed to remain on Capitol Hill.

“We’re in a different place now. Now we have a binary choice — not a choice between 15 people or 12 people,” he told the Herald staff. “There are two people in the world that are going to be the next president, either Donald or Hillary. In our republic, while the presidency is powerful, there is a balance of power in this country, and a significant amount of it resides in the United States Senate. It’s one of the reasons why I seek to run again.”

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rubio-trump-con-man-still-support

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Rubio Stands By Claim That Trump Is A 'Con Man', Still Supports Him (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Little Marco has... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #1
Little Marco is a con man himself nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #2
in other words, he supports the general gop position of supporting a con man, how is this different Javaman Aug 2016 #3
Agree ... Kathy M Aug 2016 #8
Republicans are choosing bucolic_frolic Aug 2016 #4
Being a con man doesn't disqualify a Republican from high office. Gary 50 Aug 2016 #5
Well... Dopers_Greed Aug 2016 #6
Rubio 'supports' deporting 12 million people. Loser-flip/flop doesn't deserve to stay a Senator. Sunlei Aug 2016 #7
O yippie-------------------- turbinetree Aug 2016 #9
I still think no one knows who Murphy is, so his numbers could definitely go up. RAFisher Aug 2016 #10
Rubio.... dawnie51 Aug 2016 #11

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
3. in other words, he supports the general gop position of supporting a con man, how is this different
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:16 AM
Aug 2016

from any other gop candidate? LOL

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
8. Agree ...
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:02 PM
Aug 2016

I think Rubio is supporting gop positions and whoever Don is being puppet for . Ran across these two articles which makes me wonder if the Koch brothers are the puppet master , plus Pence has bee a Koch guy for long time .

" Don announced his new agricultural advisory committee on Tuesday as he looks to improve his standing with voters, especially in rural swing states.

The roster includes six conservative governors — Terry Branstad (Iowa), Sam Brownback (Kan.), Pete Ricketts (Neb.), Mary Fallin (Okla.), Dennis Daugaard (S.D.), and Jack Dalrymple (N.D.) — as well as 2016 GOP primary rivals Rick Perry and Jim Gilmore. "

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/291574-trump-announces-agricultural-advisory-committee

"As the 2016 election approached, the Koch brothers were widely reported to be urging Pence to run, which he ultimately declined to do. His name on the Trump ticket—-if that happens—-still doesn’t guarantee the Koch network will lend financial support to the presidential campaign. Politico and the Washington Post already both reported Thursday that the Koch network’s dislike of Trump will keep them from spending money on the presidential race even with Pence on the ticket.

That might change, or it might not—but either way the Koch brothers will have a powerful advocate for their ideas in the room. And Trump will have his very own “puppet” of the GOP’s “highly sophisticated killers.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/vice-president-mike-pence-would-be-a-dream-for-the-koch-brothers/

bucolic_frolic

(43,190 posts)
4. Republicans are choosing
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:20 AM
Aug 2016

to see Trump as a temporary Phenomena, a lesion to be excised
after the election

They won't acknowledge that the Tea Party is them, they are the
Tea Party at this point

The radical ideology grew and grew until they came to believe it,
live it, speak it

Good luck in the OR, guys

Gary 50

(381 posts)
5. Being a con man doesn't disqualify a Republican from high office.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:24 AM
Aug 2016

Being a con man is in reality a requirement for Republicans politicians. If you can't con the rubes you have no chance of being elected.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
7. Rubio 'supports' deporting 12 million people. Loser-flip/flop doesn't deserve to stay a Senator.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:51 AM
Aug 2016
"I have only said like 10000 times I will be a private citizen in January."

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
9. O yippie--------------------
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:15 PM
Aug 2016

a "guy" that flip flops on about every issue, showed up to vote how many times while in the senate, and on the tax payers dime, lets look:

Senator Votes missed (career) Absentee rate

Cruz 152 out of 1,026 14.8 percent

Rubio 224 out of 1,512 14.8 percent

Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y., 2001-2009) 249 out of 2,616 9.5 percent

Sanders 131 out of 2,865 4.6 percent


Looks like the Democrats show up to do there job----------------


And now that he has a albatross hanging around his neck, and that herr drumpf is a "con" man that he will still support him--------------------boy, that shows someones character, he conned the citizens of Florida, and the only and I mean the only two reasons that he wants that job back, so that he can block the new Democratic president if they(republican ) have a majority in the senate ( doubt that going to happen) for the Supreme Court, and pick up a pay check of $174,000 a year and do absolutely nothing

RAFisher

(466 posts)
10. I still think no one knows who Murphy is, so his numbers could definitely go up.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:30 PM
Aug 2016

The only problem i see is how high Rubio is polling, in the mid-high 40s. But there doesn't seem to be any consistency in presidential polls verse the senate polls. An NBC poll had Clinton up 5% and Rubio up 6%. While an OpinonSavvy poll had Clinton up 0.9% and Rubio up only 1.3%.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/senate/fl/florida_senate_rubio_vs_murphy-5222.html

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