Tag Archives: Marco Rubio

But it’s hardly a ringing endorsement. From the editorial board of the Miami Herald: We disagree with the Cuban-American senator on many issues — abortion, gun control, Obamacare, climate change, diplomacy with Cuba, and have frowned upon his frequent absences in the Senate. Still, he does not occupy the same extremist terrain proudly claimed by Sen. Ted Cruz. He has …

“I’m calling for a truce! A time out. A halt to the insults, the back-stabbing, the dirty tricks, and the name-calling that has been spewing from most of the presidential candidates. ‪#‎SuperTuesday‬ is now over, but the campaign for the highest office in our land has stooped to a new low—and it’s not something to be proud of. Seriously. “I …

From the Washington Post: Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who briefly led the Republican presidential race before his campaign began an extended public implosion, will tell his supporters in a statement Wednesday afternoon that he does not see a “path forward” and will not attend Thursday’s debate in Detroit, according to two Republicans familiar with his plans. Carson, however, will …

Marco Rubio won’t be going home empty-handed tonight after all, having been projected to win the Minnesota caucus. Earlier tonight he appeared on CNN where he told a highly skeptical Jake Tapper that he intends to continue his race to the convention. Also winning Minnesota is Bernie Sanders, his third win tonight after Vermont and Oklahoma.

CNN reports: In the scenario that appears most likely to emerge from the primary contests, Clinton tops Trump 52% to 44% among registered voters. That result has tilted in Clinton’s favor since the last CNN/ORC Poll on the match-up in January. But when the former secretary of state faces off with either of the other two top Republicans, things are …

JMG reader Jude points us to an unconfirmed Twitter report that the Rubio campaign has posted the above message on Grindr Tinder, which expresses hope that everybody is enjoying their one man/one woman hook-ups and that they reject extremism and fake hair. Winky! (I totally had to look up Tinder’s rules to find out which swiping direction was negative.)

Oh brother. Via The Hill: Donald Trump on Monday blamed a poor earpiece for sparking a misunderstanding over white nationalist David Duke’s support of the GOP presidential front-runner. “I’m sitting in a house in Florida with a very bad earpiece they gave me,” he told hosts Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “Today” show “I sit down and I …

Via World Net Daily: The CEO and founder of Hobby Lobby, the company at the heart of one of the court battles for religious freedom in this country – via a case that sought exemption from a government mandate to provide abortion-inducing drugs in employee health-care plans – gave his thumbs-up to Sen. Marco Rubio for president, calling front-runner Donald …

The race to the bottom continues. Via NBC News: Marco Rubio again unleashed an array of sharp attacks on Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, jabbing at his “small hands” and “spray tan.” In response to the property mogul calling him “little Rubio,” Rubio conceded that Trump was taller than him. However, the Florida senator suggested Trump had small hands for his …

The Hill reports: Donald Trump increased his lead atop the GOP presidential field in a new national poll, attracting 49 percent support among Republican voters. Trump holds a 33-point lead over his closest competitor, Marco Rubio, in a CNN/ORC International poll released Monday morning, one day before ballots are cast on Super Tuesday. Pollsters also found that GOP voters are …

Oh brother. Via The Hill: Two Donald Trump supporters known online as “Diamond and Silk” on Friday took to cable news to accuse Marco Rubio of having lived a “gay lifestyle” in his past. Rubio told viewers during Thursday’s GOP presidential debate to Google information on Trump hiring illegal immigrants as construction workers for one of his buildings. “Marco Rubio …

Tonight’s final pre-Super Tuesday GOP debate begins in Houston at 8:30PM Eastern. The event will be broadcast by CNN and you can watch online at this link. Watch along with us and weigh in. Wolf Blitzer will moderate and asking questions will be CNN’s Dana Bash, right wing radio host Hugh Hewitt,and Telemundo’s Maria Celeste Arras.

Tony Perkins isn’t very happy with last night’s report from the National Review: A group of conservative activist leaders that voted late last year to endorse Ted Cruz over Marco Rubio held a conference call Tuesday to re-evaluate their positions based on new developments in the Republican presidential race, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. The upshot: If …

Marco Rubio has withered under attacks from Teabagistan and says he will now attend CPAC 2016. I believe some of you called this earlier this week. From the right wing Hot Air: What took so long? Team Rubio made it clear that they weren’t averse to speaking at CPAC — Rubio has spoken there for the last few years — …

Marco Rubio will be the sole GOP presidential candidate to skip this year’s wingnut fest at CPAC 2016. The news was breathlessly reported this afternoon over at Trump World Headquarters (AKA Breitbart), where they have posted a reaction from CPAC’s organizers: Although, Marco Rubio has built a conservative record and has a high ACU rating, he and his campaign have …

Marco Rubio has picked up a slew of endorsements from GOP leaders who are continuing to panic as Trump increasingly seems unstoppable. The Hill reports: Jeb Bush, Rubio’s former mentor and chief competition for establishment Republicans, left the race after a poor showing in South Carolina on Saturday. Rubio finished second in the Palmetto State, edging Cruz, who finished a …

Ted Cruz today fired his campaign’s communications director Rick Tyler – the guy in charge of social media, among other things – for claiming that Marco Rubio had renounced his Christianity by mocking the bible. The Cruz campaign has repeatedy lied about his GOP rivals and all of those lies resulted in nothing more than shrugs and more lies by …

The Hill reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham is urging leading Republican presidential candidates behind Donald Trump to unite in an effort to bring down the GOP front-runner. “I think a Kasich-Rubio ticket would be great,” Graham said late Sunday during an interview with Rita Cosby on WABC, describing Kasich as a “terrific” governor of Ohio and Rubio as a “very, very …

Oh brother. Via Mediaite: According to an article pushed by the Ted Cruz campaign Sunday, Marco Rubio casually renounced his Christianity in a roomful of people yesterday. In a video posted by the University of Pennsylvania student paper The Daily Pennsylvanian, Rubio runs into Ted’s father Rafael Cruz and a Cruz staffer while the campaigns were both staying in the …

Donald Trump appeared on ABC’s This Week today, telling host George Stephanopoulos that he’s now “not sure” if Marco Rubio is eligible to be president. Stephanopoulos pressed the issue because Trump yesterday retweeted a supporter’s claim that “BOTH Cruz AND Rubio are ineligible to be POTUS! It’s a SLAM DUNK CASE!!” As he typically does, Trump shrugged off the retweet. …