Tag Archives: Marco Rubio

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rick Scott sent a joint letter on Friday to the Senate Appropriations Committee chairs to secure funding “provide much needed assistance to Florida.” The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that includes an additional $18.8 billion for FEMA to respond to Hurricane Ian and future disasters. The vote was …

Civiqs Polling reports: Republican Marco Rubio leads Democrat Val Demings 49% to 47% in the race for U.S. Senate in Florida. Rubio is viewed favorably by 41% of Florida likely voters, and unfavorably by 51%. Demings has a similar 40% favorable rating, with 47% unfavorable and 13% who are still unsure about her. In the race for Governor of Florida, …

Florida Politics reports: Marco Rubio, Florida’s senior U.S. Senator, is facing his stiffest test in years in Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings. Polling shows the two candidates are in a statistical tie. When asked if he’d accept the outcome of the Nov. 8 election, Rubio joined 11 other GOP candidates — including Gov. Ron DeSantis — declining to answer the …

Florida Politics reports: Marco Rubio released a new ad Thursday that attacks the Orlando Democrat for her voting record in the House. It calls out Demings for voting “100%” with the controversial Speaker. “Demings joined Pelosi to give a billion in stimulus checks to convicted criminals and illegal immigrants,” the ad states. But that calls out provisions included in the …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would ban abortions at 15 weeks in any state that doesn’t have tighter restrictions. The bill, introduced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has been criticized by some Republican senators and candidates as politically damaging. Democrats, including Rubio’s opponent in …

“Let’s go back and understand that all of this information is coming from one side and one place, and that is sources with knowledge of the investigation. “Well, who are the sources with knowledge of the investigation? The FBI and the Justice Department, and they are leaking to the media. “So generally, when there is an investigation by FBI or …

Florida Politics reports: A new poll shows Sen. Marco Rubio is under the critical 50% mark with Florida voters. The survey results, conducted for AARP Florida by two top pollsters, reveal the Republican Senator with a slim lead, winning 49% support among likely voters to Democrat Val Demings’ 47%. That puts the race well within the poll’s 4.4% margin of …

Florida Politics reports: Labor Day brings a fresh email from the Marco Rubio campaign. identifying two so-called “peas in a radical pod” that suggests a re-election fight resembling a tag team wrestling match. Rubio’s campaign spotlighted a joint campaign appearance between his General Election opponent, U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando, and the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor, Karla Hernández. …

Florida Politics reports: Sen. Marco Rubio said it’s his Democratic opponent, Val Demings, who holds an extreme view on abortion. “People like Val Demings believe abortion should be paid by taxpayers, at any time, including potentially the day the child is due for delivery. That’s an outrageous position because, and you have to have that position if you’re endorsed by …

Florida Politics reports: Fresh polling shows Gov. Ron DeSantis with only a 3-percentage-point lead over Democratic challenger Charlie Crist. Progress Florida and Florida Watch published polling modeled on a Republican-leaning Midterm electorate and found DeSantis leading with 48% to Crist’s 45%. That closely matches findings for a generic ballot test showing 48% of voters feel inclined to vote Republican in …

“There are two things happening here. The first is they are criminalizing and dehumanizing their opposition. So this is what they have been doing for a while. If you criticize them, they will claim that you are putting them in danger. “They, on the other hand, do not criticize Republicans, they try to dehumanize, defame and smear Republicans by calling …

Florida Politics reports: A new poll shows Florida’s U.S. Senate contest tied within the margin of error and Democrat Val Demings winning independents. Impact Research released polling that showed Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio winning 49% of the vote, while Demings, an Orlando Congresswoman, takes 46% of the vote. That puts the candidates within the poll’s 3.5 percentage point …

Florida Politics reports: The second-term Florida Republican believes fringe members of the GOP pose less of a threat to America than staffers for the Democratic Party, who he says “come from a different world.” “There are people throughout the American political spectrum that have all kinds of ideas, including people who claim to be Republicans, but I don’t agree with …

The Hill reports: Rep. Val Demings (D) leads Sen. Marco Rubio (R) by 4 percentage points in Florida’s Senate race, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll, released by the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab, shows Demings with the support of 48 percent of surveyed registered voters who said they would vote in the midterms. Rubio, …

Newsweek reports: Florida Senator Marco Rubio has warned the Joe Biden administration is “playing with fire” after Donald Trump said the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago resort. In a series of tweets and video statements, Rubio also suggested the FBI raid during Biden’s presidency against a potential political opponent in 2024 is akin to what the world has seen “many …

Florida Politics reports: Numbers from Progress Florida and Florida Watch show Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic challenger Val Demings tied, each with 45% support from those polled. Demings holds even with Rubio in the polling despite remaining an unknown quantity to more than a third of Florida voters. Gauging the favorability of both candidates, pollsters from The Hub found 36% …

CNN reports: As he was walking on an elevator on Wednesday, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told CNN that a vote on a bill to codify same-sex marriage was a “stupid waste of time.” But when he said that, there was another senator on the elevator who heard him: Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the Wisconsin Democrat who is also the …

Florida Politics reports: Sen. Marco Rubio teamed up with Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy and Mississippi’s Cindy Hyde-Smith to introduce the “Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act.” The bill was a reaction to the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion in the case, which Rubio says was intended to intimidate conservative Justices. This bill mandates a $10,000 fine and up to 10 years …

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports: A former Republican lawmaker is calling for a former Republican senator and Miami-Dade Commissioner to take action to remove members of the far-right group Proud Boys from the Miami-Dade GOP Executive Committee. Seven current or former Proud Boys are members of the Miami-Dade GOP Executive Committee. Republican Senator Marco Rubio was at a joint appearance …

“If this was a real Congressional hearing, and not a kangaroo court, not a circus, not a made for TV production, and an infomercial for their political purposes, those are the questions would be asking – it would be a review of why didn’t Capitol Police or the Sergeant at Arms take advantage of these resources that were available? “That’s …