Rubio Blasts GOP Rivals, ‘Liar’ Clinton in Speech
For 36 minutes, Rubio railed on President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but he never mentioned the Republican front-runners he’ll have to defeat first in the primary.
Once the madness simmered down on Wednesday, Barbaro commented on what the viral reaction to his mindless tweet says about social media in an Insider piece for the Times. “I’m really excited he’s here, he’s a great candidate – like whenever you meet him, you feel like he’s a real genuine person, not just a stage-managed phony, like most politicians that you see”.
But on Wednesday, Rubio said he has abandoned that and now travels in private jets.
After the super PAC supporting Rubio’s presidential bid this week released two attack ads questioning the New Jersey governor’s conservative credentials, Christie on tweeted a response video set to the tune of Adele’s song “Hello”. He said the country had come unmoored from its constitutional roots and traditional values. Every time a new factor emerges, we need to improve our programs.
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“I won the governor’s race in 2010 and many outsiders – some businesspeople – continue to shock the political establishment by coming into elected office from careers outside of politics”, Scott writes while also pointing out other outsiders who have recently been elected, including Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Cruz lashed out at Rubio in a statement. Rubio helped draft a reform bill in 2013 that would have created a pathway to citizenship for people in the country illegally. “This issue is fundamentally changed because we now have a radical, apocalyptic, jihadist group that is using our immigration system against us”. As you move to lower Thresholds, voters begin to divide their support among more candidates who they may or may not end up voting for.
He pledged to take the fight to the self-described Islamic State and decried recent cuts to military spending.
“Chris Christie is moving in New Hampshire, that’s obvious”, said Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who creditedChristie’s rise to strong showings on the debate stage.
“When I’m president of the United States and you work in any government especially the VA and you’re not doing a good job, you’re going to get fired”, he said. He framed himself as a conservative stalwart, but one able to appeal to a wide range of people.
The crowd quickly shouted him down by chanting “Marco, Marco, Marco”.
While candidates like Trump and Cruz have established themselves as “outsiders” in this race, the remaining candidates are still jockeying for support from more traditional Republican voters in Iowa, like 37-year-old Justin Chappell.
Later, when asked about some of the territorial waters of other nations that China has claimed, “I would sail right through those waters”.
While Rubio isn’t jettisoning the hopeful message of reviving the American dream that endeared him to many center-right Republicans, he’s now alternating it with a more ominous one. “He just seems very affable”. An average of all Iowa polls on Real Clear Politics puts Rubio in third place, behind Ted Cruz and Donald Trump.