A.G. Gancarski
For Marco Rubio right now, it’s too soon to pick when it comes to the 2024 presidential race.
The Florida Senator said on Thursday’s Clay and Buck show that he was waiting a while before backing someone, offering no timetable for when he may be ready to make an endorsement.
“I’m not ready to do that now. DeSantis has done a really good job as Governor at a time when the country went crazy,” he explained.
Rubio said “Florida was a beacon of common sense and he was heavily criticized for it and had the courage to stick to common sense and it’s borne fruit. I think that’s what makes him, that’s what puts him in the race right at those achievements.”
From there, Rubio turned to the former President, saying, “when you compare (him) to what we’ve had over the last four, you can say whatever you want.”
“When Trump was President, North Korea stopped firing missiles. Iran was afraid to do anything. Russia didn’t invade anybody. The China issue was being confronted for the first time in our history. The entire Western Hemisphere, except for Cuba and Venezuela and Nicaragua, were aligned with the U.S. and our foreign policy, truly historically aligned, the economy was doing well,” Rubio said.
“And we had this global pandemic. I thought the pandemic response by the administration in terms of the economy kept it from cratering and going into a Great Depression. I think Trump has a lot to be proud of and frankly, it was great for Florida and we got a lot of good things done for the country while he was there for my Senate office.”
Rubio also noted that others, including U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, may be running, further hedging his bets.
“We’ve got, you know, a successful President, a successful Governor, a bunch of people that I think are very appealing candidates.”
5 comments
Billy the Bamboozler
April 27, 2023 at 5:25 pm
Called Trump a confidence man around 2015-2016 time period… now the man has insulted him numerous times and has been indicted.. and you’re still flip flopping on the guy? The guy lost in 2020. Endorse away and help your party lose in 2024. Great strategy!
Ron DeSantis wears High Heels
April 28, 2023 at 10:54 am
Republicans are Simps.
That’s why.
tom palmer
April 27, 2023 at 5:44 pm
he does have a brain, after all
Lex
April 28, 2023 at 9:44 am
Marco, good choice. We don’t know everyone that will be in the race at this point. While I don’t think that any of the potential Trump lawsuits have any merit, until we see if there is any evidence we don’t know, we would want to keep an open mind. I would like to see platforms, occasionally a platform idea does persuade me. I especially want to see candidate positions on financial stability. But I also think the field already has several legitimate candidates. Both Trump and Nikki Haley are experienced enough to run the country well. Desantis would also be included in that list if he enters the race. But I think everyone with any clout needs to urge all the sides to stay clear of a “scorched earth” primary because we are going to need a vice presidential candidate at some point. We also will need to have a candidate in 4 or 8 more years and who ever does not win this time is highly likely to be the next candidate.
John Barron
April 28, 2023 at 9:20 pm
He’s clearly not going to support Meatball Ron. My guess is he aligns with Trump!!
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