Harry Reid Calls On Marco Rubio To Resign From The Senate

UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 28: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hold a news conference in the Will Rogers Corridor of the Capitol after the House passed a budg... UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 28: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hold a news conference in the Will Rogers Corridor of the Capitol after the House passed a budget deal on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday called on presidential candidate Marco Rubio to resign from the Senate, Politico reported.

Rubio’s (R-FL) effectiveness in the Senate was questioned in an editorial published by a major newspaper in Florida. The editorial called for his resignation if he refused to show up and vote. The newspaper reported that Rubio had missed almost 60 votes during the course of his presidential campaign.

Rubio recently said he’d missed the votes because he didn’t like the pace of Senate.

Reid echoed the newspaper’s criticism in an interview with Politico.

“Why shouldn’t he (resign)? He hates the Senate,” Reid reportedly said. “Why should the taxpayers of this country and people of Florida put up with having only one senator? Doesn’t seem fair to me.”

GOP rival and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush also called for Rubio’s resignation during the third GOP debate, hosted by CNBC, on Wednesday night.

“For Marco Rubio here to dump on the Senate, this institution established by our founding fathers, he should be ashamed of himself,” Reid said, according to Politico. “And the people of Florida, why they put up with it, I don’t know. They damn sure aren’t getting their money’s worth.”

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  1. "They damn sure aren’t getting their money’s worth.”
    

    Then again, neither is anyone who is represented by a Republican. Unless they’re an anti-regulation, anti-tax tycoon of course.

  2. “Bipartisan Chorus Demands Rubio’s Resignation!” reads the new headline!

    That’s some professional trolling by Sen. Reid!

  3. Harry, King of Trolls, demands your obedience Marco Rubio!!! LOL!

    I’m beginning to think Obama and Reid are engaged in a “fuck off” to see who can drive the Give-A-Fuck-O-Meter’s needle furthest to the left of zero.

  4. Sheeeit.

    I majority of Floridians are getting EXACTLY what they deserve.

    It’s the rest of us who aren’t getting any performance. The federal government (AKA, us) pays his salary, not the morans in FL who voted for that stupid criminal.

  5. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Rubio may have gotten the best of Jeb, but no way he gets the measure of Harry Reid. I have a feeling Harry’s not going to have any regrets either as he exits stage left.

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