Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called for GOP presidential rival Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) to resign as senator Wednesday for missing votes during the campaign for President.
The Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper said in an editorial published Tuesday night that Rubio should resign after the GOP hopeful said he was “frustrated” by Senate’s pace. The newspaper had reported that Rubio missed nearly 60 votes during his campaign for President and should resign if he refused to meet his job’s responsibilities.
Bush agreed with the editorial and called for his resignation during the CNBC debate Wednesday.
“I’m a constituent of the senator and I helped him and I expected that he would do constituent service which means he shows up to work,” Bush said. “But, Marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six-year term. And you should be showing up to work. I mean literally, the Senate, what is it like a French work week? You get like three days where you have to show up. You can campaign or just resign and let somebody else take the job.”
Rubio responded and said that other senators, such as John McCain, also missed votes while they ran for President.
Watch the exchange:
Interesting. At one point, JEB could have run for Senator himself. He probably thought that was a bullsh*t role and that running for POTUS would be a walk in the park…
It’s his birthright, after all.
And this is why, if you announce as a Presidential candidate and are currently an elected official, you should resign the elected office.
What Rubio is doing is wrong. I dont’t care if all the other kids are doing it. If he were my Senator, i would be pretty pissed off.
Both are toast.
Jeb? now, Rubio soon enough.
I’m hoping Rubio gets the nomination just to see him pureed in a real debate.
jw1
This is also a byproduct of our ever-lengthening Presidential campaigns. The Presidential campaign now begins the day after the midterm elections. Bit different from 1960. JFK didn’t announce until January of 1960. Johnson announced in May, just before the convention (and nearly pulled off an upset).