Rubio: ‘People Got What They Voted For’ When It Comes To Trump Admin Drama

Republican presidential candidate. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. pauses while speaking during a town hall meeting with employees of BAE Systems in Nashua, N.H., Monday Feb. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Sunday responded to other Republican lawmakers’ pleas for less drama from President Donald Trump’s administration by saying that “people got what they voted for.”

Responding on CBS’ “Face The Nation” to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) request for “a little less drama from the White House,” Rubio compared Trump’s presidency to his campaign.

“People got what they voted for. They elected him,” Rubio said. “I don’t understand why people are that shocked.”

He said the drama surrounding Trump’s presidency is “unique,” but said it is “not much different” from Trump’s “very unconventional campaign.”

“And that’s what the American people voted for,” Rubio said.

“I do think the White House would benefit from some systems in place that perhaps avoids some of the unnecessary friction points that come up on a daily basis,” he added.

In November 2016, Rubio — who endorsed Trump in July last year — implied that he cast his vote for the Republican candidate, though he declined to use Trump’s name.

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  1. Gotta hand it to Little Marco. When he’s right, he’s right.

  2. Avatar for pine pine says:

    Drama ? That’s the word for today ? You sure sounded different the other day,it was "SCANDALS "then wasn’t it Marco ?

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  3. So, who did you vote for, Marco? Yeah, I thought so.

  4. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Rubio is most certainly correct, he knew …which only indicts him as being a moral coward.

    All you had to do was open your eyes to know Trump was intellectually, morally, and emotionally unfit to be President. Unfit on all three counts! Really amazing!

    It was obviously going to be a chaotic, corrupt kleptocracy of a Presidency but thanks to a minority of dead-enders, we’re all stuck with this shitshow.

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