Marco Rubio Sort Of Endorses Former Rival Ted Cruz For President

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, accompanied by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican presidential rivals Rubio and Cruz are backpedaling f... FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2013 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, right, accompanied by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican presidential rivals Rubio and Cruz are backpedaling furiously as they try to outmaneuver each other on immigration. Rubio co-wrote a massive 2013 immigration bill that passed the Senate. He disavows it now, but Cruz won’t stop talking about it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) MORE LESS
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) just wants a conservative in the White House, and he said Tuesday his former GOP presidential rival Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is the only candidate left standing that fits the bill.

“I hope that they’ll nominate a conservative,” Rubio said on conservative radio, according to ABC News. “The only one [presidential candidate] that fits that criteria is Ted Cruz.”

Rubio also dismissed Trump’s naming him as a potential pick for a general election ticket, saying, “I’m not going to be the vice president.”

The interview on Mark Levin’s radio show was one of Rubio’s first since leaving the 2016 race. Levin is a staunch supporter of Cruz and an avowed member of the #NeverTrump movement.

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  1. Spineless little establishment quisling.

  2. I thought this failed little robot went home to spend more time with his family. Apparently they can’t stand him either. Who cares who Marco wants for President?

  3. Rubio: Cruz can speak some spanish. That and the fact he was not born in US makes it a perfect choice. I hope he is as successful as our previous great conservative president, George Bush.

  4. I’m gonna go all wonky and supply a brief explanation of what’s a quisling.

    World War II: from the name of Major Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), the Norwegian army officer and diplomat who ruled Norway on behalf of the German occupying forces 1940–45.

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