Rubio Says He’s Not Running For Office Right Now: ‘I’ll Be A Private Citizen’

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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Thursday that he’s done running—for re-election, for Florida governor or to be anybody’s vice president. When his senate term is up, he said, he’ll be a “private citizen.”

“I’m not going to be Vice President. I’m not running for Governor of Florida,” Rubio told reporters in Washington. “I’m going to finish up my term in the Senate. Over the next 10 months we’re gonna work really hard here and we have some things we want to achieve. And then I’ll be a private citizen in January.”

Rubio also said he wouldn’t run for re-election to his Senate seat. Rubio dropped his bid for the White House this week after losing his home state’s GOP primary to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

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  1. I think that Trump would refer to Sen. Rubio as simply a…loser.

  2. He’s just going to take his toys and go home. Goodbye, Marco. Hey, you forgot your bottle of water!

  3. " And then I’ll be an unemployable private citizen in January DESPERATE for a cushy sinecure. Hopefully, right wing think tanks won’t realize my sellby date"

  4. “OK, now, could someone tell me again, where is my Senate office?”

  5. Shorter Rubio: Pick me as VP or for the Cabinet. Please. Pretty please.

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