Rubio Doesn’t Take Any Questions At Events Billed As ‘Town Halls’ In SC

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, in Summerville, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) held several “town halls” on Wednesday in South Carolina—but took zero questions.

The events had been changed from town halls to “rallies,” a spokeswoman for Rubio’s campaign told Politico. Rubio stayed about 40 minutes after delivering his stump speech at each event to talk to the crowd and to take selfies, according to the report.

Rubio was criticized at a recent GOP debate by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for firing off “scripted” lines. He ended up repeating the same line about President Obama four times during that debate, almost verbatim, leading some people to jokingly surmise that he’s a “robot.”

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  1. Guy can’t think on his feet for shit, apparently. Changing the “Town Halls” to “Rallies” was a smart move. And they heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight, “All your base are belong to us.”

  2. There he goes, shooting himself in the foot again. It’s a wonder the guy can still walk.
    This is the exact opposite of what he should be doing.

  3. Rubio responded to reporters inquiries : “beep beep whirrrrr chirp chirp bzzzz bzzzz”

  4. I’m surprised they didn’t just plant people to ask the same question several times.

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