Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Tuesday morning said that voters who pushed him to a third place finish in the Republican Iowa caucus decided that he would be able to unify and grow the Republican party.
According to a NBC News entrance poll, Rubio earned votes from 29 percent of Iowa voters who made up their mind in the last few days, while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) received support from 24 percent of those who recently decided and Donald Trump received 14 percent.
On ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Rubio was asked what message from his campaign encouraged voters to choose him in the last few days.
“I think people realize on the Republican side that we cannot afford — this country cannot afford — to lose this election, and that I give the party the best chance, not just to unify the conservative movement, but to grow it,” Rubio replied. “To take our message to people that don’t vote Republican now, grow our party, grow our movement, and to beat Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.”
Rubio also criticized Cruz, the winner of the Iowa caucus, arguing that the Texas senator is not the only conservative in the race.
“Ted’s whole campaign is built on this notion that he’s the only one that’s a pure conservative, that everyone else is a RINO or a sellout. It’s just not accurate. His record is one of calculation,” Rubio said.
The Florida senator also worked in a “New York values” diss.
“He criticizes New York values, but he’s raised millions of dollars from New York City,” Rubio said of Cruz.
Rubio finished third in the Iowa Republican caucus with approximately 23 percent of the vote.
At least that part is on the right track…Conservatives are always responsible for GROWING the government regardless of their ‘limited government’ pandering.
Rubio: “I was second among the losers! ____ Winning! Duh!”
In all seriousness, he is now ( Jeb’s campaign is in a coma and its blood pressure falling quickly.) the GOPig “establishment” candidate with the best shot at the nomination and they will rally behind him big time with cash aplenty rolling in.
I think voters are hoping that Rubio has had time to learn to drink water on national TV. Hillary is going to make him do it if he makes it that far.
If Rubio wins the election in 2016…becomes POTUS, that will signal the end of America as we know it. He’ll place at least 2 SCOTUS Justices and have a GOP congress behind him. Given what he said above and the GOP’s first order of biz always, entrenchment of their party…you can bet it gets pretty shiity in the USA in the years to follow. In time, probably after I’m dead, America will right itself but it’ll be so deep in the shit by then it will take 50 years or more, if ever, to get it right again.
“grow the GOP”…despite the poor English he makes his point. That’s what he’s about.
Whether it’s the Democrats or the Republicans, who really cares what some caucus goers in Iowa think about anything? They are representative of almost nothing.
As for Rubio, he’ll finish behind Kasich New Hampshire, and the Republicans can then pretend that he is the anti-Trump.