Posted on 10/25/2015 2:08:07 PM PDT by conservativejoy
When pressed during a CNN interview about why he thinks federal workers should be fired for not doing their jobs while he has missed the most votes in the Senate, Sen. Marco Rubio put his foot in his mouth and said that voting in the Senate is not important for a Senator.
In an interview that aired on CNN’s State of the Union, Jamie Gangel pointed out to Rubio that other Senators running for president (Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders) have only missed ten votes while the Senator from Florida has missed 59.
Rubio answered, “Well, I can tell you that in the history of presidential politics when they’ve been running for politics in the Senate, they’ve missed votes.”
Sen. Rubio tried to explain away his absences by arguing that the Senate votes don’t mean anything, “A lot of these votes don’t mean anything. They’re not going to pass, and even if they did, the President would veto them.”
Gangel reminded Rubio of his comments on the Senate floor that federal workers who aren’t performing should be fired, “Someone might say you’re not showing up. You’re not doing your job by voting.”
Caught in his hypocrisy, Rubio tried to dig his way out, “Not true. Because voting is not the most important part of the job. The most important thing that a Senator does is constituent services. ”
Gangel stopped him, “Wait a minute. Votes aren’t important. Intelligence Committee hearing aren’t important.”
Rubio was doomed by this point, “We do all the intelligence briefings. I was just there this Tuesday. I got fully briefed and caught up on everything that’s happening in the world. I’m fully aware. We have a staffer that’s assigned to intelligence who gets constant briefings. I think votes,of course, are important, but unfortunately, too many of them today are not meaningful.”
The main purpose of a Senator is to represent the people of his/her state in the Senate. The people aren’t represented if their Senator doesn’t show up. Taxpayers are not paying Rubio a six figure salary to have a staffer handle intelligence briefings.
Once Rubio realized what he had said, he tried to backtrack, but it was too late. Marco Rubio seems to be believe that he doesn’t have to show up and do his job as a Senator because Republicans don’t have a 60 vote majority in the Senate.
Rubio avoided the pointed about his not attending committee hearings by claiming that he gets briefings. Briefings are like skipping class and borrowing a friend’s notes to get caught up on what you missed.
The Republican establishment loves Rubio’s look and bio. No one in establishment politics can figure out why he is failing. Sen. Rubio’s constant habit of self-destructing every time he opens his mouth is why his presidential campaign is going nowhere fast.
Rubio wants to be in the Senate so that he can run for president, but he appears to have no interest in doing his job as a Senator. Marco Rubio’s lack of commitment to the people who elected to serve him is the reason he doesn’t deserve to be in the Senate, much less be considered a serious contender for the White House.
Obama part II
Waterloo??
Rubio is not running for his Senate seat in 2016. He no longer has a care for the Senate.
Lol. I keep telling you that Little Ricky is just a third-rate Miami ambulance chaser.
Rubio should ride Jeb’s Coattails right out of the Race.
Hardly. No matter what this America hating liberal does or says, there will invariably be people across the spectrum that come out a week later and pretend he never said or did whatever while pushing him for office and browbeat opposition.
We see it here on FR like clockwork so you can imagine what it’s like elsewhere with less conservative concentrations of people.
“...Caught in his hypocrisy, Rubio tried to dig his way out, “Not true. Because voting is not the most important part of the job. The most important thing that a Senator does is constituent services.” ...”
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What a little putz this duplicitous Amnesty-advocate is. He’s going nowhere, but I hope both he and Señor Yeb stay in to help split the GOPe vote.
I went to that website.
I gotta go take a shower.
‘Rubio wants to be in the Senate so that he can run for president, but he appears to have no interest in doing his job as a Senator.’
Worked like a charm for Obama. [I’m not for Rubio, or excusing him. Just pointing out the double standard.]
Trump crushed Rubio in his Florida speeches.
C'mon, FReepers ... we don't have to invent sensationalistic reviews
The next Senate Majority leader must do what that lying old scumbag Mitch McConnell SAID he would do when Reid went Nuclear on judicial appointments(as a result the Federal Judiciary now resembles the Mos Eisley Cantina) and then of course, HE DIDN’T.
Go nuclear on legislation.
Make these sons of bitches pass bills and send them to the foreigner in the WH for signature or veto.
This degenerate twerp Rubio thinks he should get paid for campaigning for President!
Marco is for Marco, and maybe his family and buddies. But nobody else. The man is extremely selfish. That’s why he shrugs his job duties.
The interview was with CNN. Wash off those Rubio cooties while you’re in the shower.
“Marco is for Marco, and maybe his family and buddies. But nobody else. ...”
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HEY...Rubio is not THAT limited! He’s also for the illegal aliens!
Trump is going to have fun with this.
Reminds me of the student-government types from school days, all of them silly helpless chattering pansies just like Boobio.
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