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Sen. Tim Scott Backs Rubio, Says 'One Shot' to Beat Hillary is Marco
PJ Media ^ | 02/02/2016 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 02/02/2016 8:19:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind

With the South Carolina primary just 18 days away, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has thrown his support behind colleague Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for the GOP presidential nomination.

The buzz that Scott would endorse Rubio began before the last ballots were counted in Monday's Iowa caucuses.

Scott announced his support in a campaign video filmed in front of his childhood home.

"It's a long way from where I grew up to the U.S. Senate. I believe the best days of our country are ahead of her -- that 2016 may be the most important election," Scott said. "I am putting my confidence and my trust in Marco Rubio, because I believe that he takes us to that better future. Marco Rubio understands that here in America, it's not about where you start, it's about where you are going."

"We have one shot in 2016 to beat Hillary Clinton and that shot is Marco Rubio, and with him as our candidate: we win. Join me. Vote for Marco Rubio. Let's see the next American century unfold before our eyes. Because with Marco Rubio, America's future is very bright."

That brings Rubio's upper chamber endorsements up to five: Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Scott.

Rubio's campaign learned that he was pushed into third in a close Iowa race -- 27.7 percent for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), 24.3 percent for Donald Trump, and 23.1 percent, effectively splitting their share of delegates -- by drawing the late undecided voters.

"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, to take our message to people that don't vote Republican now, grow our party, grow our movement and defeat Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders," Rubio told Good Morning America.

"And so I feel -- we felt that that momentum in the last few days as our campaign continued to grow," he said. "We got more votes than Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum did when they won the caucuses just four years ago. So we feel great about what Iowa did and we thank them. We're ready to go in New Hampshire and we're excited about the momentum we're carrying into this great state."

South Carolina's other senator, former presidential candidate Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), is still convinced that "the story after New Hampshire will be the Bush ground game and the Bush political organization."

But Graham acknowledged that his fellow home-state senator "will help Marco."

"You know, on foreign policy Marco has been very good for the most part. You know, he has the world view I share. But let me just say this. Immigration haunts this party. He tried to fix a broken immigration system in a rational way, now he has backed off. To think that's not going to matter in the general election, you're kidding yourself," Graham told MSNBC this morning. "And again, I hope I'm wrong about the abortion issue. It's going to be hard to sell to young women Marco's position on abortion. I don't know how this movie ends, but I know with women and Hispanics that we are going in the wrong direction in my view and Jeb Bush will beat Hillary Clinton and I think he's becoming the only person, quite frankly, that can beat Hillary Clinton."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: endorsement; rubio; rubioendorsement; southcarolina; timscott
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To: SeekAndFind

Rubio needs to get beat in SC. Palin needs to go campaign as well as others.


21 posted on 02/02/2016 8:36:38 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: RIghtwardHo

Wait for Lindsey Graham to endorse Cruz to seal the Rubio South Carolina swing...


22 posted on 02/02/2016 8:37:06 AM PST by lancium
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To: SeekAndFind

Graham is basically endorsing Rubio also. LOL.


23 posted on 02/02/2016 8:37:54 AM PST by lodi90 (TRUMP Force 1 lifting off)
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To: Menthops

Don’t worry, the race will come down to Cruz v. Rubio and the Trumpsters will easily vote for Cruz over Rubio. Don’t care what the Trumpsters say, they will evntually relize that Cruz has fought for what Trump only says he would do.


24 posted on 02/02/2016 8:38:21 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Menthops

I’ll write in Cruz, since he’s the only one among the candidates who seems to understand that Washington DC’s role in our lives is limited by the Constitution to safeguarding our God given rights.


25 posted on 02/02/2016 8:38:49 AM PST by skeeter
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To: lodi90

Talk about a kiss of death.


26 posted on 02/02/2016 8:40:16 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: lancium

Tim Scott’s endsorsement:
https://youtu.be/4PjtQxSFI9w

This reminds me of Nikki Haley (R Gov SC) endorsing Romney early in the last election even though she ran on a tea party platform and he was an establishment candidate. Hope I’m wrong, but it seems like the elite may have started the whispers for Rubio and people are backing him knowing he’ll get the nod.


27 posted on 02/02/2016 8:40:27 AM PST by lancium
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To: skeeter
Cruz and Trump need to cease fire and squash this phony pipsqueak.

+1

28 posted on 02/02/2016 8:40:47 AM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Breto
Exactly. I listened a few minutes to FOX yesterday, and they left the impression Rubio won. How many of Rubio's votes were from cross-over Democrats or those who would vote Democrat? I have yet to meet anybody who supports Rubio.

Rubio is the establishment's guy because they and special interests know they can control him.

29 posted on 02/02/2016 8:42:14 AM PST by Jane Austen (Marco Rubio is the White Obama and beholden to special interests.)
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To: SeaHawkFan

I prefer Cruz to Rubio, but Cruz is for 5x H1b visas and said he would not deport illegals, and would not allow a deportation force like IKE had.

Trump is the only one who wants to kick illegals and Muzzies out.


30 posted on 02/02/2016 8:43:42 AM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: lodi90

RE: Graham is basically endorsing Rubio also. LOL.

I thought he endorsed Jeb ...


31 posted on 02/02/2016 8:44:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Kenny

And establishment type who ran as an anti establishment now supports an establishment type who ran as an anti establishment.

None can be trusted.


32 posted on 02/02/2016 8:45:24 AM PST by VerySadAmerican
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To: SeekAndFind

This diminishes Scott greatly. He is now exposed as an establishment guy. I personally will never vote for Rubio. He is well qualified for Vice President ;however, because the vice president only goes to the senate ( his only job) 3 or 4 times a year. Marco has practiced that habit for years.


33 posted on 02/02/2016 8:45:45 AM PST by WENDLE (Trump is not bought . He is no puppet.)
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To: VanDeKoik

I’ll say it until I die. Voting for a republican only keeps the republican party in business. It’s third party or stay home and let the democrats kill the gop for us. Then vote out the democrats will real conservatives.


34 posted on 02/02/2016 8:47:03 AM PST by VerySadAmerican (I doubt seriously that any vote is really counted.)
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To: WENDLE

Rubio wins I stay home Cruz or Trump win I vote for either.


35 posted on 02/02/2016 8:47:23 AM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: VerySadAmerican
Only Trump can break the cycle.

Post Iowa Caucus Results Winners and Losers

Remember, remove Donald Trump and Ben Carson becomes Herman Cain, Ted Cruz becomes Newt Gingrich, and Jeb/Rubio take the role of Mitt Romney in 2012C

and then everyone in DC is happy, happy again.

36 posted on 02/02/2016 8:49:33 AM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: skeeter

Scott is obviously pimpimg for the pimp..


37 posted on 02/02/2016 8:50:50 AM PST by AFret.
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To: SeekAndFind
Hey Senator Scott, Hillary belongs in federal prison. You're picking carpet and drapes for the Titanic my friend.

Stop doing it and refer to her status in the proper context.

38 posted on 02/02/2016 8:51:52 AM PST by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear Senator,

How about “one shot to beat Hlllary” by upholding the law of the United States and holding her accountable for her egregious compromise of US classified information and malfeasance, incompetencee or treasonous behavior regarding Benghazi?

How about that? Instead of running Senator lightweight Ricky Ricardo and hoping the voters fall for him


39 posted on 02/02/2016 8:52:49 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: taterjay
Why do any of these people even acknowledge Hillary as a possible nominee?

because everyone acknowledges now that once someone gets power in the Establishment, it's theirs for life.

40 posted on 02/02/2016 8:53:47 AM PST by uncitizen (TRUMP THE SYSTEM)
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