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.
The ankle bone just went past the rear molar.
Rubio's whole life has been about being a politician. He converted to Mormanism while in Nevada because he thought that was necessary to being elected there. Then he move to Miami and converted to Christianity. He should stay a Senator.
I saw the interview....he didnt fall apart and had the reporter back tracking...folks need to check the facts.
Hopefully FL will get a real Conservative Senator after Roofio leaves in Jan 2017.
Then replace him with someone who actually thinks it is.
I think his statement that voting was not important was ridiculous.
Trumps gonna have a field day with this.
Looks like the Florida boys have had a collective meltdown.
Must be the water.
Damned politicians.
Marco had his problems in the Florida state senate too. He’s not ready for primetime. He has more ambition than good sense. Not Presidential material. Trump will finsh Rubio off if he doesn’t do himself in.
Fecal matter, no doubt.
It seems a lot of people in Florida who voted for Rubio feel betrayed by him. Guess that’s why Trump’s Florida poll numbers are higher then Bush and Rubio combined.
Trump needs to capture that sound bite and play it over and over...
The candidate running for Rubio’s Senate seat should also run it!
"Opposition to the president is meaningless. It's not like we want to stop anything he does anyway, let alone even put forth opportunities for him to do the right thing. Anyway, have you seen who's on 'Dancing With The Stars' tonight?"
and sand.
Seriously, you have to filter the water. I had Pur or Brita on the faucet and finally installed an under-the-sink Filtrete. Doesn’t keep crap like Bush and Rubio out yet though.
We have a presentdent and a former Sec state who were “not on the job” during Benghazi.
Frequently not at work is our Present-dent. Rubio was not thinking, and only reacting to criticism. Modern communication is the answer. He has never missed a critical vote, and that is what he should have said, along with pointing out the absentee obamaumao and her hitlery’s nonchalant approach to natsec.
RUBIO DROP OUT!
I saw the interview....he didnt fall apart and had the reporter back tracking...folks need to check the facts.
Hey...you’re breaking up the groupthink session...
The only benefit I can glean so far from Marco’s career is that he rid us of Charlie Crist. How Marco could be seduced by the idiots who wanted us to nominate Crist is beyond me. Shows he is not very smart.
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