Posted on 11/17/2020 2:29:11 AM PST by USA Conservative
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday evening joined a small group of GOP senators referring to Joe Biden as president-elect after the presidential race was called for him more than a week ago.
Rubio joins a club of only four other Republican senators who have acknowledged Biden's win. They are Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, who have all also congratulated Biden for clinching the White House.
Rubio made the reference when he was asked by Capitol Hill pool reporters what he made of reports that his colleague, Independent Maine Sen. Angus King, could be considered as a candidate to be the next Director of National Intelligence under a Biden presidency.
"Well, that'll be the President-elect's decision obviously," Rubio told reporters Monday, adding that he's worked well with King in the past.
Most Republican senators have prefaced any references to Biden as the next president as pending the outcome to President Trump's legal challenges to the election. The Trump campaign filed lawsuits in several states, baselessly alleging widespread voter fraud. Most of them have failed.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn has said Biden will likely prevail in those court cases, but stopped short from calling him "president-elect."
"I have every confidence that come January the 20th, we're going to inaugurate a new president. And I think it will probably be Joe Biden," Cornyn told reporters late Monday.
Rubio, when asked about his reference to Biden as the president-elect, said it's based on the election's outcome.
"Ultimately that's what the results, the preliminary results, seem to indicate. You certainly have to anticipate if that's the highest likelihood at this point," Rubio said. "But obviously the President has legal claims in court and he'll continue to pursue those, and if that changes, obviously, it'll be something we'll have to deal with."
LOL! Works for me! ;)
Betting against Trump. These guys from Trump country. Rubio. Cornyn. Fox pundits. And announcing it. Encouraging people to go along with them. No one will ever trust thh th em with anything
Yep, somebody needs a primary challenge. I’m in Florida, 2022 may be the first time I don’t vote a straight R ticket if Rubio is on the ballot.
Though, if Trump starts a third party - I’ll vote for the MAGA slate.
He always was an irritating little twit.
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"The Trump campaign filed lawsuits in several states, baselessly alleging widespread voter fraud/b>. Most of them have failed." Paid for with your tax dollars.
I think “Rubio” means “Romney” in Spanish.
Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. Sam Adams
Hey Rubio, your state voted for Trump and against socialism. Trump supporters will NEVER vote for you in 2024 if that’s what you’re thinking.
Because these idiots make money from being the loyal opposition.
So they have a vested purpose in not permitting the Blue Team from winning outright.
Mind you they are no better than the Blue Team.
But at least they are not Blue Team.
No backbone Little Marco.
“Baselessly.”
Uh-huh.
Sure thing Claudia.
It seems like this isn’t a smart move on his part, considering the huge number of Cubans who are his constituents.
Rubes will be hearing from me today. Little weasel.
In your heart, Joe, you knew he would. It was just a matter of time before he did. In his heart, he is a traitor. He did and said the right things to fool the people he had to fool. I would be willing to go out on a limb and say that under the Republican facade, he is a Demonically possessed Democrat as well as a homosexual.
If the Democrats are allowed to steal this election, The Country, The United Stares of America is gone. It will occupy the same geographic area that the America occupied, but the Spirit of America, and the goodness will be gone. Biden and Harris will go after your firearms and will get them. Life for people like us will be a living hell. As long as they allow us to live. They will bring enough muslims in here to put the Country under Sharia Law.
” IF this were to go to Biden, and anyone in the Republican Party had 2024 ambitions the Trump voter will have a long memory.”
In that case our “long memory” won’t matter because the election will again be rigged and millions of illegal new emigrants will be voting as well. We have to quit saying, “we’ll get them next time!” There will NOT be a next time.
SO much Soros cash!
Every single political crisis (manufactured or not) is a golden opportunity for greedy, unscrupulous f*&ks like this to crowd in and stuff their pockets.
It’s like sharks in a feeding frenzy... obvious, predictable and disgusting!!
Rubio seems to be misquoted here.
What makes this particularly disappointing is that Rubio did A LOT to help POTUS win FL. He HAMMERED on socialism and his peeps in Miami delivered. He probably did more than any other GOP Senator. But in the end Little Marco plays both sides well and that will make him Senator for life.
He’s a traitor. He’s also serving a useful end: This is what a mugged GOP kabuki actor looks like.
He knows exactly what he has to say to keep gullible conservatives from storming his office and whacking him out, because if there was a truth bubble over his head during one of his speeches, people would be lining up for the privilege.
Rubio is a little establishment whore.
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