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."
They are all RINOs, and this is for everyone that thinks that Rubio is a fine guy!
Marco Rubio always reminded me of high school Government day.
And the class ass-kisser who won the school election for class president, and then came to school everyday with a suit and tie.
Oh for Pete’s sake...
Rubio crosses the Rubicon to perpetual eRINOhood.
Sad...
Yep good way to eliminate the obvious RINOs.
It’s “Presidential Candidate Bribe’em,”
Foam Boy always showing his true colors: a willing Deep State tool.
So many traitors, so little time.
Traitorous RINO scum.
Those RINOS are so pathetic with their too clean suits and hair-cuts .
They hope they ‘ll get some bribes following the globalist train and its propaganda machine big medias big tech
He had the POTUS handed to him on a silver platter...
and he returned it and asked for a cheap steak instead...
Now I’m hoping someone will find that witty because I don’t know what the hell it means.
It just sounded good to type at the moment :)
Rubio is a closet homo that has been compromised. He needs to take a swing of water and stick to his foam parties.
Here’s an idea.
If they don’t do an about face like Yesterday, how’s about we not vote for any of them.
I got news for ya folks, a coup is about to succeed (I keep praying it won’t) so what do we do?
Reward them for standing by at best and being complicit at worst with our vote?
Easier said than done, I know. I’d rather have needles put into my eyes than have max rose represent staten island again.
So BACK WE GO to Stalling the inevitable...when one man may have been able to CHANGE the inevitable.
I still hope Trump wins, but I definitely hope he makes a Lot of Noise during the next four years.
They’re gonna come after him either way. He might as well stay in the public’s eye so we can keep track of what they try to do to him
The RINOs are doing to the Republican base what Fox did to it’s brand. Once loyalists who supported them leave, they won’t be back. It’s on the MAGA.
In order to be a made man in the mafia you must be in on a hit so you are as dirty and have just as much to lose as everyone else in the group.
Most are caught in this web financially or sexually, this is how they get you, control you and own you
They obviously are too STUPID OR CORRUPT to care about all this ELECTION FRAUD!!! They MUST be asked about ELECTION FRAUD!!!
Dominion, SCYTL, etc. are DIRTY AS HELL!
WTH are our votes being tallied in SPAIN AND GERMANY??
and then came to school everyday with a suit and tie
It's a bow tie and don't forget the apple for the teacher! First row, first seat, that lil' Marco!
This is the same Lil Marco who goes to gay foam parties.
President Trump posted to Parler this morning that it may well be time to have a true Third Party. A party for the American People. My take is, he could well pull it off if he’s of a mind to.
Yep. Idiot.
IF this were to go to Biden, and anyone in the Republican Party had 2024 ambitions the Trump voter will have a long memory.
And we NEED to keep the Senate because....?
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