Posted on 01/26/2021 7:57:03 PM PST by conservative98
Republican Senator for Florida Marco Rubio on Sunday declined to speculate on rumors that former US president Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, may challenge him for his seat in 2022, saying only that anyone seeking to take his position in the Senate will face a “tough race.”
Speaking to Fox News, Rubio also said that trying the former president in the Senate would be counterproductive and like “pouring gasoline on the fire.”
Ivanka Trump, a former senior adviser to the president, is said to be considering a run for office and rumors were given a further boost after she and her husband, Jared Kushner, recently purchased a multi-million dollar property in Miami.
Asked how he felt about a primary challenge from Trump, Rubio responded, “Well, I don’t really get into the parlor games of Washington.”
Rubio went on, “When you decide to run for reelection in a state like Florida, you have to be prepared for a competitive race, you run it like a competitive race, so that’s what I’m preparing to run, a very competitive race against a tough opponent.
“I don’t own the Senate seat, it doesn’t belong to me. If I want to be back in the US Senate I have to earn that every six years.
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Agreed
I won’t miss him (Rubio).
Will this be the Democrat primary?
Most of the stuff we hear about Ivanka is probably fake news.
I never saw her pushing any liberal agenda. I see anonymous sources spreading rumors about her in newspaper articles.
She reregistered from Democrat to Republican in 2018. Not sure how long that will last.
Yeah, but one is a back-stabbing, lying, amnesty-loving dirty sellout owned by his global masters, and the other loves America.
No Little Marco,
It is you that would face a tough race.
I can just see them on the debate stage. She’s taller than Rubio.
Says the former foam boy. 🙄
She may be her father’s daughter, but she’s also Jared’s wife and that says a lot. Florida can do far better than her or Marco.
He is talking about how people like him cant lose when the mail in ballots always vote in the UniParty Candidates.
Rubio has toasted himself.
He should shun Ditch.
After his stupid comments today I am not so sure about that.
This is the attempted return of the Bush mafia to FL.
They no longer rule in Maine or Texas, and their last swarm to Florida is a deader, but it is the only place they can hoist their flop of a Big Tent.
This is a Big Tent production that will crap out at the box office.
Rubio is dead to the Trumpers which only leaves him the shadow of the Bush regime.
I doubt Ivanka Trump is more conservative than Marco Rubio - in fact I’m sure of it.
I can see a scenario where Rubio and DeSantis switch jobs.
I don’t like or trust Rubio and Ivanka would be a minor improvement in some ways and a minor detriment in others.
I do like that she will screw with people’s heads.
I rather thought Daughter Dearest would wait until 2024 and go directly for the White House.
Only those who call Mitt Romney a full throated conservative would think that way of little Marco. Mittens was Marco’s best buddy when he first ran for the Senate. They both need to join the democrats.
Really? The Trump’s are use to ‘rough’ assaults.
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