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A series of comments suggesting that he’d given up on the Senate would dog Rubio if he chose to run. Here are just a few, which are all on videotape:
“We’re not going to fix America with senators and congressmen,” he said at a January town hall meeting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, when a woman asked him about a commercial from Jeb Bush’s super PAC that highlighted his absenteeism. “I have missed votes this year. You know why? canadian goose jacket Because while as a senator I can canada goose coats on sale help shape the agenda, only a president can set the agenda.”
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“Obviously, I take very seriously everything that’s going on not just Orlando, but in our country,” he said as he went into a closed door briefing with law enforcement and homeland security officials. “So I’ll go home later this week, and I’ll have some time with my family, and then if there’s been a change in our status I’ll be sure to let everyone know.”
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One of five credible candidates running in the Republican Senate primary, Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez Cantera, publicly announced yesterday that he would step aside for Rubio. The two have been good friends for two decades, and Rubio has been thought to favor Lopez Cantera in the primary.
Another candidate, Rep. David Jolly, has scheduled a https://www.winterdownparkas.com press conference for Friday to announce his plans. He said yesterday that Canada Goose online he expects Rubio to run. Another congressman in the mix, Ron DeSantis, said it is “definitely a possibility” he will try to keep his House seat if Rubio gets in.
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