While the buzz on Twitter and with the Morning Joe crew has focused more on Rubio's passive and nervous approach, it is critical to note that he faced an extremely skilled and prepared opponent.
Rep. Val Demings laid into Marco Rubio by saying that Rubio doesn’t like to come to work, and when he does, he hurts Florida.
Video of Rep. Demings:
Rep. Demings said on MSNBC’s The Sunday Show:
As the residents of his state are preparing for the storm, a fundraising pitch was apparently sent out for Rubio:
Steve Doocy seems personally offended by Trump's actions and has blasted all MAGA attempts to lessen the severity of the issue or provide Trump ridiculous cover.
Marco Rubio may rue the day that he characterized this as a storage problem if the FBI has evidence regarding Trump's plans for these files.
Sen. Marco Rubio called codifying gay marriage a stupid waste of time.
The bottom line is that the GOP - or at least Marco Rubio - isn't in a place to publicly dismiss the Proud Boys or effectively separate himself from people who have already shown to be violent and a threat to democracy.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) claimed that the 1/6 Committee hearings are a made-for-TV event and he called the hearings garbage.
Video of Rubio:
Rubio: Most Americans are not going to watch this garbage pic.twitter.com/cIzUNz1ed1
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) gave a humiliating defense as he tried to explain away jeopardizing Zelensky's life.
U.S. Senators were asked not to tweet during their Zoom meeting with Zelensky, but that didn't stop Sens. Rubio and Daines from jeopardizing the Ukrainian president's life.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that he would not be attending President Biden's State Of The Union because he doesn't have time to take a COVID test.
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) came to the defense of former President Donald Trump, suggesting that the news that Trump had absconded with White House records is “not a crime.”
Asked why Republicans are not as outraged about the news as they were about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, Rubio claimed he doesn’t “know what’s true and what’s not.”
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tried to make crime an issue in his race against Rep. Val Demings and got his head handed to him.
Sen. Marco Rubio was asked numerous times if he agreed with Mike Pence's repudiation of Trump's coup, and he refused to answer.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki called Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio for whining about not getting enough infrastructure money while opposing the bill.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) rang in the New Year with some anti-COVID pandering as he called Omicron "a sore throat."
Sen. Marco Rubio is complaining that giving children $300/month instead of working is socialism.
A new poll has found that both Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio have small leads and support under 50% in Florida.
The poll from Future Majority found:
DeSantis leads potential Democratic nominee Charlie Crist 49% to 45%, and potential nominee Nikki Fried 49% to 44%.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) attacked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for wearing a mask and shield in the Philippines, where they are required.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) said that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) lacks courage and doesn't show up to fight for Florida.
Sen. Marco Rubio dishonestly suggested that President Biden committed an impeachable offense by pausing military aid to Ukraine.
The bill creating the 1/6 Commission is not long, but Republican Senators are opposing the commission without reading the legislation.
Rep. Val Demings will run for Senate in Florida to take down Sen. Marco Rubio and hand the seat back to the people.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) lost his temper on the Senate floor after Democrats objected to him trying to fix a typo to his amendment.
In a new ad, the Republican Accountability Project took Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.) to task for his continued support of former President Donald Trump despite warning voters in 2016 that Trump “would shatter the party and the conservative movement.”
Republicans are trying to gin up a new culture war while Democrats are on the verge of delivering real relief to the American people.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) weakly claimed that Trump shouldn't be tried because it will rile up his supporters and cause problems.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) got his COVID vaccination and then said that Dr. Fauci is lying about the number of vaccinations needed for herd immunity.
