Marco Rubio
Running For Re-election In Florida
by Charlie Spiering 22 Jun 2016
Sen. Marco Rubio
will seek re-election in Florida.
The Florida senator confirmed reports in an interview
with the Miami
Herald, citing the importance of holding a Republican Senate
majority for his decision.
“I think that the point that really drove me to change my
mind is that as we enter this kind of new chapter in our history here is,
there’s another role the Senate plays that I think can be really important in
the years to come,” Rubio said. “And that’s the power given to it in the
Constitution to act as a check and balance on the excess of the president. It’s
even more important given the fact that control of the Senate could very well
come down to what happens in the Florida race.”
Rubio faces charges of hypocrisy from his opponents after
announcing his intentions to run for president and not to run for re-election
in Florida.
The Florida Senator discussed his decision in an
interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace on Wednesday. “I know people in
politics don’t like to admit they changed their mind, but I changed my mind,”
Rubio said.
He also faces a primary electorate that
overwhelmingly chose his opponent Donald Trump for president. But Trump
has signaled support for his former opponent he derided as “Little Marco” to
run for re-election to his Senate seat.
“Poll data shows that Marco Rubio does by far the best in
holding onto his Senate seat in Florida,” he wrote on Twitter in May.
“Important to keep the MAJORITY. Run Marco!”
But Rubio distanced himself from Trump in the Miami
Herald interview, even though he has committed to backing the controversial
billionaire and presumptive Republican nominee for President.
“The prospect of a Trump presidency is also worrisome to
me in many ways,” he said. “It’s
no secret that I have significant disagreements with Donald.”
Rubio’s announcement will upend the GOP primary
contest to replace him: Two would-be rivals, Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos
Lopez-Cantera and U.S. Rep. Ron
DeSantis, are expected to drop out of the race. DeSantis could run
for the House again. Two other competitors, Sarasota developer Carlos
Beruff and Orlando defense contractor Todd
Wilcox, remain — though Rubio would become the instant
front-runner.
A Qunnipiac poll released
this morning showed that Rubio currently leads potential Democratic challenger
Rep. Patrick Murphy by seven points and Rep. Alan Grayson by eight points. All
other Republican primary challengers were polling behind their prospective
Democratic challengers.
It is unclear whether all of Rubio’s potential Republican
challengers would abandon their campaigns. Rep. David Jolly dropped out of the Florida Senate primary race on
Friday. Rep. Ron DeSantis and Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera have
indicated that they would bow out of the race if Rubio ran.
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio is a U.S. Senate senator, the candidate for
the 2016 Marco Rubio presidential
campaign, and a member of the FL
congressional delegation.
Note: Conservative
Solutions PAC is a supporter for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign.
Florida
Crystals Corporation was a contributor for the Conservative Solutions PAC.
Alfonso Fanjul
is the chairman & CEO for the Florida
Crystals Corporation, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Robin Hood
Foundation, the International Rescue
Committee, the Center for American
Progress, the Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors, and the Rockefeller
Family Fund.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, supported
the Center for American Progress, and
is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Center for American Progress.
Jose Pepe Fanjul
is the vice chairman & president & COO for the Florida Crystals Corporation, and Chloe Black is his executive assistant.
Chloe Black is Jose Pepe Fanjul’s executive assistant,
married to Don Black, and was
married to David Duke.
Don
Black is married to Chloe Black,
and was the leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
David
Duke was married to Chloe Black,
and the founder of the National
Association for the Advancement of White People.
Donald Trump supported by former KKK leader David Duke
Donald
Trump is the candidate for the 2016
Donald Trump presidential campaign, was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation, and a donor for the Drumthwacket
Foundation.
Drumthwacket
Foundation maintains
the governor's mansion for the New
Jersey state government.
Christopher J.
Christie is an honorary chairman for the Drumthwacket Foundation, the New
Jersey state government governor, married Mary Pat Christie, and was the candidate for the 2016 Chris Christie presidential campaign.
Mary Pat
Christie is the president of the Drumthwacket
Foundation, married to Christopher
J. Christie, the chair for the Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund, and Cam
Henderson was her chief of staff.
Cam Henderson
was Mary Pat Christie’s chief of
staff, the finance director for the 2016
Chris Christie presidential campaign, and an executive director for the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
Hurricane
Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund is a relief organization for Hurricane Sandy.
Robin Hood
Foundation raised money for relief for Hurricane
Sandy.
Clifford S.
Asness was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, a contributor for the Conservative Solutions PAC, supported same-sex marriage in New
York, and is a director at the International
Rescue Committee.
Conservative
Solutions PAC is a supporter for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign.
Emma Bloomberg
was the chief of staff for the Robin
Hood Foundation, is Michael R.
Bloomberg’s daughter, and a participant in the Giving Pledge.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is Emma Bloomberg’s
father, a participant in the Giving
Pledge, was the New York (NY)
mayor, a donor for the Robin Hood
Foundation, and a contributor for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Gabrielle
Giffords is a co-founder for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, a friend of Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Debbie
Wasserman Schultz is a friend of Gabrielle
Giffords, and a House member for the FL
congressional delegation.
Marco Rubio is a
member of the FL congressional
delegation, the candidate for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign, and a U.S. Senate senator.
Madeleine K.
Albright was the president of the Center
for National Policy, is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a
director at the Center for American
Progress.
Center
for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control”
for guns.
Clifford S.
Asness is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation, supported same-sex marriage in New York, and a contributor for the Conservative Solutions PAC.
Conservative
Solutions PAC is a supporter for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign.
R. Hunter Biden
is a director at the Center for National
Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and Vice president Joseph R. Biden Jr’s son.
Michael D. Barnes
is a director at
the Center for National Policy, was
the president of the Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence, and a senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP.
Brady
Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Covington
& Burling LLP was the lobby frim for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
is a partner at Covington & Burling
LLP, and was the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama administration.
Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Thomas O. Barnett
is an assistant attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice, and was a partner at Covington & Burling LLP.
Michael Chertoff
was an assistant attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice, is a senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, and a national partner with America Votes.
America Votes is a national partner
with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
Violence.
Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors was a funder for America
Votes.
Wendy
Gordon Rockefeller is a director at the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and a trustee at the Rockefeller Family Fund.
David Rockefeller was a co-founder for
the Rockefeller Family Fund, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), is an
honorary chairman for the Americas
Society, a participant in the Giving
Pledge, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Jose Pepe Fanjul
is a director at the Americas Society,
the vice chairman & president & COO for the Florida Crystals Corporation, and Chloe Black is his executive assistant.
Florida
Crystals Corporation was a contributor for the Conservative Solutions PAC.
Conservative
Solutions PAC is a supporter for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign.
Marco Rubio is
candidate for the 2016 Marco Rubio
presidential campaign, a member of the FL
congressional delegation, and a U.S.
Senate senator.
Chloe Black is Jose Pepe Fanjul’s executive assistant,
married to Don Black, and was
married to David Duke.
Don
Black is married to Chloe Black,
and was the leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
David
Duke was married to Chloe Black,
and the founder of the National Association
for the Advancement of White People.
Donald Trump supported by former KKK leader David Duke
Neeru Khosla is a participant in the Giving Pledge, and Van Scoyoc Associates is his lobby firm.
David W. Jolly
was a lobbyist for Van Scoyoc Associates,
and is a member of the U.S. House of
Representatives.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a participant in the Giving
Pledge, Emma Bloomberg’s father,
was the New York (NY) mayor, a donor
for the Robin Hood Foundation, and a
contributor for the Americans for
Responsible Solutions.
Americans
for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun
Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Gabrielle
Giffords is a co-founder for the Americans
for Responsible Solutions, a friend of Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Debbie
Wasserman Schultz is a friend of Gabrielle
Giffords, and a House member for the FL
congressional delegation.
Marco Rubio is a
member of the FL congressional
delegation, the candidate for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign, and a U.S. Senate senator.
Conservative
Solutions PAC is a supporter for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign.
Paul E. Singer was
a contributor for the Conservative
Solutions PAC, and is a participant in the Giving Pledge.
David Rockefeller
is a participant in the Giving Pledge,
an honorary chairman for the Americas
Society, was a co-founder for the Rockefeller
Family Fund, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think
tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Jose Pepe Fanjul
is a director at the Americas Society,
the vice chairman & president & COO for the Florida Crystals Corporation, and Chloe Black is his executive assistant.
Florida
Crystals Corporation was a contributor for the Conservative Solutions PAC.
Conservative
Solutions PAC is a supporter for the 2016
Marco Rubio presidential campaign.
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