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The Tea Party Created Marco Rubio. Now They Can Take Him Out
The Daily Beast ^ | March 13,2016 | TIM MAK

Posted on 03/15/2016 4:43:54 PM PDT by Hojczyk

If Marco Rubio’s campaign flames out in Florida tonight, as polls suggest, it will be delicious revenge for the Tea Partiers who have been waiting years to embarrass the senator in his home state.

“We’re going to have a sweet taste in our mouths tomorrow when little Marco gets embarrassed by those he betrayed. He betrayed all of Florida, but mostly he betrayed people like me who worked hard to get him elected,” said Dan Ray, a founding member of Tea Party group in The Villages, a large retirement community in Florida, where Rubio campaigned earlier this week.

When Rubio joined with the so-called Gang of Eight to propose a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill, Tea Party groups saw it as akin to an act of treason. They had supported the young lawmaker, preferring him to the alternative, Gov. Charlie Crist (who later became a Democrat). They had also trusted him on the issue of immigration—and worked as foot soldiers to get him elected.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: fl2016; rubio; teaparty

1 posted on 03/15/2016 4:43:54 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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The Tea Party Created Marco Rubio. Now They Can Take Him Out

NO

The Tea Party Created Marco Rubio. Now They WILL Take Him Out


2 posted on 03/15/2016 4:45:18 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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He’ll make a good example - we’re “series”


3 posted on 03/15/2016 4:45:39 PM PDT by 11th_VA (It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
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4 posted on 03/15/2016 4:50:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: Hojczyk

Marco has really pissed them off. He would have done better if he swiped all their golf carts.


5 posted on 03/15/2016 4:51:44 PM PDT by tenthirteen
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To: tenthirteen

NBC calls Florida for Trump


6 posted on 03/15/2016 5:01:37 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: Hojczyk

This may explain WHY little Marco betrayed the Tea Party:

http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh277.htm


7 posted on 03/15/2016 5:04:23 PM PDT by Captain7seas
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