Posted on 09/26/2015 7:27:30 PM PDT by Red Steel
DAVENPORT | Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio told a Davenport audience Thursday night he’s no establishment candidate.
The first-term U.S. senator from Florida appeared before hundreds of people, crowded into a room at Modern Woodmen Park, criticizing federal government for overregulation, its role in education and the Affordable Care Act that he says raises costs and costs jobs.
He also answered a question about how he might convince people that he’s not an establishment candidate. Voter disaffection this year has given rise to outsider candidates rising to the top of the polls.
Rubio pointed to his win in the 2010 Senate race as evidence he is not part of that crowd.
“The establishment worked actively to try to undermine my candidacy for Senate and the establishment is not supporting me for president now,” he said.
“The truth of the matter is when I decided to run for the presidency, all of the same people that told me not to run for the Senate came out of the woodwork again and said it’s not your turn. You haven’t been around long enough. We’re all going to line up behind somebody else,” he added.
Rubio has been getting a lot of buzz since the debate last week in California, and a new Quinnipiac University national poll Thursday said he is in fifth place, behind Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush.
Earlier in the day, Rubio tangled with front-runner Trump. The two have traded barbs in recent days, and Rubio told Kentucky Sports Radio that Trump is “not well informed on the issues” and is “a very touchy and insecure guy” who takes shots at people when he’s threatened politically.
Rubio steered mostly clear of the front-runner in Davenport, though he joked during his remarks that he was going to take a drink of water even though “Donald Trump will make fun of me.”
Trump had, on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program earlier in the day poked at Rubio for sweating too much. He’s also called Rubio a “lightweight."
Rubio, like the other Republican presidential candidates, said Thursday night the country is badly off course. And he complained that the debate last week, despite being three hours long, didn’t even include a question about the federal debt.
He drew applause from the Quad-City crowd by lumping the state of Illinois into governments that have a “debt crisis.”
Rubio also reacted to Pope Francis’ visit to Washington, D.C., in which the pontiff called for action on climate change.
Rubio talked of the pope’s praise for the United States, but he added, “I’m not supporting any ideas that don’t do anything to help our environment” but will hurt the economy.
Afterward, Melody Ash, of Davenport, said she is “85 percent” certain she’d back Rubio in the caucuses.
“He just says everything and it all makes sense,” Ash said. “He explains it thoroughly and he has a plan for everything.”
Chuck Schumer. That says it all MOFO.
When Chuck Schumer, John Ellis Bush, John McCain, Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham are your good buddies, you’re establishment.
LOL.... being an establishment candidate would make him an even bigger weasel than he already is.....
Hillary Clinton says she’s not a lot of things too. She is. He is.
He’s correct. He’s not an establishment candidate.....
He’s an establishment whore.
“I am not a crook.”
LMFAO bigtime !
” I did not have sex with that woman . “
Cringe-inducing statement from Rubio. Reinforces Trump’s characterization of him, just a kid. Or a kidder? :-)
Right. And what was that Gang of Eight bit?
The only thing I want to hear Mexico-Merger conspirator Rubio say is “I am suspending my campaign for President..”.
The Establishment told him to say that.
Trump has them all sounding and looking like Trump.☺
What is a davenport audience?
lol
Oh Marco, you stupid little man. You don’t even know what you are. You got suckered in by the establishment and their promises of fame and glory. You backed the wrong horse sucka!
He lost me for good when he said that we need to let the Kenyan’s amnesty executive order stand and not do away with it. (Article here today). That tells me that he doesn’t shive a git about America. Then when he got all teary eyed as Frankie played lead guitar for the DemocRATS for their concert in front of Congress. Sorry Marco. We have nothing in common. I thought we did.
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