Posted on 03/10/2016 8:19:31 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Speaking at an MSNBC hosted town hall event scheduled to air tonight, Senator Rubio admitted he had regrets about some of his more juvenile attacks on Donald Trump.
Asked by an attendee at the town hall how he could “sacrifice basic Christian principles” to go after Trump in the way he did, Rubio replied, “In terms of things that have to do with personal stuff, yeah, at the end of the day it’s not something I’m entirely proud of. My kids were embarrassed by it, and if I had to do it again I wouldn’t.” That’s a reference to comments Rubio made in the lead up to Super Tuesday where he mocked Trump’s spelling and suggested he was sweating and may have wet his pants.
Rubio drew a line at “the other charges” related to Trump’s business ventures saying he didn’t regret criticizing those because, “this time the stakes are not a worthless $36,000 degree at Trump University. The stakes are the greatest nation on earth.”
Host Chuck Todd pressed Rubio for more asking, “you regret the schoolyard stuff?” Rubio responded, “This is a guy that has basically offended everyone for a year. I mean literally has mocked a disabled journalist, a female journalist, every minority group imagineable on a daily basis…he’s used profanity from the stage.”
“That said, I don’t want to be that. If that’s what it takes to be president of the United States then I don’t want to be president. I don’t think that’s what it takes to be president. In fact, I know it’s not what it takes. It’s not what we want from our next president and if I had to do it again I would have done that part differently.”
Rubio’s regrets probably come too late. He was shut out of delegates Tuesday night and is current running in 2nd place in his home state according to the most recent polls. Another sign that his support is fading came Wednesday afternoon in the form of this image of a Rubio rally in Florida:
.@marcorubio about to address a 5k seat stadium in his home state. pic.twitter.com/GAvzfEstIW
— Brad Mielke (@TheBradMielke) March 9, 2016
The GOP should be embarrassed of Rubio too.
Funny how this works.
DT can personally attack anyone he wants and no consequences.
But every time someone attacks him, it seems to massively backfire.
After he leaves politics, Rubio probably has a great future ahead of him in ambulance chasing.
The Rube’s trying to butter Donald up for a VP job.
THE HISPANIC EDDIE HASKELL HAS SPOKEN !!
He regrets only that they didn’t work.
He was plenty proud of his clever wit at the time. He’s branded himself and it will not sit well when he needs to get a real job and deal with people who think of him as a poor Don Rickle’s imitator.
“After he leaves politics, Rubio probably has a great future ahead of him in ambulance chasing.”
Yes, I hear he’s going to “team up” with Ted Cruz and open “A Personal Injury Law Practice” with offices in Miami and Dallas. But it won’t open very soon because they are going to have to lick eachother’s wounds first.
Rove will buy Rubio his own ambulance.
It’s sad to see someone like Rubio make such stupid remarks and lose the Presidency. I think he made some good political points along the way but he should have stayed away from the below the belt comments about DT.
Oh, brother.
Frankly all of them should be ashamed of the juvenile antics. I was. They let the media drag them into the mud and pull them around by the ring in their nose. Marco let the GOPe push him into the gutter and I pretty much hope he stays there.
Our nation is on the backside of a major turn for the worse and many of us (at least in my house) are left depressed by the kindergarten playground format of the GOP debates and campaign.
What are we going to remember about the debates and what did we learn about the candidates? Little hands, Little Marco, Lying Ted, a stupid lawsuit (the world is full of them), and “nanny nanny booboo”. I want to hear about real issues that impact the future of my nation. Not this crap.
Anyone else sometimes feel like “Nero fiddled while Rome burned?”
I really hope tonight they can stick to the issues and stop attacking each other. Enough is enough.
Rubio needs to bail the race before he gets his hat handed to him in FLA. Someone from the Trump camp is talking to him in case he had any ideas about sending his voters to any other candidate.
I really hope tonight they can stick to the issues and stop attacking each other. Enough is enough.
Me too.
Where is the butter for RINO-ubio toast?
I am no Rubio fan, and his performance in the last few weeks has only reinforced my dislike for him.
BUT...
...it’d do him, the Party and the nation a lot of good if he would say the following at tonight’s debate, to reinforce what he said here:
“You know, in the heat of the battle over the last few weeks I’ve said a few things that I regret, derogatory things about fellow candidates (mostly Mr. Trump), and I regret doing so. I hope that starting now, we can all be more civil - but speaking for myself, I will start now regardless of what others choose to do.”
That won’t win him FL, and he’ll still be out of the race, but it would show that he’s a man able to admit mistakes and change things that he’s been doing wrong.
I would hope that such a statement would have a similar effect on all of the others (well, Trump and Cruz - Kasich has been sticking to the issues and avoiding the personal attacks, to his credit).
Rubio = Santorum
WAS
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