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Marco Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.

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Feb 1, 2016

I'm not running to beat up on other Republicans. If there are policy differences, we'll discuss those. But ultimately I'm running to unify this party and ensure that our next president is nothing like the one we have now.

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Feb 1, 2016

I have clear policies, the most detailed policy of anybody running for president on either side and that's going to be my message no matter where I am.

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Feb 1, 2016

America's greatest days are within our reach but not if we stay on the road we're on right now.

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Jan 30, 2016

This election is about defeating Hillary Clinton and about saving what makes America unique.

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Jan 28, 2016

If they're going to impose this on us, we better prepare to protect the state from it. But I have never supported cap and trade and I never thought it was a good idea.

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Jan 27, 2016

You changed your position on immigration because you used to support a path to citizenship.

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Jan 13, 2016

Unfortunately, Governor Christie has endorsed many of the ideas that Barack Obama supports, whether its common core or gun control, or the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor or the donation he made to Planned Parenthood.

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Jan 7, 2016

Boy, are we getting a lot of coverage about a pair of boots. This is craziness. People have lost their minds. I've gotten a chuckle out of it.

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Jan 4, 2016

I'm Marco Rubio. I approve this message because America needs a real commander-in-chief and a president who will keep us safe.

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Jan 4, 2016

Barack Obama released terrorists from Guantanamo and now they are plotting to attack us.

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Jan 3, 2016

But don't worry, when I'm elected president, on my first day behind that desk, those orders are gone.

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Jan 3, 2016

The job is not described in the constitution as entertainer in chief or commentator in chief or even frankly economist in chief. It is described as commander in chief.

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Dec 31, 2015

Nobody is above the law. Not even Hillary Clinton – even though she thinks she is.

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Dec 15, 2015

We are going to be left with the oldest and the smallest Air Force we have ever had.

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Dec 14, 2015

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's strategy is to lead from behind.

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Dec 14, 2015

This bill did, however, take away a valuable tool that allowed the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies to quickly and rapidly access phone record and match them up with other phone records to see who terrorists had…

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Dec 14, 2015

We are now in a time when we need more tools, not less tools; and that tool we lost, the Meta Data Program, was a valuable tool we no longer have at our disposal.

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Dec 2, 2015

The international community, led by the United States, must insist that China abolish all birth restrictions.

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Nov 11, 2015

I think both sides here have points to make that are valid. We are going to have to deport some people. Otherwise, if you are not going to enforce the law, what's the point of having those laws? Criminals are going to be deported. People…

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Nov 4, 2015

I don't know the exact date. But - these are old documents, so take time to assemble. And I have no problem releasing it. Because we have nothing to withhold here.

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Nov 4, 2015

It wasn't a credit card. It was an American Express charge card secured under my personal credit in conjunction with the party. I would go through the bills, would be mailed to me at home. Every month I would go through it. If there was a…

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Nov 4, 2015

Marco Rubio says the claims that he misused a Republican Party credit card have been debunked and he's been cleared of any wrongdoing.

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Oct 28, 2015

I'm running for president because there is no way we can elect Hillary Clinton to continue the policies ...

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