“If you’re going to run for the Florida Senate, if you’re going to run in the state of Florida, you’re going to have a tough race,” Rubio said on “Fox News Sunday” when asked of the likelihood of a challenge, especially from former President Trump’s daughter.
“Including a primary,’’ he said of challengers.
Host Chris Wallace brought up the possibility of the challenge in 2022, saying “there has been talk … about the possibility that Ivanka Trump might run against you in a Republican primary in Florida.”
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“How seriously do you take Ivanka Trump as a potential opponent?” Wallace asked.
“Well, I, I, I don’t really get into the parlour games of Washington,” Rubio replied, clearly wishing his potential challenger was called anything other than Trump.
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“When you decide to run for re-election in a state like Florida, you have to be prepared for a competitive race, you run it like a competitive race, so that’s what I’m preparing to run, a very competitive race against a tough opponent.
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“I don’t own the Senate seat, it doesn’t belong to me. If I want to be back in the US Senate I have to earn that every six years.”
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“Well, I, I, I don’t really get into the parlour games of Washington,” Rubio replied, clearly wishing his potential challenger was called anything other than Trump.
“When you decide to run for re-election in a state like Florida, you have to be prepared for a competitive race, you run it like a competitive race, so that’s what I’m preparing to run, a very competitive race against a tough opponent.
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“I don’t own the Senate seat, it doesn’t belong to me. If I want to be back in the US Senate I have to earn that every six years.”
Though, when Wallace pushed Rubio to at least recognize his challenger, he replied, “I like Ivanka, and we worked very well together on issues, and she’s a US…” Rubio said, trailing off then pivoting swiftly to a list of his perceived successes “for the people of Florida” since he was elected in 2010.
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Politico earlier this month cited a GOP fund-raiser in contact with then-President Trump stating her husband, New York City real-estate scion Jared Kushner, is making efforts “to promote his wife’s political career."
Meanwhile, earlier in Rubio’s Sunday interview with Wallace, the Sunshine State senator announced he rejects a Senate impeachment trial for former President Trump.
“The first chance I get to vote to end this trial, I’ll do it,” Rubio said.
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