WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct message to a growing Hispanic electorate that shunned the GOP in last year’s election.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced the selection of Rubio on Wednesday, calling him a strong advocate of conservative principles.
Rubio will speak after Obama’s prime-time address before Congress, offering a counterweight to the president’s agenda. The high-profile speech gives Rubio a broad national audience for a party that lacks a true standard-bearer after Obama’s re-election.
Boehner called Rubio “one of our party’s most dynamic and inspiring leaders. He carries our party’s banner of freedom, opportunity and prosperity in a way few others can.”
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They are trying to groom the ineligible Rubio as their 2016 Presidential candidate. Why ineligible? art2superpac.com/issues.html
Unlike Obama, Rubio’s bio is well known. BOTH his parents were Cuban citizens when he was born. By ANY interpretation of the Constitution, he NOT ELIGIBLE to hold the office of Prez. Period!
He’s also pro-amnesty (he’s hispanic…who didn’t see that coming) and voted for the NDAA. Two unforgivable sins for any real conservative.