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Marco Rubio

“Rubio is privately frustrated that Trump has effectively sidelined him.”

John Fea   |  March 4, 2025

Trouble in Trump land? Here is Gabriel Sherman at Vanity Fair: Even as it was happening on Friday, the Oval Office blowup between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was being cast as one of America’s darkest moments on the […]

Will Marco Rubio be the next director of the National Archives?

John Fea   |  February 7, 2025

The Trump vengeance tour is making a stop at the National Archives. Here is ABC News: There have been extensive discussions at the White House about installing Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the acting director of the National Archives, […]

From Poland Spring to “Little Marco” to Secretary of State?

John Fea   |  November 12, 2024

Marco Rubio was once a rising star in the Republican Party. In 2013, his party chose him to deliver the response to Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address. This was the famous Poland Spring moment: He was the Cuban-American […]

CNN reporting that Marco Rubio will NOT be Trump’s pick for VP

John Fea   |  July 15, 2024

That leaves Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum. But who knows–it just might be someone else. Stay tuned. CNN is reporting that Trump will make the announcement in Milwaukee shortly before 4:30ET.

Eight pro-Trump U.S. Senators will oppose all Biden nominees and major Democratic legislation

John Fea   |  May 31, 2024

Mike Lee (R-UT), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) just released the following statement. The White House has made a mockery of the rule […]

Vice-President Rubio?

John Fea   |  May 29, 2024

Will it be an all-Florida GOP ticket in November? Florida senator “Little Marco” Rubio wants to part of the ticket, but he doesn’t want to lobby for it. Here is Michael Bender and Patricia Mazzei at The New York Times: […]

“You can’t love your country only when you win”

John Fea   |  March 10, 2024

I am on the road this month so my reaction to news stories has been a bit slower than usual. Today I finally got caught up on the responses to Joe Biden’s State of the Union address: Watch the entire […]

Saturday Night Live spoofs Trump’s GOP lackeys

John Fea   |  February 27, 2024

Don’t know whether to laugh or cry:

Chris Christie is running for president

John Fea   |  June 1, 2023

The former New Jersey governor is in. I heard a commentator say that Christie’s “lane” to the GOP nomination “runs through Donald Trump.” Will Trump get the Rubio treatment? Whatever happens, it should be entertaining:

American historian Sean Wilentz on Marco Rubio’s “fake populism”

John Fea   |  August 15, 2022

Distinguished Princeton historian Sean Wilentz was recently part of a group of historians (and others) that Joe Biden invited to the White House to discuss the fate of American democracy. Marco Rubio called the group “elitists” and “snobs” working against […]

Marco Rubio will skip Biden’s State of the Union Address because he does not have time to get a COVID-19 test

John Fea   |  March 1, 2022

Here is The Hill: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will skip President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday because of the COVID-19 testing requirement for attendees.  “I don’t have time to go take a COVID test today,” Rubio said, according to a tweet from HuffPost reporter […]

The anti-Critical Race Theory bills keep coming

John Fea   |  August 14, 2021

Last week we took a close look at Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act.” Now we have the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act. The Senate sponsors are Republicans Marco Rubio, (FL), Kevin Cramer (ND), and Mike Braun (IN). Here […]

Val Demings (D-Fla.) is planning a run against Marco Rubio

John Fea   |  May 25, 2021

Demings was a House manager in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial and was on Joe Biden’s vice-presidential shortlist. Political scientists Ashley Daniels and Pearl Dowe think Demings has a chance of taking Rubio’s Senate seat if she can mobilize Black […]

Which U.S. Senate seats are most likely to flip in 2022?

John Fea   |  April 22, 2021

According to CNN’s Simone Pathe they are: Pennsylvania: Pat Toomey (R) currently holds the seat. He is retiring. Georgia: Raphael Warnock (D) currently holds the seat. Wisconsin: Ron Johnson (R) currently holds the seat. North Carolina: Richard Burr (R) currently […]

Trump endorses Rubio

John Fea   |  April 10, 2021

My how things have changed: