Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio is U.S. secretary of state, confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 20, 2025; President Donald Trump named him to the post in November 2024. He was a U.S. senator from Florida who defeated U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., in 2022. Rubio ran for U.S. president in 2016 and then dropped out and won reelection to the Senate. Rubio was first elected to the Senate in 2010 and took office Jan. 5, 2011. Rubio served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and is a former speaker of the Florida House. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 2000. He is from Miami and holds a law degree from the University of Miami.
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On support for U.S. Agency for International Development
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The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.”
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“It's very misleading when (President Biden) says (inflation) used to be at 9%. This is compounding. It’s not like it went down from 9% to…
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Joe Biden's executive orders meant "for the first time in American history we have a president who will not detain the people who enter this…
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Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families."
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Fact-checking Rubio’s claim on Demings’ stance on transgender athletes and ‘radical’ gender identity
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
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"Val Demings supports abortion up until the moment of birth."
Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"
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“There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.”
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Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.