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Marco Rubio
stated on May 19, 2024 an interview:

The number of people in the U.S. illegally is “upwards of 20, 25, maybe 30 million.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 11, 2024

Marco Rubio
stated on March 3, 2024 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

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 country illegally."

By Samantha Putterman • March 8, 2024

Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2022 a campaign ad:

Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"

By Yacob Reyes • July 26, 2022

Marco Rubio
stated on May 25, 2022 an interview on CNN:

“There hasn't been a single of these mass shootings that have been purchased at a gun show or on the internet.”

By Yacob Reyes • May 27, 2022

Marco Rubio
stated on January 27, 2021 remarks:

"Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”

By Miriam Valverde • January 29, 2021

Marco Rubio
stated on December 27, 2020 a tweet:

Says “Dr. Fauci lied about masks in March.”

By Jon Greenberg • December 28, 2020

Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2018 a gathering in West Miami of Ron DeSantis supporters:

After Hurricane Hermine in 2016, Tallahassee "didn’t have power for weeks because (Mayor Andrew Gillum) stood in the way of crews being able to come in and restore power, because they weren’t members of the right union or something."

By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on April 9, 2017 an interview on ABC "This Week":

The Obama administration’s 2013 Syria proposal "had no clear objective," while Trump’s Syria strike "had a clear strategic objective."

By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017

Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:

Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.

By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on October 4, 2016 a Spanish-language campaign ad:

Says Patrick Murphy wrongly conveyed Rubio's stance on abortion for women infected by Zika.

By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on September 7, 2016 a statement by a spokeswoman:

Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."

By Joshua Gillin • September 14, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.

By Linda Qiu • February 14, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire:

Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child."

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.

By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on November 12, 2015 remarks to reporters in South Carolina:

Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.:

"Welders make more money than philosophers."

By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents."

By Joshua Gillin • October 30, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN GOP presidential debate:

Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."

By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on July 22, 2015 an interview on Fox News:

The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies."

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 Faith and Freedom Summit in Iowa:

The United States "is not modernizing its nuclear weapons."

By Amy Sherman • May 5, 2015

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