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Marco Rubio
stated on October 18, 2022 a campaign ad

Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families."

By Yacob Reyes • October 25, 2022

Marco Rubio
stated on September 6, 2022 a tweet

"Val Demings supports abortion up until the moment of birth."

By Yacob Reyes • September 16, 2022

Marco Rubio
stated on July 30, 2021 a tweet

Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.

August 2, 2021

Marco Rubio
stated on April 20, 2020 a New York Times op-ed

“Face masks being manufactured in China, for example, went to domestic consumption and their own fight against the virus” while the U.S. was “largely unable to import supplies from China.”

By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020

Marco Rubio
stated on March 19, 2020 a tweet

For coronavirus cases “in the U.S. 38% of those hospitalized are under 35.”

By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2020

Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2018 an interview with CBS News

States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now."

By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech

"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."

By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017

Marco Rubio
stated on June 28, 2017 a Facebook live speech

"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017

Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate

"When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."

By Joshua Gillin • February 26, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2016 a debate in Greenville, S.C.

"It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice."

By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire

"The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first."

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.

Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.

By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on Meet the Press

The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it."

By Amy Sherman • December 22, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 the CNN debate in Las Vegas

Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally."

By Amy Sherman, W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 1, 2015 a tweet

"Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion."

By Joshua Gillin • December 7, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"

"There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.

By Lauren Carroll • December 6, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 16, 2015 prepared remarks in a written speech

To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."

By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 the first GOP primary debate.

"Over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed."

By Linda Qiu • August 12, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland

On allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest, "I have never said that or advocated that."

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland

Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight."

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2015

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