But GOP presidential candidate and Florida Sen. He appeared more comfortable than in previous debates in taking on Trump, though it’s unclear whether his stronger showing will change the trajectory of his sluggish campaign.
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“First, it should begin with a clearly stated objective at the outset”. If he should lose the nomination, some fear he would make such a move, possibly preventing the nominee from defeating the Democratic challenger.
“I know that Rand is a committed isolationist”.
A New American Century, says Marco Rubio, but I don’t think a New 19 Century is what the country has in mind. Taken at face value, not only does that statement imply a repeal of marriage equality; it suggests that the 1,138 rights and protections the federal government has established for married couples – from preferential tax treatment to employee benefits to immigration considerations – are invalid, as well.
“This election is about the essence of America”, Rubio says in the commercial.
Later on, after a period of crosstalk, Rubio asked Cruz if he would rule out legalization for people in the country illegally, Cruz responded, “I have never supported legalization, and I do not intend to support legalization”.
“We are seeing those tools work right now in San Bernardino”, Cruz said. “The new program covers almost 100 percent”.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks during a campaign event at the Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, December 10, 2015.
“We are not any safer” with the government collecting bulk records about Americans, Paul said. While Clinton (like majorities of young voters) favors these ideas, Rubio opposes a wage hike, vows to reverse Obama’s move to open diplomatic relations with Cuba and said in August he’d enforce anti-marijuana federal laws in states that have legalized pot, like Colorado and Washington. The extremist group claimed responsibility for the November 13 attacks in Paris, and one of the shooters in California pledged allegiance to the group on Facebook shortly before she and her husband shot and killed 14 people at a holiday party. “The USA Freedom Act expands that so now we have cell phones, now we have Internet phones, now we have phones that terrorists are likely to use and the focus of law enforcement is on targeting the bad guys”.
Obama has largely relied on airstrikes to target the militants in Iraq and Syria.
The ad goes on to paint Paul as tougher on national security. He called for a no-fly zone over Syria and vowed to shoot down a Russian plane if it were to violate that space. “I think we defeat terrorism by showing we do not fear them”.
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In a debate where the candidates were all striving to cast themselves in the roll of commander-in-chief, the former ophthalmologist said he was “the only fiscal conservative” on the stage.
