Rubio dismissed questions about Trump’s inflammatory comments with a small laugh, saying he hadn’t watched him.
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While on stage, Cruz joked about his plan to tackle immigration.
Rubio held one of the more assured press conferences the party’s seen in recent weeks, as Dr. Ben Carson clashes with reporters over questions about his past and Donald Trump faces criticism for calling Carson “pathological” and likening him to a child molester.
“We have a government that is increasingly targeting the faith community in this country and undermining values”, Rubio said, building the response more.
For his part, Cruz sought to touch all the bases Friday for Florida Republicans, blasting President Barack Obama, the overreach of federal agencies, foreign policy and the media. Marco Rubio, R- Fla., addresses the Sunshine Summit on Friday in Orlando, Fla. However, she says she’s still undecided on who to pick for the 2016 presidential election, as you can see from her hat. He attacked Disney as he discussed immigration issues.
“We’re on the verge of greatness in this country, the ability to discover cures for diseases, ability to innovate in ways that are just mind-boggling”, Bush said.
The issue of immigration arose in the fourth Republican presidential debate earlier this week, leading Cruz to accuse Rubio of being soft on unauthorized immigrants, and Rubio to respond that, as far as he knew, they had similar positions.
Neither candidate spoke directly about the other in their summit remarks.
Rubio also turned to a staple in his stump speech, talking about being the son of Cuban immigrants who worked as a bartender and maid.
“I don’t come from wealthy and politically connected parents”, he said.
He says on Friday the USA needs legal immigration but says he wants to “pick people from all around the world, not just Mexico”. He defended the fact that he has one of the worst voting records in the Senate because of his constant campaigning.
US Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says the deadly attacks in Paris represent “the war of our time”, arguing that the United States should step up its fight against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group. “You need to get in line and wait your turn”.
Cardenas said he will be looking for two key points in the primary contests, the first being who are the top-tier candidates who emerge in New Hampshire.
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There were roughly 2,000 people ticketed to attend the summit at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, but not many had waited beyond hearing Rubio and Cruz to hear Huckabee’s speech. “If either of them loses Florida, it’s harder to have an argument going forward”.
