Rubio: 'I don't campaign against Bill Nelson'
By MATT DIXON 03/27/2018 07:58 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE — As Florida’s Republican establishment prepares to rally around Gov. Rick Scott in his forthcoming bid to knock of Democratic incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson, one of the state’s most well-known Republicans does not seem poised to help lead the charge: Sen. Marco Rubio.
“I don’t campaign against Bill Nelson,” Rubio said Tuesday during a sit-down with reporters in his Tallahassee office. “Bill Nelson and I have a very good working relationship.”
Rubio’s tone is not the type that would normally be expected as the political camps on both sides of the aisle start to ramp up in advance of the likely midterm elections clash between Scott and Nelson. There are few Republicans around the state who, when asked, would not tick off the talking points that have defined Scott’s eight years in office.
Rubio did say, “I’ll support the Republican nominee,” the sort of answer that almost nearly mirrors his tepid public support in 2016 of then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
He called his relationship with Scott “positive,” and said that he thought he would have a good relationship with Scott if the two were in Washington together in the Senate. But he noted that with Nelson he could not "have a better partner."
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