Rubio: Trump is 'an embarrassment' and Republicans will pay big in November

[houston16revival]

Source: The Guardian

The Republican party will be consigned to the wilderness at November’s US presidential election “and beyond” if it chooses Donald Trump as its candidate, rival Marco Rubio has said.

In an interview with the Guardian on Monday evening, the Florida senator – whose fate is likely to be sealed if he fails to win his home state on Tuesday night – said the New York billionaire was an embarrassment who would not be respected around the world.
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“If we’re going to be the party of fear, we’re going to spend some time in the wilderness,” Rubio said. “If we’re the party of fear, with a candidate who basically is trying to prey upon people’s fears to get them to vote for them, I think we’re going to pay a big price in November and beyond.”

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/15/marco-rubio-trump-already-embarrassment-for-republican-party

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A lot of GOP trying to derail the Trump machine.

I'm almost beginning to think, knock wood, that the damage is already
done and is not entirely repairable even if they do succeed in dumping
their albatross.

Trump has steamrolled all of them and their party and its beliefs. He's not
consistent with much of what they normally run on. Unbelievable.

[SummerSnow]

1. Shut up Marco, cause your'e going to still vote for him anyway.

[SylviaD]

2. Don't be so sure...

Rubio loathes both Trump and Cruz. I can't see him endorsing, supporting, or even voting for either.

[Javaman]

3. took the words out of my mouth...

people on here are defending carson after I called him a moron for aligning with trump.

the whole lot of repuke sycophants are morons once they throw their lot in with that asshole trump.

[SylviaD]

5. Carson and Trump were not bitter enemies like Rubio and Trump. nt

[morningfog]

6. Didn't Rubio say he would support or vote for trump if trump were the eventually nominee at the

debate?

[Zambero]

10. Feigning "party loyalty"

At that point, in order to to remain a viable candidate he had no other answer. However, given events "between then and now" Rubio or any other GOP candidate could ultimately walk away from Trump and leave him to his own devices, without having to issue much in the way of apology. The GOP establishment's best course might be to sit out a train wreck (or perhaps objective lesson?) come November, in order to pick up the pieces and eventually regain control.

[Javaman]

8. and that makes it better that carson aligns himself with a racist and bigot?

that's a pretty odd qualifier.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. This is just my take but I think a lot of Repubs

that don't like any of their candidates will vote for Hillary because she is more if a moderate. They may not be crazy about her but she is a lot better than anything they have.

I hope it falls that way.

[sorefeet]

4. Hey Marco. Could you really

in your good conscience vote for someone you know is a harm to the country????????? I couldn't.

[DrToast]

7. Newsflash, Marco....

...you've been the party of fear for quite sometime.

[christx30]

9. I can't believe I agree with something

Rubio says. But I agree with Rubio's vision for America 2016. Trump will embarrass the GOP and kill their brand for years. Clinton/Sanders 2016.
Hopefully Trump's antics will cause the GOP to nudge itself a bit to the left, and they become more reasonable people.

[greymouse]

14. I can't imagine a Clinton/Sanders ticket

Hillary stands for everything Bernie and his supporters despise. That would be like a David Duke/MLK ticket.

[christx30]

16. I was saying either/or. N/t

[0rganism]

11. he's not wrong about this, so i hope enough Republicans completely ignore him

the GOP needs some "time in the wilderness" to get acquainted with how things roll in the 21st century, understand that there are other forces at work which they cannot control through wishful thinking and heavy propaganda

[NurseJackie]

12. I like how you think.

Their last effort to take-stock in themselves and their "post-mortem" recommendations were completely ignored. Now that they're scraping the bottom of the barrel, and they find themselves face down in a gutter filled with who-knows-what, they might just be motivated enough to do something.

Oh! Silly me! Who am I kidding?!

They'll do as they always do and double-down!

[Cosmocat]

20. The most "damage" the party would be taking the nomination

from him at the convention.
First,let's just get the whole concept of them having some kind of sober analysis and acting like adults - never, NEVER going to happen - out of the way.

IF they let him get the nomination there are three possible outcomes ...

1) Unlikely, he wins and isn't horrible and it works out for them.
2) Most likely he and the party loses (probably down ticket big) this year.
3) He wins and is a disaster and they get killed in the 18 mid terms and 20 presidential.

Now, the benefit to them to let him get the nomination is that these would be TEMPORARY loses. This year if he loses, 18 and 20 if he wins and is a disaster.

But, they then get to tell the complete wackadoons they rely on to win elections, "you got your full blown idiot and it didn't work out" and they would go back to business as usual.

IF they take the nomination ...

They will absolutely lose this election as Trump and his loons will punish them for it.

This rift will then remain for decades, because these idiots who are supporting him will never vote R again, they are that volatile, and minus this block of idiots, they will have a VERY hard time winning elections.

[Kablooie]

13. Republicans are voting for him. Trump is who they really want.

Trump isn't hijacking the party. He's just giving Republicans what they are asking for.

[Solly Mack]

15. Yeah, right. Because Shrub never ever used fear.

And neither did his father, or Reagan, or Nixon.

And no one has ever heard of the "Southern Strategy" before either. Or Lee Atwater.

Fuck Rubio.

I don't give a fuck if republicans attack each other but it's a lie when any of them claim Trump's racist appeals aren't who they are as a party - because it is and has been for a very long time.

[jpak]

17. So how long will be before lil marco whores himself to trump?

[One_Life_To_Give]

18. Wah, it's other peoples fault that , Wah.

Maybe you actually gave a shit about the cesspool youve been creating, people wouldn't be running to anybody but the establishment?

[Skittles]

21. while that may be true

make no mistake: you're an embarrassment too, Marco