I have never liked Marco Rubio, but now he is showing his true colors for all the world to see.

[milestogo]

He is an ass-licking bigot who only cares about power. He has no soul.

[Irish_Dem]

1. We can see by Rubio's demeanor he doesn't believe or agree with a word he is saying.

Makes him even more heinous.

[MadameButterfly]

23. "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power,"

attributed to Lincoln but now research claims it was said by Robert Ingersol about Lincoln.

Rubio is a sad character because, he could have gone either way. He actually tried to legislate real immigration reform before his own party wouldn't let him. If you listen to old debates and speeches, he is more talented than most of the Republicans who have prevailed. He grew up in a conservative family and most people don't leave their early influences behind. But there was a time when you could be conservative and not lose your soul. You could put democracy over power.

Rubio chose power over democracy, and finds himself in a deal with the devil. He has enough intelligence and sufficient conscience that it will destroy him even if Trump doesn't destroy him first.

[Irish_Dem]

24. His family came to the US for freedom and democracy.

They flourished here in the USA.
Now Rubio pays the US back by destroying freedom and democracy.

[Rebl2]

27. Guess Casto

and communism rubbed off on him and he prefers to be more like Castro now.

[RVN VET71]

42. He has always, always, always been a fascist. He had to submerge it in order to get elected

Now he's exposing himself like the small-dicky fat dude he works for.

Rubio's family, remember, fled Cuba because the fascist group of Batisistas (?) they loved and admired was fleeing for their lives as Castro destroyed the fascist government -- and economy too? -- of Cuba. So fascism, if not "taught" to him as a youth, was everywhere included in the adult discussions of Castro et al.

[MadameButterfly]

46. Interesting. I didn't know about the Batista history

That explains a lot about him and Cubans' consevative bent in general. I thought it was just an over-reaction to Communism. i didn't realize that there was a real fascist group fleeing from Cuba. That explains why Reagan was the hero of Rubio's grandfather.

Still I think, based on some of his early politics, that Rubio could have been a moderate Republican if there had been an avenue for success there. But he was in the end willing to mold himself to wherever the opportunity for power lay. Fascists are, more than anything, about power at all costs.

[MadameButterfly]

29. The irony is truly astonishing

His grandfather loved Reagan. But while Reagan sowed the seeds of what is happening now, I don't think he ever imagined or wanted democracy to end. i wonder if Rubio's grandfather is turning over in his grave.

Rubio talks about the opportunity this country gave him. I wonder if it has computed in his traumatized brain that he is putting in motion the end of that for everyone who follows.

[Irish_Dem]

32. My grandparents came to the US for the same reason.

Ireland had been occupied by the British for a thousand years.
Denying the Irish basic human rights and starving them, they lived in poverty.

Grandparents came here for a better life for their children who then risked their lives
in the US military, as a way to pay back the US they loved so much.

My father always said we should get down on our hands and knees and thank
God we lived in the US. He did everything humanly possible to protect the US and Americans.

Rubio's goal of destroying democracy and the US is unfathomable to me.
And I hope he goes directly to hell when the time comes.

[MadameButterfly]

36. My husband's father fled an Irish jail

where he had been put for fighting against the Free Staters. That was just what you did if you were 17 years old 100 years ago and you grew up in Sligo. You sided with your people. The IRA smuggled him out of jail, and he had to flee to America to survive.

He was a kind and gentle person, got an honest job, and supported his family. Imagine if someone had come along and tried to judge him by the situation he had left behind. Or had sent him back.

He was so proud when an Irish Roman Catholic became president.
His children have lived the American dream.

[Irish_Dem]

40. Yes my grandparents saw their children and grandchildren live the American dream.

And saw an Irish Catholic American became president of the US.

I am glad my father and grandparents cannot see what is happening now.
It would break their hearts.

[MadameButterfly]

31. I saw of video of him speaking Spanish to an

audience in PA in the presidential election. He was really dynamic in Spanish. There were a lot of cheers from the audience, so enough Spanish speakers who could understand. He was duping his own people to give up the opportunity Rubio himself had had. He used his own secret weapon and appearance of authenticity in service of Trump.

[Ocelot II]

2. He's very much like Lindsey Graham. Both of them were very down on Trump

before he was elected; now they just go down on Trump. They are weak, opportunistic men who quickly realized that their presidential aspirations were hopeless but that they could be part of the power structure by attaching themselves to Trump like remoras. Hitler needed Goebbels and Himmler and Göring, and Trump needs his Rubio and Graham and Nutlick and the rest of the climbers and cowards and mediocrities that fill out his kakistocracy.

[Martin Eden]

5. "attaching themselves to Trump like remoras"

Excellent turn of phrase, and oh so very apt.

[BoRaGard]

8. Brown Nosers Supreme (R)

[patricia92243]

3. I remember when he was running for President and he said even if he lost, he would go up and down

the country in his truck telling what a flawed human being Trump is. I believed and respected him - at that time. Not so much now

[dchill]

22. You should have known better. He's a Republican!

[Walleye]

4. It is a shame what has happened to our great and respected corps

[surfered]

6. Seeking and holding onto power seems very corrupting.

[gab13by13]

7. Rubio was confirmed 99-0

[Ocelot II]

10. As a fellow senator he was incorrectly assumed to be one of the more competent nominees.

He's turning out to be one of the most useless and craven.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

17. And he knows it

he consistently looks miserable, he probably realizes he should have stayed a senator.

[Ocelot II]

20. Yup.

[yardwork]

15. The Democratic senators made a calculated choice. It was a mistake.

They appear to have gambled that if they went along with Trump's more reasonable nominations, their Republican colleagues would help them defeat the obvious losers.

That approach failed spectacularly. Every single one of Trump's nominees was approved, even the most incompetent, evil, compromised ones.

Many of us on DU predicted this would happen, because we actually learned some history.

My disappointment in our Democratic leaders is.... outside the rules of DU to express.

[Cirsium]

37. Succinct analysis

Well said, and quite accurate.

[yardwork]

43. Thanks.

[uponit7771]

19. Yep, very few senators are saying this was a mistake

[milestogo]

34. And that was appalling.

Just because the senators knew him doesn't mean he was qualified to be SOS.

[Martin Eden]

9. If he had a soul, he sold it.

If there is a Hell, Trump and everyone who laughed at the prospect of sending US citizens to a hell hole in El Salvadore will GO TO HELL.

[Javaman]

11. he has never ever had an original thought of his own. that's why the orange asshole loves him.

rubio is an easily programed toady

[2naSalit]

12. Wouldn't it be nice if...

Those who sell their souls suffer instant karma that also makes them unalive?

[SocialDemocrat61]

13. Typical Republican

[mgardener]

14. Elise Stefanik

Is the same.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Can't wait until TSF ends birthright citizenship and Marco gets to self deport to Cuba.

[twodogsbarking]

18. I'll buy the ticket, one-way.

[lapfog_1]

21. he is hoping beyond hope

That Trump, Vance, Johnson, and Grassley all suddenly keel over with a heart attacks at the same day,

[Butterflylady]

25. I whole heartily agree.

[IbogaProject]

26. And he let trump insult his wife back in 2016

What an evil schmuck.

[Attilatheblond]

28. And possibly, a tax cheat. Recall reading about him claiming a more that $100,000 deduction for a home office years ago

Wonder how many other cowards who cave to Trump are hiding lil accounting guesstimates that Elon's hackers might be digging into. More info = more power over sketchy cowards.

[Renew Deal]

30. This is correct

And it's why he will never be president. He's spineless

[True Blue American]

33. Spineless,,as are the rest.

[Emile]

35. Every Republican I have known, were all ass kissers 💋.

[Martin68]

38. Trump's nickname was a right on the money, "Little Marco Rubio."

[Scalded Nun]

39. He is a coward, who will sell out to who he sees as the most beneficial to him

And like true cowards, there is no depth he not sink to.

[kimbutgar]

41. He's a lying sack of shit weasel who would sell out his family for power

[Skittles]

44. so, a typical repuke

so few of them will put country over party or themselves

heck, if they could do that they would never even BE repukes

[Blue Owl]

45. Let's just hope he gets eColi from all that turd slurping