In an interview with the Economist last week, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said there was “no evidence whatsoever” that the Republican enacted tax cuts were helping American workers:
Rubio, clarifying printed remarks from the Economist magazine where he said there is "no evidence whatsoever" the GOP tax law significantly helped American workers. https://t.co/g61mbpYmI2
— Christopher Heath (@CHeathWFTV) May 2, 2018
Full Rubio quote, via the Economist:
The watered-down version they accepted, as the price of Mr Rubio’s support for the bill, excluded the poorest families. “There is still a lot of thinking on the right that if big corporations are happy, they’re going to take the money they’re saving and reinvest it in American workers,” he says. “In fact they bought back shares, a few gave out bonuses; there’s no evidence whatsoever that the money’s been massively poured back into the American worker.”
And now for the clean up today in National Review:
Overall, the Republican tax-cut bill has been good for Americans. That is why I voted for it. But it could have been even better for American workers and their families. https://t.co/RKqt4LeK2Q
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) May 2, 2018
Maybe he does this on purpose?
This, of course, won't fuel the existing perception that many have of him. https://t.co/Db84nKvCvS
— Matt Dixon (@Mdixon55) May 2, 2018
This is a pretty big flip-flop by any measure. For example, this is how it was being covered before today’s National Review op-ed:
.@marcorubio just shreds the argument his GOP colleagues are still making literally every day on Capitol Hill and in campaign ads https://t.co/lH7OyYt9Uz
— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) April 30, 2018
And:
Marco Rubio just went way off message on the GOP tax cuts — and Republicans are furious https://t.co/AdpOXwhlhr
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 1, 2018
What’s even funnier is that the Economist didn’t really believe him when they tweeted this out on May 1 to promote the interview:
The question, as always with Mr Rubio, is: how serious is he? https://t.co/3cAccXzssQ
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 1, 2018
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The Obama bros have a Marco Rubio cardboard cutout. Let's hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as their last cardboard politician… https://t.co/uuiqjqqO0T
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 6, 2018
Slate pretty impressed by Parkland students' $1.05 price tags courtesy of Marco Rubio https://t.co/N5ySQJL1Ab
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 26, 2018
ICYMI ==> AWKWARD: David Hogg's anti-Rubio narrative crumbles after CNN host fact checks (VERY carefully) https://t.co/JcRB6XTrvu
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 26, 2018
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