Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the final speaker of the day, just wrapped up his Q&A session at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta and he did not disappoint.
Some excerpts from his well-received address to the standing-room only audience:
https://twitter.com/laurakfillault/status/629751790196662276
https://twitter.com/SkywardCrowbar/status/629754665106845696
Rubio: “We can’t graduate people anymore with 1000s of dollars in student loans and a degree that doesn’t get you a job." #rsg15
— Lauren McDonald (@laurenmcdonald2) August 7, 2015
To listen to Rubio talk effortlessly about student loans and then segue into al-Nusra & Iran is to wonder at how he could ever lose. #RSG15
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) August 7, 2015
Of all things that impress me about Rubio's policy chops, his forefronting of education/student loan debt is oddly most impressive. #RSG15
— The Nats Won The World Series (@EsotericCD) August 7, 2015
Q: Would you shutdown fed gov to defund Planned Parenthood?
Rubio: Someone should ask Dems if they would shut it down to fund PP. #RSG15
— Ryan Lovelace (@LovelaceRyanD) August 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/629760015822249985
Even Sen. Rubio’s Geico joke went over well after he fake-translated a question in Spanish:
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Rubio fake-translates q from Spanish: "It means I know how to save you a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching to Geico" guffaws
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 7, 2015
One of the Q&A cards was in Spanish. Rubio read it in Spanish, then made a Geico joke. Everyone loved it. #RSG15
— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) August 7, 2015
One of the Q&A cards was in Spanish. Rubio read it in Spanish, then made a Geico joke. Everyone loved it. #RSG15
— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) August 7, 2015
That Rubio Geico line was funny. Legitimately. #RSG2015
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) August 7, 2015
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