Quotes
Communist China is not, and will never be, a friend to democratic nations,
Rubio wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in August
The bottom line is that U.S. policymakers cannot afford to be complacent about the largest, most advanced adversary America has ever faced,
he wroteThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) doesn't believe in simple principles like religious liberty, the right to free speech, democratic elections,
Rubio saidThey literally go around telling countries democracy cannot solve problems. 'Our system is so much better at solving problems,
the lawmaker saidThey have leverage over our economy. They have influence over our society. They have an army of unpaid lobbyists here in Washington,
Rubio said in a 2023 Senate speechIt would be a nightmare coming true if he got the job,
Zhu Junwei, a former researcher in the People's Liberation Army and current director of American research at Beijing's Grandview Institution think tank, told the Australian Financial ReviewMarco is qualified. He's been on Foreign Relations in the Senate for many years. I'm happy because he knows Latin America which is a region that's often forgotten,
Navarro said
You are hearing a sigh of relief from America's allies abroad. These are people who are qualified. Mike Waltz is a Green Beret. He served in combat. He served our nation, so he's also not just opining as somebody who was in academia,
Farah Griffin saidHe first served under Barack Obama, and at the time, people called Obama the 'Deporter in Chief.' You know, he deported more people than Trump,
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I'm kind of worried about the Stephen Millers of the world. I'm worried about Lee Zeldin, the Administrator of the EPA, who voted against climate based policies, which will affect our children, which will affect our grandchildren,
Hostin saidYou know what they say about men with small hands,
Rubio said tauntingly
He referred to my hands -- if they're small, something else must be small,
Trump said days later at a Republican debate, as Rubio stood just feet awayHave you seen his hands?"
Rubio, seeking to fight Trump at his level, told a Virginia rally during that campaignI don't like what Vladimir Putin did, and we do have an interest in what happens there,
Rubio said of Russia's presidentI don’t understand why his [Trump’s] hands are the size of someone who is 5’2. … And you know what they say about men with small hands? You can’t trust them.”
The remarks prompted Rubio to shoot back
Rubio is a flexible and pragmatic politician who has accommodated himself to the rise of President Trump,
Paul Musgrave, an associate professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, told Al JazeeraThat’s a saying that he [Trump] uses, but it has nothing to do with race, ... The country is threatened by this influx of people, which we now know even includes criminals and terrorists.”
Rubio said in a Spanish-language TV interview, addingWe must learn from Ukraine by addressing the threat of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) and arming Taiwan NOW before it's too late,
he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, in MayPresident-elect Trump's picks for Treasury and Commerce will be telling, but early indications suggest tough days ahead for Beijing,
Sobolik addedI think their legislative track record of viewing the Chinese Communist Party as a hybrid political-economic power will allow for horizontal thinking about new tools of economic statecraft,
he told Newsweek