Subject: Re: Rubio: I'm willing to speak for Trump at the convention - POLITICO
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 21:40:40 -0400

Same thing will happen when Paul Ryan caves.

Eric D. Schwerin
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On May 26, 2016, at 8:25 PM, Alexander S. Mackler <[email-masked]>
wrote:

They are literally doing exactly what Trump mocks them for doing. All of
them.

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 6:05 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]
> wrote:

> Not sure how these guys pivot so easily….
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> http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/marco-rubio-republican-national-convention-223627
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> Rubio: I'm willing to speak for Trump at the convention
>
> In an excerpt of an interview published Thursday with CNN’s Jake Tapper,
> Sen. Marco Rubio said he will attend the Republican National Convention in
> July.
> Rubio: I'm willing to speak for Trump at the convention
>
> Marco Rubio is willing to go above and beyond supporting Donald Trump,
> exceeding the requirements of the loyalty pledge he signed last fall to
> support the eventual GOP presidential nominee.
>
> In an excerpt of an interview published Thursday with CNN’s Jake Tapper,
> the Florida senator said he will attend the Republican National Convention
> in Cleveland in July and is willing to have a speaking role and expects his
> delegates to be released.
>
> “Yeah, my sense is I’m gonna go to the convention,” Rubio said. “And I
> don’t know if I’ll have a role in the convention, but I have a lot of
> people going there that are supporters.”
>
> “Yeah,” Rubio responded when asked if he would speak on Trump’s behalf at
> the convention. “I wanna be helpful. I don’t wanna be harmful because I
> don’t want Hillary Clinton to be president.”
>
> Since suspending his campaign following a home-state loss in the March 15
> Florida primary, Rubio has maintained that he still has policy
> disagreements with Trump but indicated earlier this month that he would
> vote for the real estate mogul over Clinton, later explaining that he was
> honoring his pledge.
>
> “Look, my policy differences with Donald Trump — I spent 11 months talking
> about them so I think they’re well understood. That said, I don’t want
> Hillary Clinton to be president,” he continued. “If there’s something I can
> do to help that from happening and it’s helpful to the cause, I most
> certainly would be honored to be considered for that.”
>
> He also said he would release his delegates, though his campaign
> “basically, technically” has already done so, he explained, “because Donald
> is gonna have a majority number and at that point it’ll be irrelevant.”
>
> “So, if we haven’t done so already, we will,” he said.
>
> Despite how far he’s willing to go to support the billionaire, it stops at
> joining his ticket. “In my view, that wouldn’t be the right choice for
> him,” Rubio said of being chosen as Trump’s running mate. “He’s earned the
> nomination and deserves to have a running mate that more fully embraces the
> things he stands for.”
>
> Rubio’s 2016 campaign is over, but he agreed that it’s “a safe assumption”
> that his failed bid for president won’t be his final run for public office.
>
> “But I don’t know where I’m gonna be in two years. I don’t know,” he said.
> “I can tell you I enjoy public service. If there’s an opportunity to serve
> again in a way that I feel passionate about, I most certainly think I’d
> explore it. But I don’t know where I’m gonna be in two years. I don’t know
> what my life will look like then.”
>
> Though he has deemed it "unlikely,"
> <http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/marco-rubio-reelection-2016-florida-senate-223622>
> Rubio could return to the U.S. Senate. He faces a June 24 filing deadline
> to run for reelection, and Republican senators are warm to another term for
> Rubio, especially because there's fear that the five-person GOP primary in
> Florida could flip his seat to Democrats.
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