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Alex Conant

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Founding partner @FirehouseStrat , award-winning public affairs firm. 2x winner of NYT’s Quote Of The Day. RTs endorse Twins, Badgers, Nats, Vikings

Washington, DC

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Joined December 2008

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@AlexConant

Alex Conant

3 months

From tomorrow @WSJopinion : “Perhaps it’s worth calling up a Keith track amid so much American division & dysfunction, as elements of both parties claim U.S. is no longer worth defending. America could use more of the love of country that animated the life & times of Toby Keith”

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@AlexConant

Alex Conant

4 years

Honest question: Why would Trump float a tri-state quarantine, cause panic & confusion in those states, and then announce he’s not doing it? In the face of the biggest national crisis in decades, what is the strategy in that?

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Alex Conant

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WTF. For 100s of millions of people around the world, CNNi is one of few media sources that’s not state sponsored. Journalists there do a great job representing free media around the globe

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

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. @FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!

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4 years

Honest question: why is WH/Trump incapable of tweeting something constructive like this?

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Barack Obama

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If you’re wondering whether it’s an overreaction to cancel large gatherings and public events (and I love basketball), here’s a useful primer as to why these measures can slow the spread of the virus and save lives. We have to look out for each other.

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Fwiw, I’ve known @mkraju for 20 years & he covered my bosses when he was a reporter at @InsideEPA , @Politico , & @CNN — and I still don’t know what his personal ideology is. (I mean that as a compliment.) I do know that he’s definitely not a hack, though.

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Anytime Republicans are reduced to arguing "But Obama did it...", we've already lost

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The McCain & Bush 43 speeches this week are a really big deal. Both warn of urgent threats to freedom & democracy

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Good point 👇

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8 years

This is everything. From new WaPo/ABC poll:

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6 years

Kudos to @jaketapper pointing out that Obama & Congressional Dems did nothing on gun control when they had majority in 2009-10.

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8 years

Honest question: Aren't most of Clinton's ads just replaying Trump's own words?

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

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Crooked Hillary is flooding the airwaves with false and misleading ads - all paid for by her bosses on Wall Street. Media is protecting her!

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6 years

Obama/Clinton’s silence during similar protests 8 years ago remains stain on their legacy. Good for Trump & his team for supporting dissidents in Iran now.

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6 years

Not me but this hard to disagree with. Lots of Republicans who care about keeping majorities are seething at Trump/Bannon tonight.

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One GOP strategist on Bannon’s impact:

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GOP is facing a generational collapse

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8 years

DC's changed a lot in last decade. It's a minority-majority city that's embracing the future. And today voted for it

@washingtonpost

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

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Marco Rubio has won D.C.’s Republican primary, according to the Associated Press.

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For record: I'm watching @realDonaldTrump in a bar. Just told bartenders that I worked for Rubio. Bar staff came out & and shook my hand

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Alex Conant

8 years

Update: @marcorubio 's press avail about violence at Trump rally now has over 115,000 views on YouTube. Watch & RT:

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7 years

I saw this from afar. DC police & fire response was massive & impressive... 15 years in DC & I've never seen anything like it.

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Blake Hounshell

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This is INSANE. Erdogan’s goons rough up Kurdish protesters ON EMBASSY ROW, as D.C. cops valiantly try to stop them.

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Inbox:

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8 years

Sometimes one picture says it all

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National Review's @jimgeraghty lays out conservative case for @MarcoRubio & raises bar for all future "must-reads"

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6 years

how is this not a bigger story?

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New York Magazine

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A horrific video released on Thursday shows an Arizona cop killing an unarmed man who begged for his life in a hotel hallway in 2016

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Alex Conant

8 years

This is an actual screen shot of the @nytimes politics section right now. #bootghazi

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6 years

This column by ⁦ @BretStephensNYT ⁩ is must-read for anyone who wants to understand surge in GOP enthusiasm & unity behind Kavanaugh/Trump

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Alex Conant

7 years

. @RichLowry is a good writer

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Roy Moore Is Pure Steve Bannon

It’s no accident that Bannon ended up joined at the hip to the one Republican in the state of Alabama who might be capable of losing a Senate race.

www.politico.com

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Alex Conant

8 years

Today a supporter told Marco that he is filled w/ hope after last night's debate. You gotta see what happened next:

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Marco: God Is In Control Of Everything | Marco Rubio for President

Marco gives a powerful answer on faith at a town hall in Easley, South Carolina--SUBSCRIBE for the latest news and updates from the Marco Rubio campaign ► ht...

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Alex Conant

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Trump tells @DavidMuir that he couldn't find hats "Made in America" to sell. He should have asked @marcorubio !!

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Here's @marcorubio 's speech tonight. Thanks to everyone on @TeamMarco for a great campaign

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Today @CNN reported totally false story about Marco based on unnamed "source" without asking camp for comment. Unbelievably bad journalism

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Trump just admitted he's not having fun running for president any longer. Con artists don't like being exposed.

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Just waited 3 hours in line to vote for @marcorubio in #DCGOP . Never been prouder to cast a vote. 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

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Alex Conant

7 years

Watch this report. And then consider that White House response is to blame Obama.

@NBCNightlyNews

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

@NBCNightlyNews

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Chemical attack massacre kills, injures 100s of people in Syria. @RichardEngel reports. WARNING: Disturbing images.

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Honest question: Why hasn't @POTUS or any on-record WH spokesman said this?

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Kevin Cirilli

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VP PENCE in South America, moments ago: "We have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-Nazis or the KKK."

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I'm not convinced that Biden's age will doom him with voters this fall. I wrote a piece for @politico explaining why:

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Opinion | Why Republicans Are Making a Big Mistake on Biden’s Age

I’m a Republican strategist — and I think my party is making a big mistake.

www.politico.com

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8 years

Trump just said he wants US leaders to treat the American people the way Chinese leaders treat the Chinese people. This is scary.

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7 years

On @NBCNightlyNews , @chucktodd says he expects WH COS will have to convince WH staff & Cabinet members to not resign after today's debacle.

@NBCNightlyNews

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt

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WATCH: @chucktodd : Pres. Trump has likely lost moral authority to speak for the country, and the Republican Party.

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@AriFleischer @nytimes Maybe because Trump officials (including 1 who was fired last night) have repeatedly denied there were any contacts?

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6 years

The polls have been closed for 90 minutes & GOP could actually lose Senate seat. In ALABAMA. No matter what happens next, hard to overstate what a huge political disaster this is for Moore-apologists like Trump, let alone Moore-champions like Bannon.

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The Obama guys are parody of themselves. Obama ducked gun issues on campaign trail in ‘08 & only signed pro-gun legislation during his first term, when Dems had filibuster-proof majority in Senate. They hate Marco because he tries to find common ground, which Obama NEVER did.

@PodSaveAmerica

Pod Save America

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"Marco Rubio is the walking, talking embodiment of everything people hate about politics"

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In terms of book sales, this is probably the best publicity any author/publisher could ever ask for, right?

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Brian Stelter

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"Mr. Trump hereby demands that you immediately cease & desist from any further publication, release or dissemination of the Book, the Article, or any excerpts or summaries of either of them, to any person or entity, and that you issue a full and complete retraction and apology…"

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7 years

I honestly didn't know it was possible to have a "hostile" conversation with an Aussie.

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Alex Conant

8 years

So @CNN just canceled my previously scheduled interview on @andersoncooper tonight

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New American Century

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I don’t know if Trump is risking his health by campaigning, but he’s certainly taking a big political risk. I talked to @thehill about Trump’s business-as-usual approach to crisis.

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I've been to 10 post-debate spin rooms now. Never seen Team Trump look so rattled.

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Never prouder to be a Minnesotan.

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Fox News

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BREAKING NEWS: Fox News projects @marcorubio as the winner of the Minnesota Republican Caucus. #SuperTuesday

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30 minutes before Rubio rally in Tennessee and already our biggest crowd of the campaign! #Marcomentum

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Trump is only pushing Marco to get out because he knows we are going to beat him in FL. Marco's never called on anyone to drop out.

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Panoramic shot -- @marcorubio in the round for standing-room only crowd in Iowa. #Marcomentum

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BREAKING: @TGowdySC has a video message for @TedCruz about his false attacks. Watch:

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Trey Gowdy on Ted Cruz’s False Attacks: “You’re better than that." |...

--SUBSCRIBE for the latest news and updates from the Marco Rubio campaign ► http://rub.io/tEJVqDWatch more videos from Marco Rubio! ► http://rub.io/E6DYdYSta...

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Alex Conant

8 years

#marcoumentum + #nevertrump = A New American Century

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3 years

That was incredibly well done. Kudos to @stefcutter

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8 years

Marco won a lot of delegates tonight. #Marcomentum

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8 years

To recap: Dem candidate agrees to Spanish-language debate. Then drops out when he realizes Republican speaks Spanish

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According to media reports, here are today's crowd counts: Rubio: 7,000 in Georgia Trump: 5,500 in Arkansas

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@maggieNYT Ironic that the quotes complaining about the leak are from officials “not authorized” to complain about leaks

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8 years

Today Trump & Rubio each pulled about 5k crowds at their rallies in Atlanta, GA & Franklin, TN. Meanwhile Cruz has 500 in Nevada. #2wayrace ?

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I'm obviously biased, but @marcorubio walking off AF1 is a good look. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@CNNPolitics

CNN Politics

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President Obama and Sen. Marco Rubio disembark Air Force One in Orlando, Florida

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As you're reading this tweet, @realDonaldTrump is trying to come up w/ craziest thing possible to say at press conf to distract from debate

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"Either they win or we win." - @MarcoRubio

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BREAKING: Ben Carson's Michigan chairman switches support to Marco Rubio

Ben Carson's Michigan chairman switches support to Marco Rubio

Four months after being named chairman of presidential candidate Ben Carson's campaign, Michigan Sen. Mike Shirkey is switching his support to Marco Rubio.

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Worth noting: @MarcoRubio 's campaign has not put a single negative TV ad

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This hurts.

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What if Republicans had nominated Rubio? A dispatch from the reality the GOP would prefer.

Everything could've been so magical for the GOP.

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Cleaning out my desk & came across this A1. #TBT cc: @AshleyRParker @jmartNYT

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BREAKING: Unprecedented show of GOP support for @marcorubio in Florida.

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Alex Conant

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How can it be that @Scaramucci has not publicly apologized to Bannon or @Reince45 ?

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Mark Knoller

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"Better not to comment," @Scaramucci told press pool on Air Force One, asking about his comments to @RyanLizza . @Reince45 also on board.

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There's now over 111k views on YouTube of @marcorubio 's press conference yesterday. Worth watching:

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If Clinton campaign doesn't put @HillaryClinton in front of a TV camera this afternoon, it's political malpractice.

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Trey Gowdy & Tim Scott have easiest jobs in the spin room tonight representing @TeamMarco !!

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7 years

As noted in my tweet thread last night, burying news on Friday nights is flawed strategy. Controversies take days to build...

@Acosta

Jim Acosta

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Ryan spox @DougAndres on Arpaio pardon: "The speaker does not agree with this decision."

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Alex Conant

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"Undeterred Underdog" Great front page of today's Tampa Tribune

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Plane problems won't stop @marcorubio from making it to Pawleys Island before the primary. We'll be there tonight to rally supporters

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1,250 Texans giving @marcorubio a warm welcome in Houston! #Marcomentum

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Wanna Stop Trump? Root For Rubio To Win Florida

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Wanna Stop Trump? Root For Rubio To Win Florida

Wanna Stop Trump? Root For Rubio To Win Florida

dailycaller.com

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Breaking news in the Conant family!

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Before tonight's protests in Chicago, @MarcoRubio warned there are consequences to Trump's language. Watch:

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"Dropout drama: Are the media pushing Marco Rubio to get out?" Short answer: Yes. But it's not happening

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BREAKING: @orlandosentinel endorses @MarcoRubio for president. "Rubio is GOP's last, best hope"

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Marco Rubio is GOP’s last, best hope: Sentinel Editorial Board

Every four years, Florida’s Republican leaders try to schedule the state’s presidential primary to make it pivotal in picking the party’s nominee. This time, they may have gotten …

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Interesting: Clinton's best issue against Trump is handling trade agreements

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. @MarcoRubio going on all 5 Sunday shows tomorrow to celebrate 2nd place comeback in SC. 2nd week in a row he'll do full Ginsburg. #history

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Con-artist Trump claimed 35k crowd last night. But local cops said it was only 10k. (Rubio had 20k at VA rallies)

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Trump campaign draws large crowd in Madison

MADISON — Donald Trump roared into the Tennessee Valley on Sunday, bringing with him a tidal wave of support unlike anything seen here since George Wallace campaigned in the area

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Alex Conant

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Marco's Saturday press conference now has over half a million views on YouTube:

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"My heart breaks for my party," - @TimPawlenty on CNN today

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This video has correct transcript; any other is another dirty trick by Cruz camp. How do I know? I'm in the video!!

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Marco: All The Answers Are In The Bible

The Cruz campaign is peddling a video that falsely transcribes Marco's words when he actually praised the Bible.

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Alex Conant

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Congrats+welcome to 15,000 new Americans at 65 naturalization ceremonies across USA today! Welcome to our GREAT country 🇺🇸

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"Rubio has taken a hatchet to the core of the Trump mystique"

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Marco Rubio and Donald Trump Open New Fronts in War of Playground Insults (Published 2016)

With three days to go before the so-called Super Tuesday voting contests, the Florida senator is increasingly resembling Mr. Trump, who he is chasing in the polls.

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Alex Conant

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Marco Rubio: We Cannot Allow Radical Jihadists To Have A Safe Haven

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Marco Rubio: We Cannot Allow Radical Jihadists To Have A Safe Haven

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👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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The Tonight Show

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Jimmy takes a moment at the start of the show to address the events in #Charlottesville

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BREAKING: @MarcoRubio outperforms @realDonaldTrump by 10 points in absentee voting in Miami-Dade

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Report from my brother caucusing in Minneapolis. Great news for @TeamMarco

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Nick Conant

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People waiting to get into the caucus building. The line is half a mile out of the room. Big support for Rubio out here.

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WashPost: Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina win the Republican debate http://t.co/6cVDGSgTzs

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Opinion | Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina win the Republican debate

The Florida senator and the former Fortune 500 executive did themselves a lot of good.

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Alex Conant

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I know for a fact this report is 100% false. Marco will be on debate stage tomorrow & 100% committed to winning FL

@CGasparino

Charles Gasparino

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Top @marcorubio donors say barring a positive poll, the Senator will suspend his campaign prior to the Fla primary.

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Alex Conant

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Senate GOP passes budget with tax cuts, but Trump is tweeting about everything else.

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Alex Conant

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Now over 312,000 views of @marcorubio 's press conference this weekend on YouTube....

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Marco Presser in FL: Donald Trump Is Not A Leader | Marco Rubio for...

In Florida, Marco issues a sharp rebuke to Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric.--SUBSCRIBE for the latest news and updates from the Marco Rubio campaign ► http:...

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Alex Conant

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Judging by reaction to @MarcoRubio at #CPAC2016 , conservatives are rejecting @realDonaldTrump . That's why Trump canceled.

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Alex Conant

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Trump so sensitive!!! Says Marco has "small crowd" after Marco had 7,000; Trump had 5,500 today. #Nevertrump

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

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Just watched lightweight Marco Rubio lying to a small crowd about my past record. He is not as smart as Cruz, and may be an even bigger liar

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Wow. Rubio Leads Trump BIG In Early Florida Voting

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BREAKING: Lamar Alexander endorses Marco Rubio for president

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Lamar Alexander endorses Marco Rubio for president

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has endorsed Marco Rubio's bid for the Republican nomination for president.

www.tennessean.com

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"This nation was not founded on political principles. It was founded on spiritual principles." - @marcorubio at #PFF15

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Trump today: praises Chinese authoritarians, won't denounce KKK.

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Trump's jokes about Marco & sweat really not going over well in Tennessee... Crickets.

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