The last time we checked in on Little Marco Rubio and his last-minute Senate campaign, he was lying about Democrat Patrick Murphy's support for Zika research and prevention funding. The fact-checkers have dinged Rubio and his allies repeatedly for lying about his opponent, but that's not slowing Rubio down. He's still at it with two new ads released this week that attack Murphy's résumé and congressional career.
Never mind that Rubio's claims have been debunked for months now. What about the gall of Rubio accusing Murphy—who is in the minority in the Republican House—of being "ineffective" in Congress?
Let's review Marco's performance. He's this session's least effective and most absentee senator, and it isn't just us saying so. Oh, and this, too:
The Tampa Bay times reported last week that Rubio missed 20 of 23 Senate Select Committee on Intelligence meetings between Oct. 2015 and March 2016, the time he was campaigning for president. In February, the newspaper reported that Rubio had missed hundreds of hearings—seven in 10—on four different Senate committees he joined as freshman lawmaker 2010.
And how about all the times—at least nine of them—he justified not showing up to work because he found the job so frustrating and he hated it. Oh, and when he said this: "And I'm not going to have an exit strategy premised on the idea that I'm going to pivot back to a Senate race. We have quality candidates in the state on the Republican side who could run and make great senators." And this: "You don't run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn't work out."
He's actually trying to convince the voters of Florida that he'll be committed to them this time. That he'll be the effective one in the Senate—while he's also refusing to commit to finishing his six-year term if he's re-elected. Because the Senate is nothing more than a launching pad for him.
Yep, it takes a fucking lot of gall to have Rubio’s record and run the ads he's running against Murphy.
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