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State Chapters => Florida => Topic started by: libertybele on August 24, 2022, 01:00:23 am
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**nononono* Unbelievable; the Tea Party is backing Rubio - how quickly they forget.
Marco Rubio picks up Tea Party endorsement; polls see tight Senate race
ollowing polls suggesting a close U.S. Senate race in Florida, a national conservative group on Friday endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio for his “conservative, grassroots campaign” and criticized his Democratic opponent for being “a puppet for Nancy Pelosi.”
Billed as the nation’s largest Tea Party-related political action committee, the Tea Party Express has supported Rubio since 2010.
In a press release Friday, the group blasted U.S. Rep. Val Demings, the likely Democratic candidate to win Tuesday’s primary election to face off against Rubio in November.
“His opponent Val Demings parades around as a moderate, but is simply a puppet for Nancy Pelosi, voting with her 100 percent of the time,” organization co-founder Sal Russo said.
“Democrats are determined to take down Sen. Rubio, which is why we need every Florida voter to get out and vote and make sure we keep Marco Rubio in the United States Senate,” Russo, continued.
The original Tea Party movement emerged during the first term of President Barack Obama, the first Black president. Members positioned themselves as antigovernment and against the established Republican Party in Congress............
https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/marco-rubio-picks-up-tea-party-endorsement-polls-see-tight-senate-race/