Rubio reflects the Cuban people in the US.
He's not half Cuban, half Canadian, he has real roots to his community.
He won his race 52% to 44%; not bad, not as good as it could be but when one knows Florida showed up to vote in that election, pretty good.
He was shown to have been able to win the presidency per the polls as well against virtually any Democratic nominee.
No way, is a product of Cuban refugees going to take kindly to the long time Soviet/Russian overlords like Putin.