Donald Trump and Marco Rubio
Donald Trump and Marco Rubio
Donald Trump has picked his former opponent Marco Rubio as his running mate. Let’s be clear: Marco Rubio is an anti-choice MAGA extremist who’ll do whatever it takes to enact Trump’s agenda.
Marco Rubio has spent his career backing extreme national abortion bans, pushing to gut Social Security and Medicare, and championing tax handouts for the ultra-rich. When Trump echoed dictators by calling his political opponents “vermin” and saying immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” Rubio defended him.
With democracy, freedom, and the soul of our nation on the ballot, here’s everything you need to know about Trump’s pick for Vice President, Marco Rubio:
Marco Rubio is an anti-choice extremist who’ll take away your freedom
- Rubio supports banning abortion nationwide with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother. He called such exceptions “a massive loophole.”
- He has also voted against protecting IVF access.
Marco Rubio wants to rip away your access to health care
- Rubio has repeatedly voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
- He was the architect of a plan to shut down the government to gut the law.
- After voting against the Inflation Reduction Act, Rubio co-sponsored legislation to repeal its provisions that lowered prescription drug costs.
Marco Rubio wants to gut your Social Security & Medicare
- Rubio said earned benefits programs like Social Security and Medicare were “weakening” America and has spent years trying to end these programs as we know them.
Marco Rubio puts billionaires over working people
- Rubio voted for Trump’s tax handouts for the ultra-wealthy – even though he admitted the law helped big corporations while leaving working families behind.
Marco Rubio won’t stand up for democracy
- Rubio downplayed January 6, echoes Trump’s election denialism, and will not commit to accepting this November’s election results.
Marco Rubio wants to undo progress on border security & immigration
- Rubio followed Trump’s command to kill the bipartisan border deal.
- He vowed to “get rid of” DACA during his failed presidential run.
Marco Rubio won’t protect our planet
- Rubio railed against the U.S. joining the Paris Climate Accord and downplayed the threat of climate change.