Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio said Sunday that he would not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election, insisting that “if it is unfair” his party “will go to court and point out the fact that states are not to follow their own electoral laws.” .
Rubio’s statements on Meet the Press come at a time when he is considered a former president donald trumpmain candidates for vice president. Trump has continually falsely said the 2020 election was stolen.
These allegations spurred the January 6, 2021, insurrection, during which participants stormed the Capitol building while lawmakers were certifying the election results. Trump faces a series of charges related to alleged election interference.
When asked by host Kristen Welker, “Will you accept the results of the 2024 election no matter what, Senator?” Rubio responded, “No matter what? No.
“If it’s an unfair election, I think it will be contested… by either side.”
Welker continued to press Rubio to answer whether he would contest the results “no matter who wins.”
“Well, I think you’re asking the wrong person,” Rubio said. “The Democrats are the ones who have opposed every Republican victory since 2000, every single one of them.”
Welker repeatedly pointed out that Democrats who had problems with the election results nevertheless conceded. Rubio, in turn, repeatedly asked whether Welker had asked Democrats this same question.
Rubio — who certified the results of the 2020 election and said that day that “democracy is held together by the people’s trust in elections and their willingness to respect their results” — did not directly answer whether Trump’s reluctance to accept the results electoral elections served to undermine confidence in democracy.
He also refused to criticize Trump for his comments about Florida’s six-week abortion ban, during which Trump called the law “a terrible thing, a terrible mistake” — despite also repeatedly claiming credit for overturning the protection. federal to abortion.
“I support any bill that protects unborn human life, but I do not consider other people in the pro-life movement who have a different view to be apostates,” said Rubio, who has long advocated strict limits on abortion. “They just have a different view on the best way to approach this issue. We’re not like the Democrats, unless you’re in favor of their bills that basically say, ‘We’re going to put in all this fancy language, but it doesn’t make sense in terms of any restrictions.'”
He was coy about whether he would agree to be Trump’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election, saying he had not discussed the possibility with Trump, but adding: “I think anyone who has been offered that position, to serve this country in the second highest position, assuming everything in your life makes sense at that moment, if you’re interested in serving the country, it’s an amazing place to serve.”
