There’s a disturbing amount of influential Republican lawmakers who have spit in the face of party unity ever since Donald Trump was elected president. But Sen. Marco Rubio isn’t one of them.
During an interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo over the weekend, Rubio explained that just because he ran against Trump in the presidential election doesn’t mean he can’t work with him now:
“Why the change from your standpoint?” Bartiromo asked Rubio. “Has President Trump done something beyond this that has changed your relationship with him?”
Rubio all but dismissed the question.
“I just think this whole relationship thing is overblown,” he said. “It’s like asking two boxers, ‘Are you mad that he punched you in the face in the ring and is he mad that you punched him back?’
“When you’re competitors you go at each other. When the race is over, the race is over,” he said.
Watch below (relevant comments begin at the 2:13 mark):
Why can’t other Republicans think like this? Have they forgotten Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment?
Contrary to what many Democrat — and yes, also Republican — lawmakers believe, it’s not the job of Congress to oppose the president. It’s the job of Congress to work with the president — in spite of any differences — to create effective policy and move the country in a positive direction.
Donald Trump is the change the American people voted for. It’s high time more Republicans start backing him up.
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