Marco Rubio Comes Back Swinging After Difficult Debate
- 8 years ago
Senator Marco Rubio on Sunday confronted what may have been the most challenging moment of his presidential campaign as his rivals seized on images of him mechanically repeating himself in Saturday night’s debate as proof that Mr. Rubio, who arrived in New Hampshire ascendant, was not ready for prime time.
Mr. Rubio defiantly told voters here that he would continue hammering at President Obama’s leadership, a critique he made again and again during the debate, inviting vicious ridicule from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
“I’m going to say it again,” Mr. Rubio told about 1,000 people who crowded into a high school cafeteria, one of his largest audiences yet in New Hampshire.
“Barack Obama is the first president, at least in my lifetime, who wants to change the country.
Change the country.
Not fix it, not fix its problems.
He wants to make it a different kind of country.”
Mr. Rubio defiantly told voters here that he would continue hammering at President Obama’s leadership, a critique he made again and again during the debate, inviting vicious ridicule from Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey.
“I’m going to say it again,” Mr. Rubio told about 1,000 people who crowded into a high school cafeteria, one of his largest audiences yet in New Hampshire.
“Barack Obama is the first president, at least in my lifetime, who wants to change the country.
Change the country.
Not fix it, not fix its problems.
He wants to make it a different kind of country.”