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Republican senator’s comments come as he is considered among Trump’s top candidates for vice-president

The Republican Florida senator Marco Rubio said on Sunday he would not commit to accepting the 2024 presidential election results, insisting that “if it’s unfair” his party will “go to court and point out the fact that states are not following their own election laws”.

Rubio’s statements on Meet the Press come as he is considered among former president Donald Trump’s top candidates for vice-president. Trump has continuously said falsely that the 2020 election was stolen.

Those claims spurred the 6 January 2021 insurrection, during which participants stormed the Capitol building as lawmakers were in the midst of certifying the election results. Trump is facing a variety of charges related to alleged election meddling.

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[-] p5yk0t1km1r4ge@lemmy.world 86 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Theyre gearing up another January 6, mark my words

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

Only if Trump doesn't win. Then it's not necessary.

[-] chetradley@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Even if he wins the EC, he'll still question the popular vote results.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

V.P. Candidate Checklist:

✅ Deny 2020 election results.

✅ Deny 2024 election results in advance

✅ Kiss Trump’s ass.

✅ Lose your soul if you ever had one.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Dude gets called “Little Marco” for a months by Trump, and he’s still chortling his balls. People like him are so desperate for power that they will happily give up their self respect.

[-] normanwall@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

This is one of my favorite photos ever. Just the perfect representation of the modern Republican Party.

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody who ever had a soul would ever agree to be Donald's VP.

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 2 weeks ago

obviously it's only fair if Trump wins like he says. Otherwise it's just rigged if he doesn't win

[-] orbitz@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago

That's exactly how Trump thinks, whenever he calls things unfair it's just regular crap but everything is unfair if they don't get their desired outcome. The mental gymnastics are absolutely amazing with these people. If we could turn that into an energy source we could get off of oil. Likewise with their projection, though we'd need to limit the size of screen they'd produce otherwise we could only make out a nose hair at best.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 15 points 1 week ago

Hell, Trump whined that 2016 was rigged even though he won the electoral college.

[-] nnullzz@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah because it’s that easy right?! Dr tells me I have cancer, I’ll just not accept the diagnosis because it’s unfair. Problem solved, cancer gone!

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Apropos, because the Rs are pretty much a cancer on the nation and it's people.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Reality doesn't give a shit what you accept.

[-] Mastengwe@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago

News flash: to them, it’ll only be fair if they win.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

And their rampant voter suppression makes it unfair by default.

[-] MamboGator@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Now ask him if he would consider any election where republicans lost to be "fair."

[-] Blackout@kbin.run 15 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like a spoiled child

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Fuckface 45 is that shitty kid who always changed the rules of the game right as he was about to lose.

His few friends were the ones who accepted the changes and stuck around.

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

"time out!"
*Runs*
"Time in!"

[-] 5wim 1 points 1 week ago

slips, trips, and falls out of the grape-stomping bucket and tumbles off the elevated platform "Ooo, oooo, ooo-"

I wish our national standards were not so low, because from a different perspective, it's great that these people are self-identifying as power-corrupted fascists. Usually they hide it and we have to guess.

I really cannot understand how 40% of voters see a rejection of democratic elections as a qualification to run a democracy.

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Marco Rubio is afraid of trump and his childish nicknames.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Guy putting his thumb on the scale: "nobody better put their thumb on this scale!"

[-] snownyte@kbin.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Republicans NEVER accepted election results unless THEY won.

It's nothing unique to 2020. It was only a big deal because of fatass Trump.

[-] fartington@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Little Marco wants to be Very Puny Marco

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Surprised none of them have said the constitution should be followed, as long as it's convenient to their ends.

[-] Dreizehn@kbin.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

The only election result the Government of Fucking Putin would accept is a 87% popular vote win like in shithole Russia.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I wonder if he considers it unfair to have the antiquated slavery-era EC choose a candidate over the popular vote.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Hey hey let’s give Little Marco a break, okay - he’s very dehydrated!

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

And he gets to pick which data supports his desired outcome.

[-] Mossheart@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

If you torture the data enough, it will confess.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Did you guys see Chris Sununu fully bend over backwards, collapsing his face fully into Trump's ass cheeks to defend his endorsement despite going full 180 from his words not 2 years ago? That man should join the circus with flexibility like that.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The Republican Florida senator Marco Rubio said on Sunday he would not commit to accepting the 2024 presidential election results, insisting that “if it’s unfair” his party will “go to court and point out the fact that states are not following their own election laws”.

Rubio’s statements on Meet the Press come as he is considered among former president Donald Trump’s top candidates for vice-president.

Those claims spurred the 6 January 2021 insurrection, during which participants stormed the Capitol building as lawmakers were in the midst of certifying the election results.

He also refused to criticize Trump for his comments on 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 federal protection for abortion.

“I support any bill that protects unborn human life, but I don’t consider other people in the pro life movement who have a different view to be apostate,” said Rubio, who has long pushed for strict limits on abortion.

We are not like the Democrats where, unless you are in favor of their bills that basically say, ‘Let’s just put in all this fancy language, but it’s not meaningful in terms of any restrictions.’”


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[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Would he like a wah-burger to go with his French cries?

[-] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

As if it would matter to anyone.

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