(AP): Republican Marco Rubio is ending his campaign for the Republican nomination for president after a humiliating loss in his home state of Florida.
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Rubio told a crowd in Miami Tuesday that he knows that voters are angry and that there is a hunger for new faces and voices in government.
Rubio’s decision was prompted by losses in all but three of the presidential nomination contests but Florida’s winner-take-all primary proved the most devastating. Only six years earlier, he was a tea party favorite who crushed the GOP’s “establishment” candidate to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Rubio spoke over boos from the audience as he congratulated Florida primary winner Donald Trump. Rubio offered the crowd an emotional evaluation on the state of politics in the United States Tuesday as he ended his bid for the White House.
.@marcorubio: “It is clear that while we are on the right side, this yr we will not be on the winning side.” pic.twitter.com/gHrge67NRV
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 16, 2016
.@marcorubio: “We can disagree about public policy…but we are a hopeful people & have every right to be hopeful.” pic.twitter.com/JlnDLiBgc4
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 16, 2016
Donald Trump wins the biggest prize yet in his quest for the White House: Florida. https://t.co/H9j5W1ex3a pic.twitter.com/Liby9I7ijP
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) March 16, 2016
Marco: it’s not God’s plan that I be president in 2016.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) March 16, 2016
Thank you, Florida! #SuperTuesday #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/nzhnLQXrZg
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 16, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: Fox News projects @HillaryClinton as the winner of the Ohio Democratic Primary. #PrimaryDay pic.twitter.com/EatI3eXvZ0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 16, 2016
BREAKING NEWS: Fox News projects @JohnKasich as the winner of the Ohio Republican Primary. #PrimaryDay pic.twitter.com/Fy7UjFqLIR
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 16, 2016
