Rubio: Yeah, I’m Not Speaking For Trump At Convention Anymore

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whose back-and-forth attitude toward Donald Trump has seen him harshly criticize Trump during the primary season, then willingly support him as the GOP nominee in May, is now asserting he won’t speak for Trump at the GOP convention.

Justifiably concerned that his public support of Trump might tarnish him, as Trump’s recent racist comments regarding Judge Gonzalo Curiel have elicited a firestorm of criticism, Rubio told Roll Call, “I may not be asked to speak, but if I am at a convention or any Republican gathering for that matter, what I would communicate is the things I believe in. I’ve never said I would stand and speak on behalf of someone else’s agenda. I would speak about the things I believe in, not somebody else’s platform or on behalf of anyone else for that matter.” He acknowledged that his perspective is, in some cases, “substantially different from what Donald is offering, and that’s why I’m not sure I’m going to be asked to speak at the convention.”