Election 2020: The Game!

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Round 20 : February 9, 2020-February 15, 2020

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New Polls
After clinching victories in South Carolina, Nevada and Tennessee, Florida Senator Marco Rubio largely leads his opponents. All the Republican presidential candidates are preparing for the caucuses in the Washington state, Alaska and Montana as they are preparing to clash during their 8th debate in Phoenix, Arizona, on February 13.

Republican National Polls

Marco Rubio : 46 %
Paul Ryan : 26 %
Tom Cotton : 21 %
James Comey : 7 %

Washington Polls

Marco Rubio : 49 %
Paul Ryan : 23 %
Tom Cotton : 17 %
James Comey : 9 %

Alaska Polls

Marco Rubio : 38 %
Paul Ryan : 28 %
Tom Cotton : 20 %
James Comey : 11 %

Montana Polls

Paul Ryan : 39 %
Marco Rubio : 27 %
Tom Cotton : 19 %
James Comey : 11 %

Arizona Polls

Marco Rubio : 52 %
Paul Ryan : 29 %
Tom Cotton : 15 %
James Comey : 4 %

General Election Polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio vs Angus King

Marco Rubio : 45 %

Hillary Clinton : 41 %

Angus King : 14 %

Hillary Clinton vs Paul Ryan vs Angus King

Paul Ryan : 42 %

Hillary Clinton : 41 %

Angus King : 16 %

Hillary Clinton vs Tom Cotton vs Angus King

Tom Cotton : 42 %

Hillary Clinton : 42 %

Angus King : 15 %

Hillary Clinton vs James Comey vs Angus King

Hillary Clinton : 44 %

James Comey : 39 %

Angus King : 17 %

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BREAKING NEWS

Saudi Arabia starts leading airstrikes against ISIS in Egypt

Since ISIS' rise in Egypt, a few months ago, uncertainty and insecurity raised in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Saudi Arabia decided to counter this threat by orchestrating airstrikes in Egypt. The offensive started near the Suez Canal where 39 jihadists were killed by Arab airstrikes.

Endorsements

Marco Rubio Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Libertarian journalist Nick Gillespie, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Alaska Governor Bill Walker, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan, Alaska Governor Lisa Murkowski and former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer

Angus King : Former California Governor Jerry Brown, activist Michael Moore, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Minnesota Senator Al Franken and Reverand Jesse Jackson

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Ooh I'm rising in the polls. Should make the GE interesting.

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Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of Feb. 9, 2020-Feb. 15, 2020, Part 1

February 9, 2020
-Flight to Billings, Montana
-Debate preparation on the plane
-Meet with college voters at Montana State University Billings in Billings, MT
-Economic policy speech at Stillwater Mining Company headquarters in Billings, MT
-Fundraising event at Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings, MT
-Flight to Seattle, Washington state
-Debate preparation on the plane
-Free trade policy speech in favor of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) at at the Port of Seattle in Seattle, WA
-Dinner with voters at Seattle's Best Coffee in Seattle, WA
-Barnstorm at the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle, WA
-Town hall meeting at Seattle Central Library in Seattle, WA
-Rally at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA   
-Fundraising event at Seattle Center in Seattle, WA
-Rest and debate preparation

February 10, 2020
-Breakfast with voters at the Starbucks Center in Seattle, WA
-Foreign policy speech at Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA
-Immigration policy speech at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Seattle, WA
-Meet with college voters at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA
-Energy policy speech at U.S. Oil & Refining Company headquarters in Tacoma, WA
-Economic policy speech at the Port of Tacoma in Tacoma, WA
-Foreign policy speech at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, WA, where Senator Rubio claims the urgency of deterring North Korea from pursuing its nuclear program and China from aggressing its neighbors. He also reiterated the importance of fighting international terrorism around the world, including Abu Sayyaf. He also reiterated his intention of accomplishing this national security engagement by creating the Pacific Treaty Organization (PTO). He also made statements reacting to Saudi Arabia's airstrikes against ISIS in Egypt :


It's good news that Saudi Arabia engaged into this fight against ISIS in Egypt. It's another step to international security. But we need to make our contribution in this campaign against terrorism by leading airstrikes as well and reinforcing our military presence around the Suez Canal. And hopefully, if the rumors are true, we can find Aymar al-Zawahiri and bring him to justice once and for all.

-Meet with college voters at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA
-Barnstorm in Olympia, WA
-Bus trip to Spokane, WA
-Debate preparation in the bus
-Fundraising event at the Peyton Building in Spokane, WA
-Speech at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, WA
-Speech at St. Aloysius Church in Spokane, WA
-Rest and debate preparation

February 11, 2020

-Economic policy speech at the Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, WA, allongside CEO Paul Allen
-Barnstorm in Redmond, WA
-Meet with college voters at Seattle Japanese School in an effort to woo the Asian-American vote and young voters
-Speech at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA
-Barnstorm in Seattle, WA
-Rally at Marco Rubio’s campaign headquarters in Seattle, WA, to watch the voting results' development in the caucuses in the Washington state, Montana and Alaska.

Feb. 12-15 will come after the results of the Washington state, Montana and Alaska caucuses

Surrogate schedule

February 9, 2020

-Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan gives foreign Policy speech in Anchorage, Alaska :


In 2012, it was clear that Russia is a geopolitical foe that is challenging us and still represents a threat to our national security interests. Mitt Romney understood it, but Barack Obama mocked it and Hillary Clinton is still ignoring these facts. Russia is invading Ukraine, supporting the Assad regime militarily and is trying to ensure its sovereignty on the Arctic to take control of local energy resources. Mitt Romney was right about it and if he was elected President in 2012, we would have been in a very different and safer situation today. But we still have a chance to correct Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's mistakes. Marco Rubio's foreign policy will allow us to successfully the Ukrainian army to defeat the pro-Russian rebellion and to give Ukraine back to Ukrainians. President Rubio will topple the Assad regime, give Syria back to the Syrian people and defeat ISIS. As the next President of the United States, Marco Rubio will defend America's sovereignty on the Arctic and open oil drilling on the Arctic through underwater tankers, which will bring economic growth ithout hurting the environment. That's why I support Senator Marco Rubio to be the next commander-in-chief.

February 11, 2020

-Sarah Palin campaigns for Marco Rubio in Sitka, Alaska, and gives an energy policy speech in favor of Keystone XL pipeline, oil drilling in ANWR, and the construction of a pipeline from the Prudhoe Bay to Alberta.

February 11, 2020

-Brian Schweitzer campaigns for Marco Rubio in Helena and Billings, Montana

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WASHINGTON, MONTANA AND ALASKA REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES, 2020

CNN America's Choice theme : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uvpd4myQXs

Wolf Blitzer : « Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the coverage of the results of the Washington, Montana and Alaska Republican caucuses. So tonight we can say Go West Young Man! »

Anderson Cooper : « It's 10 : 30 pm and Marco Rubio is leading in the King county (Seattle's location) as well as all the neighboring counties, including the Pierce county (Tacoma's location). »

Washington Caucuses - 25 % reported
Marco Rubio : 46 %
Paul Ryan: 25 %
Tom Cotton : 17 %
James Comey : 12 %

Blitzer : « It's 11 pm. Paul Ryan and Tom Cotton are sharing the Pend Oreille, Stevens, Ferry and Okanogan counties. »

Washington Caucuses - 50 % reported
Marco Rubio : 44 %
Paul Ryan: 27 %
Tom Cotton : 18 %
James Comey : 11 %

Cooper : « It's 11 : 30 pm and Marco Rubio sweeps all the rest of the Western counties of the Washington state, including the Thurston county (Olympia's location) while Paul Ryan wins the Columbia county. »

Washington Caucuses - 75 % reported
Marco Rubio : 48 %
Paul Ryan: 24 %
Tom Cotton : 16 %
James Comey : 10 %

Blitzer : « It's midnight and we can project that Marco Rubio wins the Washington caucuses. »

Washington Caucuses - 100 % reported
Marco Rubio : 50 % ✔
Paul Ryan: 24 %
Tom Cotton : 17 %
James Comey : 9 %

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES
Blitzer : « So Senator Rubio wins the Washington Republican caucuses and 38 delegates while Paul Ryan gains 5 delegates. »

100 % reported
Marco Rubio : 50 %, 38 delegates ✔
Paul Ryan: 24 %, 5 delegates
Tom Cotton : 17 %, 0 delegate
James Comey : 9 %, 0 delegate



Blitzer : « We still have two caucuses to follow tonight in Montana and Alaska. Do we have projections in these states? »

Cooper : « Yes! In Montana, Paul Ryan sweeps most of the Northeastern counties except for the Garfield county won by Marco Rubio. »

Montana Caucuses - 25 % reported
Paul Ryan: 35 %
Marco Rubio : 29 %
Tom Cotton : 18 %
James Comey : 12 %

Blitzer : « It's 12 : 30 am and Marco Rubio wins the Yellowstone county (Billings' location) and almost all the neighboring counties. »

Montana Caucuses - 50 % reported
Paul Ryan: 36 %
Marco Rubio : 31 %
Tom Cotton : 19 %
James Comey : 11 %

Blitzer : « It's 1 am. Ryan and Cotton are sharing the northwestern counties while Marco Rubio wins the Lewis and Clark county (Helena's location). »

Montana Caucuses - 75 % reported
Paul Ryan: 37 %
Marco Rubio : 30 %
Tom Cotton : 20 %
James Comey : 12 %

Blitzer : « It's 1 : 30 am and Paul Ryan wins the Montana caucuses all the 27 delegates. »

Montana Caucuses - 100 % reported
Paul Ryan: 38 %, 27 delegates ✔
Marco Rubio : 30 %, 0 delegate
Tom Cotton : 21 %, 0 delegate
James Comey : 11 %, 0 delegate

PAUL RYAN WINS THE MONTANA REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES


Blitzer : « In Alaska, Senator Rubio wins the State House Districts 33, 35 and 36 while State House District 32 is won by Paul Ryan. »

Alaska Caucuses - 25 % reported
Marco Rubio : 35 %
Paul Ryan: 29 %
Tom Cotton : 17 %
James Comey : 12 %

Cooper : « It's 2 am, Marco Rubio wins all the eastern State House Districts as well as the State House District 40, in Northern Alaska. »

Alaska Caucuses - 50 % reported
Marco Rubio : 38 %
Paul Ryan: 28 %
Tom Cotton : 18 %
James Comey : 13 %

Blitzer : « It's 2 : 30 am, Marco Rubio wins almost all Alaska's western State House Districts except for State House District 40 won by Paul Ryan. »

Alaska Caucuses - 75 % reported
Marco Rubio : 39 %
Paul Ryan: 29 %
Tom Cotton : 18 %
James Comey : 12 %

Blitzer : « It's 3 am and Marco Rubio wins the Alaska caucuses. »

Alaska Caucuses - 100 % reported
Marco Rubio : 41 % ✔
Paul Ryan: 28 %
Tom Cotton : 19 %
James Comey : 12 %

MARCO RUBIO WINS THE ALASKA REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES
Alaska Caucuses - 100 % reported
Marco Rubio : 41 %, 16 delegates ✔
Paul Ryan: 28 %, 6 delegates
Tom Cotton : 19 %, 4 delegates
James Comey : 12 %, 0 delegate

Blitzer : « Wow! What a so very long night. At last we can sleep. »

Cooper : « Yeah! We'll see you next time on the coverage of the Arizona Republican primary on February 22. »

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Republican Party Presidential Primaries, 2020 - Map and Delegate Count

Marco Rubio : 173 delegates
Paul Ryan : 76 delegates
Tom Cotton : 25 delegates
James Comey : 4 delegates

1219 delegates needed to win the nomination

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Marco Rubio's victory speech in Seattle, Washington

Thank you for your support!

Here, in Seattle we are bordering an ocean that is about to become a battlefield. But if we stand with our allies, reinforce our military presence on the Pacific and create the PTO in order to stop North Korea and China from pursuing their arms race and their military agression against our local allies, the Pacific Ocean will remain pacific. I met many people here in the Pacific Northwest that lost their jobs and are worried about their future and America's future. Their situation is due to Hillary Clinton's protectionism and war on energy. But TPP will make our companies competitive again, reduce the cost of trading, get us new consumers, bring innovation as well as job creation. When it comes to energy, like I said, Hillary Clinton declared war on energy, overexpanded regulations on fossil energy industries and made us unable to develop new forms of energies. But if I'm President, we will double permits on federal lands, increase oil drilling, approve the Keystone XL pipeline, build the TransAmerica Energy pipeline from Pennsylvania to California and another one from Alaska to Alberta, which will create many good-paying jobs, boost our automobile industry, reduce the cost of buying a car in America (which will give us the upper-hand in the TPP where American cars will be less expansive than Asian cars), get us energy independence and give the necessary revenues to invest into the development of renewable energies, thus helping America to pursue further job creation without hurting the environment. A safer, more prosperous and more united America will lead us to a New American Century that will make our dreams becoming reality, restore the American Dream and keep America's status as the land of opportunity alive.

Thank you! God bless America.

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Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of Feb. 9, 2020-Feb. 15, 2020, Part 2

February 12, 2020
-Flight to Phoenix, Arizona
-Debate preparation on the plane
-Foreign policy speech at the Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, AZ
-Economic policy speech at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ
-Speech at the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Phoenix, AZ
-Fundraising event at the Orpheum Theater in Phoenix, AZ
-Speech at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, AZ
-Rally at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, AZ
-Supper with the voters at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ
-Debate preparation   

February 13, 2020
-Fundraising breakfast at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ
-Debate preparation
-Meet with voters and donors at the Phoenix Community College in Phoenix, AZ
-Speech at the Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, AZ
-Rally at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, AZ
-Debate preparation for all the afternoon
-Marco Rubio assists to the 8th Republican Presidential Primary debate alongside Paul Ryan, Tom Cotton and James Comey at the University of Phoenix in Phoenix, AZ

Feb. 14-15 will come after the debate

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King/Ashe 2020

Taking America Back

Schedule for February 9-15

February 9
-Fly to Delaware
-Rally in Dover, Delaware
-Barnstorm in New Castle County, Delaware
-Barnstorm in Sussex County, Delaware
-Rally in Wilmington, Delaware

February 10
-Fly to Sacramento, California
-Rally with Former Governor Jerry Brown

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-Barnstorm in Fresno County, California
-Barnstorm in Glenn County, California
-Rally in San Jose, California

February 11
-Fly to Minnesota
-Rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Former Governor Jesse Ventura, Congressman Keith Ellison and Senator Al Franken. In his first campaign appearance with Senator King, Franken took some humorous jabs at both Clinton and Rubio, calling them "Unabashed trickle-downers"
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Minnesota with the aid of Ventura, Franken, and Ellison

February 12
-Senatorial duties

February 13
-Fly to Pennsylvania
-Rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Governor Tom Wolf, Michael Moore and Reverend Jesse Jackson. All three hammered Clinton over her Wall Street connections, but Jackson and Wolf saved their biggest blasts for the Republicans in general and Rubio in particular.
-Continue building campaign infrastructure in Pennsylvania with the aid of Gov. Wolf

February 14
-Fly to Ohio
-Rally in Columbus, Ohio with former Congressman Kucinich and Senator Brown
-Barnstorm in Morrow County, Ohio
-Barnstorm in Holmes County, Ohio
-Rally in Dayton, Ohio

February 15
-Organize "Republicans for King"

"Republicans for King" announced

Senator King is proud to announce the formation of Republicans for King. The committee, chaired by former Secretary of State Colin Powell, will aim to reach moderate Republicans dissatisfied with the party's shift to the right by highlighting what Powell calls "not liberal or conservative positions, but common sense positions", which he says King espouses. Powell will have full autonomy over the program.

Tim Ashe will be campaigning with Sen. Sanders and Trumka in Maryland and Virginia.

All other surrogates will be campaigning and fundraising up and down the coasts.

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Eigth Republican primary presidential debate at Phoenix University in Phoenix, Arizona

Date : February 13th, 2020

Participants : Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, Former FBI Director James Comey






Host : ABC News


Moderator : Charles Gibson


Podium order was determined by the average of the national polls since the beginning of the South Carolina primary and the Nevada caucuses :

Cotton    Rubio    Ryan    Comey

Questions

-Opening statements

-How do you intend to relaunch our space program?

-Senator Rubio, you claimed, a few days before the South Carolina primary and the Nevada caucuses, that the Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, represents a great opportunity for the development of our nuclear industry. What did you mean?

-Senator Rubio, Speaker Ryan accused you of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants by suggesting that we should allow children of illegals to pay in-state college tuition. How do you respond to it?

-Recently, Saudi Arabia is leading an air offensive against ISIS in Egypt. If we do the same, do you believe it represents a great occasion of improving our relations with Saudi Arabia, four years after the Congress' approval of a law allowing 9/11 victims' families to pursue Saudi Arabia?

-Due to Russia's recent military acts in Syria, Ukraine and the Arctic, was Mitt Romney right to call Russia as geopolitical foe?

-Angus King's campaign launched his Liberterian Outreach Program as well as Republicans for King. I want to hear from all four of you : why Republicans and Libertarians should not trust Angus King to be president and support you as the Republican nominee?

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Marco Rubio debate answers, Part 1

-Opening statements

Good evening fellow Americans! In this time of economic downturn and growing international insecurity, we have to ask a crucial  question : are we better off than we were twelve years ago. If you want America to hire again, to be energy independent, to be competitive in the world economy, to give a better quality education for our kids, budget balance, peace through strength, international terrorism's extinction and international freedom to be restored, then I'm your candidate because Hillary Clinton's record of economic depression, international security, corruption and national division failed America. I will reverse this situation and bring prosperity, security and national unity back to America, because the United States of America deserves better and you , my fellow Americans, deserve better.

Thank you!

-How do you intend to relaunch our space program?

We have to do to grow our space industry and relaunch U.S. space exploration is to incentivize the private sector to develop space technology by promoting partnership between NASA and private spaceflight companies like SpaceX, Shackleton Energy Company, Space Adventures, Ltd., Planetary Resources, Deep Space Industries, etc., and by extending tax credits and exemptions for those businesses investing in research and development, equipment and other capital (a plan similar to the AGREE Act that I co-sponsored to the Senate in 2011) in order not only to create new jobs in the space industry but also to develop a plan that will keep our space program alive, dynamic and competitive. That's how we'll be able to innovate and develop our space technologies and equipment and to exploit volatiles, minerals and other raw materials from asteroids, comets, moons, near-Earth objects and other space objects to grow our economy. Some of these resources will be taken back to Earth to grow our economy and create jobs (especially gold, silver, iridium, platinum, osmium, palladium, rhodium, rhenium, tungsten and ruthenium) or used to construct rockets and spacecrafts that will be committed for spatial missions (iron, aluminium, titanium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum and cobalt), to ensure our astronauts' self-sufficiency (oxygen and water) and to be utilized as rocket propellant (hydrogen, oxygen and ammonia). That's what we can call in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) that provides all the required materials and energy for a space mission. That way, thanks to ISRU, we will successfully conduct a manned space mission and reclaim our status as world leaders in space exploration while reducing the mass and cost of space exploration architectures as well as the amount of payload that must be launched from Earth in order to explore a given planetary-body.

By the way, if we want to revive and grow our space program, we also have to abolish government regulations on space commercialization that cost too much, make it harder for American innovators to create jobs and undermined our citizens' and businesses' ability to establish property rights in space, which imposed obstacles to the development of space for commercial development and human habitation as well. But in November 2015, the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015 (SPACE Act of 2015) was signed into law after passing in Congress in order to discourage government barriers to the development in the United States of economically viable, safe, and stable industries for commercial exploration and commercial recovery of spatial resources in manners consistent with the global commitments of America, to recognize the right of U.S. citizens and businesses to own space resources they obtain and to promote the commercial exploration and use of resources exploited on asteroids. This bill is an important gain for our country, for Florida’s space coast and for the whole space exploration community. That's why I supported that bill to help the American space industry to create new jobs and to expand further into space than ever before. I will use this kind of leadership as President of the United States.
                                                
Thanks to my plan, we will revive our space program, make progress in space exploration, conduct successful manned space missions on the Moon or Mars by 2030, encourage space commercialization through the exploitation of spatial resources and raw materials to accelerate job creation in the United States and to make our space missions more easy to accomplish while limiting the government's role, reducing government spending and saving taxpayers' money.

-Nuclear energy

It is a great opportunity to ensure energy independence for America, to create jobs and to give the American people a better access to electricity. It also represents a new opportunity to create jobs and to boost our electricity industry and make it permanent. After all, electricity is a renewable energy and by developping it, we will create jobs while improving the environment if we follow the right procedures into nuclear energy development and exploitation.

-Senator Rubio, Speaker Ryan accused you for supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants by suggesting that we should allow children of illegals to pay in-state college tuition. How do you respond to it?

Well Mr. Speaker, saying that allowing college tuitions for children of illegal immigrants provides amnesty is simply not true. Because it will make sure that illegal immigrant families pay taxes and it will give their kids a chance to learn English, which will facilitate their integration to our society, and to earn the opportunity to earn a high-quality education. If you want confirmation about your false definition of amnesty, just ask Senator McCain who is sitting among this audience.

-Recently, Saudi Arabia is leading an air offensive against ISIS in Egypt. If we do the same, do you believe it represents a great occasion of improving our relations with Saudi Arabia, four years after the Congress' approval of a law allowing 9/11 victims' families to pursue Saudi Arabia?

Of course it is. The United States and Saudi Arabia have common goals : fighting terrorism and restore international security and freedom. If we kept a few troops in Libya to train the new Libyan army in 2011 after toppling Gadaffi, North Africa would have already been safer and freer today. But we can contribute to such a better future for North Africa and the Middle East if we engage in this fight against terrorism by joining our allies in this fight against ISIS in Egypt and across the Middle East and if the rumors are true we could find Aymar al-Zawahiri in Egypt and bring him to justice.

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Marco Rubio debate answers, Part 2

-Due to Russia's recent military acts in Syria, Ukraine and the Arctic, was Mitt Romney right to call Russia as geopolitical foe?

He was clearly right just as he was right about Detroit as we can see due to Detroit bankruptcy in which we can see this city's desertion as well as job loss due to big government job-killing policies. But Barack Obama wrongly mocked it, but we still have a chance to correct all of this terrible situation. Russia is defending the corrupt and dictatorial Syrian regime of Bachar el-Assad. By targeting the Syrian rebellion instead of ISIS, Russia keeps putting its own interests before international security, thus making our fight against radical Islamic terrorism more difficult and making tyranny permanent in Syria. If we topple Assad, Syria will finally take its liberty back under a democratic government and we will give Syria back to the Syrian people. Russia is invading Ukraine by annexing Crimea and by supporting a separatist pro-Russian insurgency through military equipment providing, thus violating Ukraine's territorial integrity. So if we increase diplomatic and economic sanctions against Russia, reinforce our military presence in Eastern Europe and Black Sea, and provide military training as well as military equipement to Ukraine armed forces, they will be able to defeat this pro-Russian terrorist insurgency, free Crimea and give Ukraine back to the Ukrainian people. We have to ensure America's sovereignty on our Arctic regions before Russia does as it is alrready militarizing the Arctic to secure local energy resources. That way, peace and stability will be maintained on the Arctic, our sovereignty on the Arctic regions bordering Alaska will be saved and we'll exploit local energy and mineral resources for the sake through underwater tankers for the sake of our economy and our environment. I think that's exactly what Governor Romney would have done as President of the United States if he won the 2012 presidential election. But since he lost, he didn't have the chance to do so but we still have the opportunity to follow such an international security agenda and I will if I become the next President of the United States.

-Angus King's campaign launched his Liberterian Outreach Program as well as Republicans for King. I want to hear from all four of you : why Republicans and Libertarians should not trust Angus King to be president and support you as the Republican nominee?

Well, just like Hillary Clinton, Angus King is promoting the same failed economic policies of the last twelve years that cost millions and millions of jobs in this country. Senator King opposes economic freedom and promotes big government policies (higher taxes and regulations) that offshored our companies and our jobs overseas. It will only make our people poorer and decrease the American people's purchasing power. He is against energy independence and wants to make us more dependent on foreign oil. If we follow this path, we'll never be able to clinch energy independence and develop alternative energies. Senator King opposes free trade while protectionism is one of the factors of this actual economic downturn. Senator King should remember that one of the main reasons why the Great Depression got longer and worse is the legislation of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 that increased tariffs and reduced American exports and imports, thus increasing unemployment rate from 8 % in 1930 to 25 % in 1932. We can't afford to repeat such a mistake. In addition at the end of his second term as Maine Governor, Angus King left this state with a deficit due to big government spending, taxing and regulating, thus killing jobs in Maine and raising the local unemployment rate to 5 % at the time.
 
Republicans AND Libertarians want economic freedom, smaller government and reduced taxes because that's the only solution to prosperity. If I'm President of the United States, we will  reduce the size of government and cut taxes for ALL Americans, including the middle class and poor people. The right way to grow the economy is making  poor people richer, not making rich people poorer. I understand the middle class and poor people's concerns and I have the right solutions to help them. Hillary Clinton and Angus King can't lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck. I was raised paycheck to paycheck. By cutting taxes for business owners and reducing the cost of doinf business in the United States, we will stop our companies' offshoring overseas and America will remain the best place in the world to open a new business. It will help businesses to grow, expand, innovate, produce and hire people.

Just like Libertarians, we want to help our country to clinch energy independence. I will do so by increasing oil drilling, approving Keystone XL pipeline, TransAmerica pipeline and oil drilling in ANWR, which will bring energy independence as well as massive job creation and get us the necessary revenues to be invested into the development of renewable energies. That's how we'll be energy independent, create jobs and reduce our ecological footprint. In addition, increased oil drilling will boost our automobile industry and prevent bankruptcies in cities where automobile manifacturing is the main economic activity such as Detroit. Energy independence will reduce the cost of buying American cars, which will give us the advantage into TPP because if our cars are less expansive than Asian cars,  international consumers will buy more American cars than Asian cars.

Free trade will reduce the cost of exporting and importing, make our companies competitive, get us new consumers around the world, bring innovation and job creation. By opening more markets and look for new ones, we will increase our ability to innovate and compete in this world economy. Goods and services crossing borders ensure the development of new ideas and models and allow our producers to learn about the market through the failure and success of traded products. By learning more, they will be favored to innovate and keep their competitiveness.

Once the budget will be balanced under my presidency, we will invest a part of futurre budget surpluses into the development of infrastructures to facilitate economic activities, ensure the implementation of new businesses and help them to grow and expand, which will also create new jobs.

I cosponsored the AGREE Act alongside Democratic Senator Chris Coons. This bill increased tax credits and exemptions for companies investing in R & D, equipment and other capital, gave tax credits for veterans opening a business franchise and raised immigration for some types of work visas, which helped our country to boost economic growth, job creation and innovation.
When it comes to foreign policy, if we create the SWADA (Southern and Western Asia Defense Alliance) and PTO (Pacific Treaty Organization) and promote peace through strength, we will stop China's agression on South China Sea, increase pressure on Iran and North Korea and force them to stop pursuing their nuclear programs. That way there will be no need to declare war against these nations because my plan will provide peace through strength.

That's why Republicans, Democrats, Independents and Libertarians should reject Senator King's big government and international insecurity agenda and can count on me to lead America to the future and bring prosperity, security and national unity back to this country once and for all.

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King responds to Senator Rubio's accusations

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Angus King Advertisement

Format: Radio

Title: The Party of Veterans?

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Marco Rubio for President 2020 Right here Right now

Schedule for the week of Feb. 9, 2020-Feb. 15, 2020, Part 3

February 14, 2020
-Foreign policy speech at Thunderbird Field in Glendale, Arizona
-Interview with John Harwood and CNBC in which Rubio was asked about Senator King's accusation to the Republican Party to the right :

If Senator King really believes that the Republican Party had shifted that far to the right, then he I think he is stuck to the past : we are in 2020, not in 1964 (referring to unsuccessful Barry Goldwater's extremist candidacy in 1964). When it comes to Ronald Reagan's job creation record here are the facts : how can Senator King call the Reaganomics failed policies while these pro-growth policies created over 16 million new jobs while inflation significantly decreased during Reagan's eight-year presidency? If you don't have the facts, then you don't have any credibility.

-Economic policy speech at the Glendale Training Center in Glendale, AZ
-Rally with voters at Gila River Arena in Glendale, AZ
-Speech at the LDS Mesa Arizona Temple in Mesa, AZ
-Speech at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, AZ
-Meet with college voters at Arizona State University Polytechnic campus in Mesa, AZ
-Rally at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, AZ   

February 15, 2020
-Foreign policy speech at Fort Huachuca in Tucson, AZ
-Economic policy speech at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show in Tucson, AZ
-Marco Rubio responds to Angus King's negative ad titled « The Party of Veterans ? »


Senator King said in a negative ad based on unsubstantiated claims that I support our troops only when sending them to war and then neglect them when they come home. This is an outright lie.

I understand our veterans struggle to adapt. My older brother Mario Rubio is a military veteran and he represents to me an example of the living conditions of our veterans. I always support him just like all other veterans to help them to earn the best post military service life they would ever know. I have a clear record on improving our veterans lives. Let me remind you, Senator King, in 2011 I cosponsored the AGREE Act alongside Democratic Senator Chris Coons. This bill gave tax credits for veterans opening a business franchise, so it helps them to find a good paying job and to prosper after their military service.

I successfully co-sponsored the 2014 VA reform law by introducing a measure empowering the VA secretary to hold managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats because it's another way to reward our veterans for their military service and their sacrifices for America.

In 2015, when Donald Trump questioned John McCain's war hero status, I defended Senator McCain and all veterans and PWOs. I denounced Trump's comments about McCain's heroism and courageous service to this country in which he was tortured in Vietnam and was ready to die for his country rather than encouraging communist propaganda because he always put country first before his own interests just like I take the pledge to put our country first as President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief.

If I'm elected President of the United States, our veterans will be rewarded for their valiant service to their country not only through medals of honor but also through health services.
If we take care of our veterans, as I always did and will always do, they will be thankful of the services we'll give to them just as we are thankful of their service for our country, for freedom and for our national security. I will use this leadership as President of the United States. So I can promise you that our future military veterans will have access to the same services as the current veterans do.

God bless our men and women in uniform, God bless our veterans and God bless the United States of America.

-Speech at the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ
-Meet with college voters at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ
-Flight to Washington D.C.
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.

Surrogate schedule

February 15, 2020
-In Washington D.C., Arizona Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain slams Angus King for his "defamations" about the Republican Party's record on improving American veterans' lives :


I solemnly condemn Angus King's lies and calumnies about our party's record on caring about our veterans. Senator King said that the Republican Party supports our troops only when we send them to war only to neglect and ignore them when they come home. Senator King is a pathological liar who is ready to say or do anything to win this election.

I fought the Vietnam War, my plane was shot down by Vietcong, I was captured and tortured for six years by the Vietcong and was ready to die for my country rather than promoting communist propaganda by accepting early release because I always put my country first just as my friend Senator Rubio has always and will always put our country first.

Just like Senator Rubio, I understand our veterans' living conditions. After my military service, I supported keeping health care promises to aging veterans, improving educational assitance for vétérans and freezing spending on everything but Defense, Veterans and entitlements.

Nine years ago Marco cosponsored the AGREE Act alongside Democratic Senator Chris Coons, which gave tax credits for veterans opening a business franchise and helped them to find a good paying job and to prosper in their post-military service.

Senator Rubio co-sponsored the 2014 VA reform law by introducing a measure empowering the VA secretary to keep managers accountable for incompetence, negligence and corruption and to care more about veterans than bureaucrats.

President Rubio will care about our veterans and reward them through medals of honor and health and social services because he knows that they deserve a better life than the one bureaucrats are giving to them after their valiant, honorable and courageous service for America's security and freedom. That's why I support Marco Rubio.

So shame on you Senator King for dishonoring our veterans and making difamations for political gains!


-Brian Schweitzer gives an interview with Bill O'Reilly on why he supports Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio over Hillary Clinton :


In this time of economic decline, we need new leadership to grow our economy which requires, notably, energy independence, a procedure which Hillary Clinton doesn't have the guts to follow. I support oil drilling because it will bring massive job creation, make us energy independent and get us the necessary revenues to invest into the development of alternative energies. That way, Republicans AND Democrats will fulfill their agenda for the sake economic growth. Marco Rubio understands this and that's why I'm enthusiastically supporting his candidacy

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The Rachel Maddow Show, February 15, 2020

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Round 21 : February 16, 2020-February 22, 2020

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New Polls
A week from the Arizona primary, Senator Marco Rubio is still leading largely in the polls for the Republican nomination. The four Republican presidential candidates are campaigning hardly in Arizona and are preparing for the ninth Republican presidential debate that will be set on February 25 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. James Comey's presidential campaign announced that if the former FBI Director doesn't win the Arizona primary he could end his campaign.

Republican National Polls

Marco Rubio : 47 %
Paul Ryan : 27 %
Tom Cotton : 20 %
James Comey : 6 %

Arizona Polls

Marco Rubio : 53 %
Paul Ryan : 28 %
Tom Cotton : 15 %
James Comey : 4 %

General Election Polls

Hillary Clinton vs Marco Rubio vs Angus King

Marco Rubio : 46 %

Hillary Clinton : 40 %

Angus King : 12 %

Hillary Clinton vs Paul Ryan vs Angus King

Paul Ryan : 43 %

Hillary Clinton : 41 %

Angus King : 15 %

Hillary Clinton vs Tom Cotton vs Angus King

Tom Cotton : 41 %

Hillary Clinton : 40 %

Angus King : 14 %

Hillary Clinton vs James Comey vs Angus King

Hillary Clinton : 44 %

James Comey : 37 %

Angus King : 16 %

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Angus King Temporarily Suspends Campaign, Collapses on Exit

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BREAKING NEWS

ISIS strikes in Chicago

Yesterday, ISIS orchestrated a terrorist attack in Chicago. The jihadist organization tried to destroy the Sears Tower (also called the Willis Tower), a symbol of the United States' economic power. Two ISIS terrorists from Syria were driving a truck containing bombs and charged the Sears Towers, hitting and killing approximately 21 people on their way with the truck. but fortunately, before the truck hit its target, two safeguard policemen spot the threat and killed the truck's driver, thus disorientating the vehicle that crashed down to explode on the Wacker Drive, thus killing 37 people and making a total of 58 victims and made this event the worst terrorist attack on the U.S. soil since 9/11.

Many solidarity campaigns adopted the slogan « We are Chicago! »

This terrorist attack triggered debates on whether the United States should intervene militarily in Syria and Iraq to defeat ISIS.

Endorsements

Marco Rubio Businessman Mark Cuban; former Kansas Senator, former Republican Senate Majority Leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole; former Vice-President of the United States Dan Quayle; former U.S. Congressman from Arizona and Dan Quayle's son; Businessman Steve Forbes;  Businessman Paul Allen

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Marco Rubio's response to Angus King's temporary campaign suspension

We learned Angus King's son, wife and granddaughter died in a car crash and that his grandson is wounded, which forced Senator King to temporarily suspending his campaign. It is with sorrow that I extend my sympathies to Senator King and his family and I hope he will recover soon enough.

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King Suffering from "Extreme Exhaustion and Anxiety"

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Marco Rubio's response to Gus King's death

Though we are opponents, I extend my sympathies for Angus King. His son Gus died, which increased his exhaustion and anxiety. I hope he will recover soon enough.

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Schedule for the week of Feb. 16, 2020-Feb. 22, 2020

February 16, 2020
-Flight to Chicago, Illinois, to support the victims' families of the terrorist attack at the Willis Tower


-Speech denouncing international terrorism in Chicago after the terrorist attack at the Willis Tower
Though ISIS' plan to destroy the Willis Tower failed, this terrorist group attacked us on the U.S. soil, committing the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11. I'm extending my sympathies for all victims' families. We will never surrender against international terrorism, we will fight it until we destroy and defeat it, until America's victory against terrorism.

February 17, 2020
-Flight to Washington D.C.
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.   
-Senate vote on extending the PATRIOT Act's roving wiretaps due to recent terrorist attack in Chicago
-Marco Rubio and Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner co-sponsored a bipartisan legislation called Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act that would reinforce defence ties with Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India in order to create a greater collaboration with these countries to fight terrorism in the Middle East through military strength and deter Iran from getting nuclear weapons.

-Marco Rubio's speech in the U.S. Senate introducing his Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act


We just suffered the worst terrorist attack on the U.S. soil since 9/11. We have to make sure that this kind of tragedy never happens again here in America and abroad. That requires fighting international terrorism, especially in the Middle East. But if we want to make our antiterrorist fight successful, we have to reinforce and expand our strategic alliances and then, through military strength, we will defeat ISIS and Al Qaida. Such stronger alliances will, through stronger pressure on Tehran, make sure that Iran never gets nuclear weapons. It will make sure that Iran will use its nuclear energy not for military purposes but for economic purposes. Nuclear energy should be used for Iran's economic growth. And as long as Iran acts like this, there will be no need to intervene militarily against Iran, which will reinforce international security and peace. That's why Senator Warner and I are co-sponsoring and now introducing the Bipartisan Counterterrorist Coalition Act.

February 18, 2020
-Senate duties in Washington D.C.

February 19, 2020
-Flight to Phoenix, Arizona
-Speech at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, AZ
-Rally with voters at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, AZ
-Speech at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix, AZ
-Dinner with the voters at Garcia's in Phoenix, AZ
-Foreign policy speech at Raytheon Missile Systems facility in Tucson, AZ
-Economic policy speech at Universal Avionics headquarters in Tucson, AZ
-Speech at the Jewish History Museum in Tucson, AZ
-Debate preparation

February 20, 2020
-Energy policy speech at Global Solar Energy headquarters in Tucson, AZ
-Speech at the Cathedral of Saint Augustine in Tucson, AZ
-Barnstorm in Nogales, AZ
-Barnstorm in Bisbee, AZ
-Barnstorm in El Mirage, AZ
-Advertisement filming
-Barnstorm in Casa Grande, AZ
-Infrastructure policy speech at Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler, AZ
-Economic policy speech at the Intel facility in Chandler, AZ
-Debate preparation

February 21, 2020
-Advertisement filming
-Speech at the Liberty Market in Gilbert, AZ
-Barnstorm in Gilbert, AZ
-Meet with college voters at the Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ
-Rally at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, AZ
-Energy policy speech at the Salt River Project headquarters in Tempe, AZ
-Foreign policy speech at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Yuma, AZ
-Barnstorm in Yuma, AZ
-Immigration policy speech at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, AZ
-Supper with the voters at Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, AZ
-Debate preparation

February 22, 2020
-Breakfast with the voters at Hotel Valley Ho in Scottsdale, AZ
-Speech on the American Dream at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale, Arizona
-Counterterrorist policy speech at General Dynamics Mission Systems facility in Scottsdale, AZ
-Fundraising event at Hassayampa Hotel in Prescott, AZ
-Barnstorm in Prescott, AZ
-Immigration policy speech at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, AZ
-Barnstorm in Flagstaff, AZ
-Barnstorm in Lake Havasu, AZ
-Fundraising event at Desert Ridge Marketplace in Phoenix, AZ
-Rally with supporters at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ, to watch the development of the Arizona Republican primary’s voting results