Iowa is Rubio Country

[UWS]

-During a visit in Beirut, Lebanon, Secretary Graham convinced Lebanese President Michel Aoun to join the planned NATO military offensive against Hezbollah by reminding him that despite the fact that the relations between Israel and Lebanon are in bad shape, these two countries have a common enemy, which is radical Islamic terrorism, including Hezbollah and that these two nations both suffered terrorist attacks by this terrorist group. The allied troops, including 10 000 of the 80 000 U.S. troops operating in Syria, are now preparing their military offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Attacking a party in the Lebanese Parliament is quite a bold move. Is the pressure from Saudi Arabia finally working? I would assume that Hariri's temporary resignation went quite a bit differently than in OTL if the government is actually getting serious about counterterrorism.

I mean the paramilitary wing of the Hezbollah.

[UWS]

ABC News/Washington Post national poll - June 2019

Marco Rubio vs Bernie Sanders
Marco Rubio : 56 %
Bernie Sanders : 39 %

Marco Rubio vs Cory Booker
Marco Rubio : 55 %
Cory Booker : 41 %

Marco Rubio vs Tim Kaine
Marco Rubio : 57 %
Tim Kaine : 40 %

Marco Rubio vs Elizabeth Warren
Marco Rubio : 59 %
Elizabeth Warren : 38 %

Marco Rubio vs Kirsten Gillibrand
Marco Rubio : 58 %
Kirsten Gillibrand : 41 %

Marco Rubio vs Steve Bullock
Marco Rubio : 56 %
Steve Bullock : 42 %

Marco Rubio vs John Hickenlooper
Marco Rubio : 57 %
John Hickenlooper : 42 %

Marco Rubio vs Andrew Cuomo
Marco Rubio : 60 %
Andrew Cuomo : 36 %

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

Hmm.. I guess Marco winning Iowa butterflied so much that Netanyahu didn't get indicted

[America Needs R'hllor]

Hmm.. I guess Marco winning Iowa butterflied so much that Netanyahu didn't get indicted

Marco Rubio's mere presence in our world is SO awesome and holy, he managed to not only make the middle east a democratic heaven, but also make Netanyahu be an actually decent person who's not corrupt throughout his ENTIRE LIFE!

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
June 2019, Part 1

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 66 %
Disapprove : 30 %
Unsure : 4 %

June 1 :
-President Rubio hosts Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at the White House where they discussed issues such as economy, trade, energy, Russia and counter-terrorism.

June 2 :

-Virginia Senator Tim Kaine, the 2016 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee, announces during a rally in Alexandria, Virginia, that he's running for president in 2020.

June 3 :

-The United States and the Western African countries of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania cut an arms deal aimed at fighting radical Islamic terrorism in West Africa, in Maghreb and in Sahel, including Boko Haram, ISIS in the Greater Sahara  and Al Qaida in Maghreb. This deal has yet to be approved by the U.S. Congress before providing military material to those countries.

June 4 :

-President Rubio and Vice-President Haley campaign in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where, along with the President's supporters, they celebrate the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States by the U.S. Congress on June 4 1919 that guranteed suffrage to women. Vice-President Haley declares during her speech that so many progress has been done since then to protect women rights here and abroad and praised the determination of the women who took over the responsibility of workforce and war effort (by n manufacturing military arsenals in arms factories) during the two world wars in addition of praising the efforts of female human rights fighters like Rosa Parks and Aung San Su Kyi as well as the courage and service of women in uniform. She also highlighted the Rubio Administration's accomplishments to create jobs, to increase incomes and to restore the American Dream for the American people, including women. Haley declares that women too can make history and that it has been demonstrated throughout the history of mankind, including with Joan of Arc, Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel and Haley herself who became the first female Vice-President of the United States and later quoted the slogan from the famous poster titled « We Can Do It! ».

June 5 :
-President Rubio and Vice-President Haley campaign in New Hampshire on economic, fiscal and social issues.

June 6 :

-President Rubio arrives in Colleville-sur-Mer, France where he meets French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancelor Angela Merkel for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. During his speech, the President of the United States honored the memory, service, courage and patriotism of World War II veterans and all those who died while defending freedom, justice and democracy against terror, tyranny and corruption. He declared that « our alliances and our common determination made us stronger and solidary and if we keep working together, we will get to total victory against our enemies. »


June 7-8 :

-President Rubio meets the other leaders of G7 in Paris, France for the 45th G7 summit where they all agreed to restore their economic and trade ties with Cuba and Venezuela and to help African countries in their efforts to develop themselves and evoked the benefits free enterprise, infrastructure investment and development, energy independence and free trade.

June 9 :

-Thanks to the effects of the Rubio Admnistration's infrastructure plan that was adopted last year, promoted public/private partnerships to fund infrastructure programs, facilitated economic activities across the country and encouraged the implementation of new businesses in America, 404 000 new jobs were created in the United States in May. The unemployment rate is reduced to 3.1 %.

June 11 :

-Two special elections were held, one in Idaho's 1st congressional district where former Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne defeats his Democratic opponent Shizandra Fox with 72 % of the vote over Fox's 26 % and in California's 12th congressional district (Nancy Pelosi's vacant seat) where Democrat Ellen Corbett wins with 75 % of the vote over Republican Tom Del Beccaro's 23 %.

June 12 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he attracts Hispanic voters by highlighting immigration reform, the benefits of free trade with Latin America and the democraization of Cuba and Venezuela.

June 13 :

-Kansas Senator Jerry Moran introduced the National Security Priority Act that would approve the recent U.S. arms deal with Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania; deploy 2600 U.S. troops and CIA operatives in West Africa in order to train local armed forces and to help them in their fight against radical Islamic terrorism and provide weapons such as F-16s, A-10s, A-29 Super Tucanos, M1 Abrams, MGM-140 ATACMS and M142 HIMARS. The senate will vote on this bill on June 19 and the House of Representatives on June 26.

June 14 :

-Republican Congressman Scott Taylor announces 2020 senate bid, challenging Mark Warner.

June 15 :

-President Rubio campaigns in Charlotte, North Carolina where he holds a rally on foreign policy. He calls on the Congress to pass the National Security Priority Act in order to ensure the success of the fight against radical Islamic terrorism in West Africa for the sake of America's national security.

[UWS]

2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Polls - June 2019

National Poll
Bernie Sanders : 23 %
Tim Kaine : 13 %
Cory Booker : 12 %
Elizabeth Warren : 10 %
Kirsten Gillibrand : 8 %
John Hickenlooper : 5 %
Steve Bullock : 4 %
Andrew Cuomo : 4 %
Amy Klobuchar : 3 %
Martin O'Malley : 2 %
Tulsi Gabbard : 2 %
Undecided : 14 %

Iowa Democratic Caucus Poll
Bernie Sanders : 18 %
Cory Booker : 15 %
Tim Kaine : 14 %
Elizabeth Warren : 9 %
Kirsten Gillibrand : 6 %
John Hickenlooper : 6 %
Andrew Cuomo : 5 %
Steve Bullock : 4 %
Martin O'Malley : 4 %
Amy Klobuchar : 3 %
Tulsi Gabbard : 2 %
Undecided : 14 %

New Hampshire Democratic Primary Poll
Bernie Sanders : 31 %
Elizabeth Warren : 19 %
Cory Booker : 14 %
Tim Kaine : 12 %
Kirsten Gillibrand : 8 %
Andrew Cuomo : 5 %
Amy Klobuchar : 4 %
Tulsi Gabbard : 4 %
John Hickenlooper : 3 %
Steve Bullock : 3 %
Martin O'Malley : 2 %
Undecided : 5 %

Nevada Democratic Caucus Poll
Tim Kaine : 15 %
Bernie Sanders : 13 %
Cory Booker : 10 %
Elizabeth Warren : 9 %
John Hickenlooper : 6 %
Kirsten Gillibrand : 5 %
Steve Bullock : 4 %
Amy Klobuchar : 3 %
Andrew Cuomo : 3 %
Tulsi Gabbard : 3 %
Martin O'Malley : 1 %
Undecided : 28 %

South Carolina Democratic Primary Poll
Cory Booker : 27 %
Tim Kaine : 18 %
Bernie Sanders : 12 %
Elizabeth Warren : 7 %
John Hickenlooper : 6 %
Kirsten Gillibrand : 5 %
Steve Bullock : 5 %
Tulsi Gabbard : 4 %
Andrew Cuomo : 4 %
Amy Klobuchar : 3 %
Martin O'Malley : 2 %
Undecided : 7 %

[UWS]

Time to retcon and make Yair Lapid Prime Minister with a Yesh Atid-led coalition

As you know, there will be elections in Israel on November 5 2019 so let's say that Netanyahu doesn't run again and that someone else will take his party's leadership during this election. And anyway, Netanyahu is getting quite old (he will be 70 years old in 2019) and so Israel will have a new face. Let's say that to make it fair for all Israli parties that it will be once again a coalition government, after all that's another way to put partisanship aside and to get things done.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Israeli_legislative_election

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
June 2019, Part 2

June 16 :

-The United Nations adopted sanctions on Russia's uranium exports to Iran in order to prevent Tehran from getting the necessary nuclear energy they need to build nuclear weapons and from providing some of such nuclear weapons to the terrorist groups Iran is sponsoring.

June 18 :

-After Israel launched missile strikes against Al Qaida in the Sinai Peninsula, the Egyptian Army decimated this entire branch of the terrorist group during a military offensive in northern Sinai. Ramzi Mowafi, the leader of AQSP, is captured by the Egyptian troops during the offensive. In addition, there are rumors according to which Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri could be hiding somewhere in Egypt.

June 19 :
-The U.S. Senate votes 78-19 for the National Security Priority Act that has yet to pass the House of Representatives.

June 20 :

-President Rubio campaigns in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids, Iowa on foreign policy and freedom of religion and in Des Moines on economic issues. During his rally in Des Moines, he reminded voters that the Forbes Magazine often ranked Des Moines among the top 10 of the best places to do business in America, including twice at the first rank, reiterating the importance of strengthening America's status as the best business-friendly environment in the world. In order to ensure the defense of the Republican Party's majority in the Senate, President Rubio campaigns on behalf of Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, praising her military experience and her contribution to pass the Rubio Administration's policies that ensured America's strong economic prosperity and national security through the promotion of free enterprise and rebuilding the military.

June 21 :

-Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley launches a second bid for the presidency of the United States.

June 22-23 :

-President Rubio campaigns in south-eastern Wisconsin, including in Milwaukee, Racine, Burlington on economic issues and free trade. During a rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he highlighted the success of his strategy in Afghanistan through the reinforcement of defense ties between the United States, India and Pakistan and to their military involvement in Afghanistan, thus combining the strengths of the first and fourth military powers in the world (respectively the United States and India), overpowering radical Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan and eradicating ISIS and Al Qaida in this region just like the last remaining pockets of Taliban are about to be. The President also praised the efforts given by NATO to rebuild Afghanistan and to train the Afghan Army and declared that « as a result, this strategy adopted by my administration is about to finally bring total and permanent peace, security, stability and freedom in Afghanistan after 40 years of conflict and to totally defeat radical Islamic terrorism in the region, thus ending the longest war in which the United States were involved since the Vietnam War. Our job is almost done. My Democratic opponents will do the exact opposite by cutting in our military, which will allow terrorists to be on the run and to committ attacks against us and to destabilize Afghanistan. The last time we ignored Afghanistan, we got 9/11. We can't afford to repeat that mistake. In a second term, I will keep our military strong and we will get the job done in Afghanistan by fighting radical Islamic terrorism until we obtain unconditional victory against them. That way, Afghans will take full responsibility of their country's security by the end of 2021. Our men and women and uniform will soon be coming home. »

June 24 :
-President Rubio's re-election campaign films its first T.V. campaign ad. of the 2020 election cycle.

June 25 :
-President Rubio hosts Filipino Vice-President Leni Robredo at the White House where they hold a bilateral press conference about economic and trade ties, energy, human rights and democracy, China, North Korea's nuclear threat and counter-terrorism.

June 26 :

The House of Representatives votes 298-131 for the National Security Priority Act that is later signed into law by President Rubio, thus providing F-16s, A-10s, A-29 Super Tucanos, M1 Abrams, MGM-140 ATACMS and M142 HIMARS to Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania and deploying 2600 U.S. troops and CIA operatives in these countries in order to provide military training and intelligence support to the local armed forces and to help them in their fight against radical Islamic terrorism, including Boko Haram.


June 27 :

-Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard announces her candidacy for the presidency of the United States in 2020.

June 28 :

-In the context of the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, DNC Chairman Keith Ellison decides, in order to « make the primary procedure fairer » to reduce the number of superdelegates (which gives only 282 Democratic superdelegates compared to over 400 as usual), to hold 12 Democratic primary debates. There will be a total of 4050 Democratic delegates so a candidate will need to win at least 2026 delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. Here is the link to see the 2020 Democratic presidential primary schedule : https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/events.phtml?s=c&f=m.

June 29 :

-For the first time in its history, Cuba holds its first democratic elections. The Democratic Solidarity Party (centre) led by María Payá Acevedo (daughter of activist Oswaldo Payá) wins the presidential election with 42 % of the vote, followed by Valdimiro Roca's Social Democratic Party of Cuba (left) with 30 % of the vote and by Carlos Eire's Cuban Liberal Union (right) with 28 % of the vote. As a result, Cuba accomplished its path to democracy and has elected its first female president : María Payá Acevedo.

-In reaction to the electoral results in Cuba, President Rubio speaks with María Payá Acevedo on the phone and congratulates her for her victory in the 2019 Cuban presidential election. They both discussed issues such as the relations between the United States and Cuba, economic and trade ties, energy, democracy, human rights and international security.

June 30:

-During a campaign rally in Miami, Florida, President Rubio gives a bilingual speech in English and Spanish during which he praises Cuba's path to democracy after 60 years of communist dictatorship. The U.S. president announced that he will visit Cuba in the next few weeks and declares that these elections finally restored freedom, human rights, justice, integrity and put the Caribbean nation on the right path to prosperity in the place of origin of his ancestors.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
July 2019, Part 1

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 67 %
Disapprove : 29 %
Unsure : 4 %

July 1 :
-President Rubio hosts Emirati Prime Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the White House where they discussed issues such as economy, trade, energy, human rights, Iran, counter-terrorism.

July 2 :

-Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the runner-up of the 2016 Democratic Presidential primaries, announces that he's running again in 2020.

July 3-7 :

-NATO led a successful military offensive against the ISIS branch called the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army in southern Syria, killing 900 jihadists, including Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi and capturing, 200 other.

July 4 :

-President Rubio gives an Independence Day speech at United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio during the afternoon on Independence Day.

July 5 :

-President Rubio campaigns in southwestern Ohio (especially in Dayton and Cincinnati) on his administration's accomplishment to relaunch America's manufacturing industry thanks to tax cuts for this industry and to the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 40 % to 20 %, which made America's trade deals fair for American workers and allowed America to pursue its quest for open markets in the world while keeping its manufacturing jobs and strrengthening its manufacturing industry.

July 6 :

-After the passage of the National Security Priority Act and the provision of U.S. military arsenal to Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, the 2600 U.S. soldiers and CIA operatives deployed in these countries started training the local armed forces.


-Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar announces her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

July 7-8 :

-In order to extend his electoral map performance on the western coast, President Rubio campaigns in Oregon and California on fiscal issues, immigration and foreign policy. During a rally in Sacramento, California, President Rubio attacked Bernie Sanders on his « weak foreign policy », especially his vote against the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act that strengthened sanctions against North Korea on July 2017 despite the seriousness of the North Korean nuclear threat. In fact, this law sanctionned international firms used as financial intermediaries to the North Korean regime in order to stop Pyeongyang from developping nuclear weapons in addition of sanctionning any provision of crude oil to North Korea, which is aweakening their military. And yet Senator Sanders is one of the only senators, along with Rand Paul, to vote against this bill that was overwhelmingly supported by 98 senators on 100. Reminding that the Western Coast, including California, are on the front line against the North Korean threat, President Rubio declares that Sanders' vote against the sanctions is a demonstration of the Vermont Senator's lack of foreign policy judgement and highlighted his administration's efforts to counter the North Korean threat such as the sanctions, the reinforcement of America's military presence on the Pacific, the reinforcement and expansion of America's defense alliances around the Pacific and the establishment of an anti-missile shield aimed at taking down any nuclear missile launched by North Korea against the United States and their allies. He pledged that during his second term, the North Korean threat will be totally defeated and that peace and stability will be restored on the Pacific thanks to the continuation of the efforts given in the last 3 years.

July 9 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Reno, Nevada where he highlights the benefits of small government and school choice.

-Approximately 330 000 new jobs were created in June according to a new report.

July 10 :

-In the context of the referendum held in Sweden to determine whether or not this nation joins NATO, 68 % of Swedish voters voted in favor of Sweden's ascension as new NATO member. President Rubio describes these results as great news for international security and stability against global terrorism and against Russia's agression.

July 11 :
-Vice-President Haley campaigns for President Rubio in Michigan on tax reform.

July 12-13 :

-President Rubio arrives in Madrid, Spain where he meets the leaders of all the other nations members of NATO in the context of the 30th NATO summit. During this summit, Sweden officially becomes a new NATO member and all the leaders of NATO members agreed to pursue and extend their efforts to combat radical Islamic terrorism in the Middle East and in West Africa, to strengthen their counter-terrorism and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan in order to successfully prepare NATO troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as well as the transition of the responsibility of Afghanistan's security to Afghan troops, to modernize their military arsenals and to counter any attempt by Russia to arm any terrorist group or any state-sponsor of terrorism.

July 14 :

-President Rubio and his family arrive in Paris, France where they meet French President Emmanuel Macron with whom they attended a Bastille Day military parade marking the 230th Bastille Day. Both leaders praised the effects of the reinforcement of the relations between the United States and France that contributed to the reinforcement of their economies through free market and free trade as well as to the decline of tyranny and terrorism around the world thanks to the courage of their troops, to their diplomatic efforts, to the modernization of their militaries and to their contributions to reconstruct the Middle East.

[2016]

The only Democrat who could keep things remotely close is Montana Governor Steve Bullock but he won't win the Nomination.

[Jaguar4life]

A way I can see Rubio taking a hit is if something like the Parkland shooting happening in the OTL and people point out his NRA ties.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
July 2019, Part 2

July 15-16 :

-Due to health problems, including melanoma, 83-year old Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he will retire at the end of the year, which gives President Rubio a new opportunity to nominate another conservative at the Supreme Court of the United States.

July 26 :

-During a visit in Shanghai, China, Secretary of State Lindsey Graham meets Chinese President Xi Jinping. He convinced him to do more to fight Abu Sayyaf in the South China Sea, which allowed the United States and China to cut a deal to boost intelligence sharing.

July 28 :
 
-In the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senators Cory Booker and Tim Kaine started trading barbs, labeling each other as « fake liberal progressives ». While campaigning in New Hampshire, Senator Booker slammed Senator Kaine for « putting rich people and corporatist first before the middle class » by cutting taxes when he was Mayor of Richmond. During a campaign rally in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Kaine responded to Booker's attacks by declaring that these tax cuts programs were for renovated buildings, which was credited for a housing renovation boom in Richmond, which ranked the city among the 10 best cities in America to do business according to Forbes magazine. He rebuked the New Jersey Senator's attacks by calling him a corporatist, reminding that Booker said in 2012 that Obama's criticism of corporate practices was « nauseating » and that he cut municipal taxes when he was Mayor of Newark.

July 30 :
-The Senate votes 67-30 for the Internet Freedom Act.

July 31 :

-Since the Chinese criminal organization called the 14k triad is militarily supporting the jihadist group of Abu Sayyaf in addition of providing them in revenues from drug trafficking activities and in weapons, Senator Bob Corker introduces a bill to boost intelligence sharing between the United States, China and Hong Kong and establish a CIA base in Hong Kong in order to lead intelligence operations there aimed at helping Hong Kong's security forces to fight the 14k triad in order to deprive Abu Sayyaf of money and arms provision, which will make the fight Abu Sayyaf much easier and more effective. The Senate will vote on that bill on August 8 and the House of Representatives on August 15.

[UWS]

President Rubio's Speech in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Thank you. Muchos gracias. Thank you very much.

To President Acevedo, the people of Cuba, thank you so much for the warm welcome that I have received, that my family have received and that our delegation has received. It is an extraordinary honor to be here today on the land my parents were born and came from to America.

As you know, Cuba is only 90 miles from my home state of Florida. This distance marked the history of both the United States and Cuba. These waters carried U.S. warships to free this land from colonial opression as well as several revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries, American battleships aimed at preventing a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and hundreds of thousands of Cuban exiles who flew opression and tyranny. Today, thanks to the democratization of this wonderful island and to the end of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, these waters will now carry U.S. and Cuban merchant vessels thanks to the reinforcement of our diplomatic relations and our economic relations and thanks to the restoration of free enterprise that will get both the American people and the Cuban people out of poverty.

Por último, enterramos este último vestigio de la Guerra fría y Cuba ha seleccionado el camino a la prosperidad desde la opportunidad, un valor defender para libre empresa.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Hace sesenta y tres años, antes de la Revolución de 1959, mis padres vine a América en busca de mejores condiciones de vida y mejores oportunidades económicas. Ellos no hablaba ni una palabra de inglés, y no tenían acceso a la educación y viven de cheque en cheque. Pero, gracias al empeño del un barman y una ama de llaves, ellos crear mejores vidas para sus hijos. Es una historia fabulosa del Sueño Americano que representa un ejemplo de nuestro deber para nuestro país : reforzar nuestra prosperidad económica y garantizar que nuestro niños dos estarán la más próspera generación de estadounidenses.

During six decades, Cuba suffered poverty and economic inequality because of the opression of the Castro regime that imposed taxes on the entire Cuban people as well as the dictatorship of the proletariat, which weakened their purchasing power and put them under poverty, increased the local corporate tax rate at approximately 30 % and brought the overall tax burden at almost 25 % of Cuba's GDP. Right now, thanks to Cuba's path to democracy and by ending the embargo against Cuba we are now entering a new era where everything is possible for Americans and Cubans. We are encouraging travel, thus establishing new bridges between our nations and bring more revenue to Cuban small businesses. We opened up space for trade between our two countries, which will allow Americans and Cubans to create good jobs thanks to lower tariffs and lower costs for exported and imported products, thus giving a fair path to opportunity to the Cuban people.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

During six decades, the Cuban people has been opressed by a corrupt regime that not only restricted human rights, freedom of press and freedom of speech but also worked with the enemies peace, freedom and stability. The Castro regime killed or arrested people for speaking their minds. In addition of being the USSR's ally, the Castro regime, allowed Russia to orchestrate espionage operations against us and our allies in the Americas with their Lourdes SIGINT station and China to do the same with their listening station in Berupal. This regime also helped North Korea to evade U.N sanctions, which helped Pyongyang in its quest for nuclear weapons. But thanks to the courage, determination and mobilization of the Cuban people who fought and, for some of them, died for the cause of liberty, freedom of press and freedom of speech as well as human rights have been restored in Cuba, which brought integrity back and freed the Cuban people from tyranny, which has also been done through the organization of its first free elections. Then this new government led by my friend President Acevedo kicked out the Russians from Lourdes and the Chinese listening station in Berupal and deprived North Korea of any support in it's attempt to get nuclear weapons, to threat us and our allies and to undermine global peace and stability with the eventuality of a new nuclear war, which is exactly what we Americans and Cubans managed to avoid during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Right now, the Cuban people is finally led by a government that is on the right side of history and after several years of conflict, our two countries established one of the best partnerships to contribute to the expansion of democracy and the respect of human rights not only in the Americas but in the whole world.

[Crowd cheers and applauds]

Los Estados Unidos y Cuba estar  entre los mejores asociados trabajando con toda su energia para combatir la corupcion y delincuencia organizada y terrorismo, consolidar la democracia y libertad y restaurar seguridad y prosperidad en el continente americano.

It's only together that we can accomplish these goals and overcome our common challenges and that's why we will work together as allies and as free American countries to fight for what is right for our economies, our security, our freedom and our values.

Gracias. Que Dios bendigua Cuba. Que Dios bendigua los Estados Unidos de America.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
August 2019, Part 1

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 64 %
Disapprove : 31 %
Unsure : 5 %

August 1 :

-President Rubio's re-election campaign broadcasts its first 2020 T.V. ad nationwide, highlighting the President's accomplishments such as strong economic growth and low unemployment rate and a stronger and safer America through a stronger military and stronger American leadership, thus reducing the terrorist threat and diminishing the North Korean nuclear threat.

August 2 :
-According to a new poll released by Public Policy Polling, President Rubio would beat any of his Democratic opponents with between 56 % and 61 % of the vote and could become the first Republican since several decades to win in traditional Democratic strongholds like California, Oregon, Connecticut, Maine or Illinois.

August 3-4 :

-Due to Iran's lack of nuclear supply because of the sanctions, the Iranian government decided to increase electricity prices as well as taxes on access to heat, which triggered anger among the Iranian population. Recent civilian protests in Tehran against these policies are suppressed by the local security forces. President Rubio condemned this violence committed by Tehran and called for a stronger respect of human rights in Iran.

August 5 :
-The House of Representatives votes 256-174 for the Internet Freedom Act to abolish net neutrality, which is later signed into law by President Rubio, thus allowing consumers to drive the market, to encourage innovation, incentivize investment and to promote the competitive environment the net industry needs.

August 6 :
-Libertarian Andre Marrou announced that he's running in the Republican primaries in a minor challenge to President Rubio. But just like his predecessors, who didn't face serious challenges in their party's primaries as incumbent Presidents, President Rubio is strongly assured to win his party's nomination due to his strong popularity.

August 7 :

-Businessman Richard Ashooh announces during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire that he's running for Senate as a Republican in 2020, challenging Democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen
 
August 8 :
-The Senate votes 91-5 for Senator Corker's bill to establish a CIA base in Hong Kong in order to help Hong Kong to eradicate the 14k triad to deprive Abu Sayyaf of any arms provision and money provision from the 14k triad's drug trafficking and hold-up activities.

August 10 :
-Vice-President Haley campaigns for Richard Ashooh in New Hampshire, praising his business experience and that his election in the Senate will mark the addition of further business expertise to ensure the contunuation of economic growth through the adoption of laws and policies encouraging free  enterprise.

August 11 :

-President Rubio gives a town hall meeting with voters in Canton, Ohio where he is asked about who he considers to select as replacement of Anthony Kennedy at the SCOTUS and about the feud between Senators Booker and Kaine.

Voter #1 : Mr. President, recenty Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced that he will retire at the end of the year due to health problems. Who do you have in mind as replacement to Kennedy?

President Rubio : First of all, I have great admiration and respect for Justice Kennedy for everything he has done for our country. You asked a good question. There are a lot of qualified Americans who spent their entire lives in defending the values that made America great, especially freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to self defense and strong families.

I like William Pryor. He's a great champion of the defense of innocent unborn children's right to live and of the Second Amendment. And most importantly, he gave constant efforts to help the causes of African-Americans in Alabama, including fighting to abolish the state constitution’s ban on interracial marriages and authoring legislation that established stricter penalties for cross burning, an act widely associated with the Ku Klux Klan. That's why he would make a perfect Supreme Court Justice and a great defender of the Constitution of the United States and of the American people's liberty.

Voter #1 : Thank you.

Voter #2 : Mr. President, recently two of your potential Democratic opponents, Senators Cory Booker and Tim Kaine, started a feud during which Kaine labeled Booker as a « corporatist Democrat » because he called your predecessor's criticism of corporate practices « nauseating » in 2012. What do you think of that back and forth?

President Rubio : Well, that's the one time I agree with Senator Booker until he shifted his position on that issue when he voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 while it reduced our corporate tax rate in half, cut taxes for businesses across the country and created millions of jobs by making America the best business-friendly country in the world and by encouraging free enterprise. That's how we got to the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. I guess Senator Booker decided to vote against it because he knew that he couldn't easily win the Democratic nomination without the support of his party's left wing, so it is political calculation.

But the attack Booker was referring to was my predecessor's attack on Mitt Romney's business career in Bain Capital, which was an attack on success and free enterprise. My opponents don't know what it takes to grow this economy as they are suggesting more government and higher taxes and regulations on the American people and on businesses. The right solution is to create a favorable environment for businesses, which requires cutting taxes and regulations on businesses and that's what we did in the last 3 years, which created 9 million new jobs, increased wages and reduced the unemployment rate to 3 %. And I'm proud to have selected Romney as my Secretary of Treasury, which brought broad business and economic expertise in my Cabinet and helped us to adopt the policies that promoted free enterprise, free market and tax reform and helped bringing massive job creation in this country. Thanks to the excellent work of our formidable team, we're going to bring America to full-employment and balance the budget.

Voter #2 : Thank you, Mr. President.

August 12 :
-A report indicates that 375 000 new jobs were created on July.

August 13 :
-President Rubio hosts Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House where they discussed economy, free trade, energy independence, environment and counter-terrorism. The President of the United States wished his Canadian counterpart good luck for his campaign in the 2019 Canadian federal election that will be held in October.

August 14 :

-A U.S. drone strike killed Boko Haram jihadist Mallam Sanni Umaru as well 21 other terrorists in the Sambisa Forest, in Northeast Nigeria.

August 15 :

-The House of Representatives votes 409-26 for Senator Corker's Security Partnership Act, which is later signed into law by President Rubio, thus establishing an intelligence partnership between the United States and China and allowing the establishment of a CIA base in Hong Kong to help Hong Kong's police and security forces to combat and eradicate the 14k triad in order to cut Abu Sayyaf's sources of supply, including in capitals and in weapons, which will make the fight against Abu Sayyaf much easier.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
August 2019, Part 2

August 16 :

-President Rubio nominates Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice-President Dick Cheney, to be the first U.S. Permanent Representative to PTO (Pacific Treaty Organization) due to her foreign policy experience through her membership in the House Committee on Armed Services.

August 17 :
-A teenager orchestrated a shooting at Eastern University of Kentucky in Richmond, Kentucky, killing 3 people and wounding 5. He apparently triggere the alarm in order to get the students out of the classrooms and then shoot in the crowd. But fortunately, a policeman operating in the university hallway killed the shooter.

-Along with Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin and Kentucky senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, President Rubio arrives in Richmond, Kentucky to support the victims' families.

August 19 :
-In order to stop violence in schools, President Rubio calls for a raise of the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 and for the establishment of police stations in proximity with schools in order to allow the police to intervene more rapidly.

August 20 :
-President Rubio hosts Afghan President Adhraf Ghani at the White House where they discussed issues such as economic ties, energy, democracy and human rights, freedom of religion, counter-terrorism and Afghanistan's future.

August 21 :

-The Department of Defense reported that since that since the last few months, North Korea has been arming the terrorist group of Abu Sayyaf in order to destablize some of its foes such as the Philippines and Malaysia. Recently in the East China Sea, the Japanese navy intercepted a North Korean cargo attempting to deliver weapons to the terrorist organization. In reaction to these events, President Rubio called for stronger sanctions against North Korea.

August 22 :
-Following North Korea's failed attempt to arm Abu Sayyaf, the United Nations adopted sanctions on North Korea's military industry.

President Rubio is strongly assured to win his party's nomination due to his strong popularity.

August 23 :
-Senate hearings to confirm Liz Cheney's nomination as U.S. Permanent Representative to PTO.
 
August 24 :

-During an intelligence operation in Nigeria, a CIA drone spotted in the Sambisa Forest a Boko Haram base where its leader Abubakar Shekau could be found.

August 25 :
-Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh announces a 2020 senate run against Dick Durbin.

August 27 :

-President Rubio campaigns for incumbent North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis in Raleigh, North Carolina.

August 28 :

-In an attempt to attract progressive votes, Tulsi Gabbard caled for stricter gun control and slams Bernie Sanders by claiming that he's too close to President Rubio when it comes to guns due to the Vermont Senator's past opposition to some stricter gun control laws.

August 29 :
-The Senate votes 66-34 for Liz Cheney's nomination as U.S. Permanent Representative to PTO. She is later sworn in by Vice-President Haley.
 
August 30 :

-The Nigerian Air Force conducted an airstrike destroying an oil refinery occupied by Boko Haram near the Nigeria-Cameroon borders, thus depriving Boko Haram of revenues from oil activity to finance its terrorist plans.

Marco Rubio's Presidency
September 2019, Part 1

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 65 %
Disapprove : 32 %
Unsure : 3 %

September 1 :

-In the context of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, President Rubio gives a speech at the United States Military Academy West Point, honoring the bravery and service of those who fought and/or died for America's security and freedom during Wold War II and condemning anti-Semitism, tyranny and terror.

September 2 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Grand Rapids, Michigan on tax reform and fiscal responsibility.

September 3 :

-The Democratic presidential candidates hold their first presidential primary debate in Atlanta, Georgia. Senator Booker attacked Governor Bullock on his opposition to abortion and gun control. Free trade was also a source of tension between all the 11 Democratic candidates, especially between Senator Sanders and Governor Hickenlooper. During the debate, Cory Booker questioned Tim Kaine's electability since Kaine was Hillary Clinton's running mate in 2016 and lost the 2016 election alongside her. The Democratic hopefuls were also asked about who they are considering to chose as replacement to Anthony Kennedy at the Supreme Court of the United States. They unite in criticizing President Rubio's handling of fiscal equality.

September 5 :

-Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who occupied that office when Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was established in 1983, gave a testimony during a senate hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill. He informed the Senate about the progress of the development of laser artillery and of the tests made by the U.S. Navy with the USS Portland with laser canons. He also gave arguments in favor of going forward to develop and adopt laser military arsenal to strenghten America's military power, to destroy any nuclear missile launched against America and its allies, to destroy targets more easily and to combat terrorism.

September 6 :
-A new jobs report notes that 282 000 jobs were created in August.

September 7 :

-In the context of the gubernatorial elections in November, President Rubio campaigns for Matt Bevin in Louisville, Kentucky where he praises Bevin's conservative leadership. Since coal is Kentucky's most important energy industry, he praised the effects of the end of the war on coal as well as Governor Bevin's leadership to bring coal jobs back to Kentucky through tax cuts and regulation cuts on the coal industry and through the transition to clean coal technologies, which made « great contribution to our economic prosperity and to higher wages. » He slammed Bevin's Democratic opponent Greg Fischer for supporting job-killing regulations that would cost Kentucky's tens of thousands of coal mining jobs. The President's speech successfully mobilized Kentucky voters to go to the polls and re-elect Matt Bevin.

September 8 :
-President Rubio campaigns for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves in Mississippi.

September 9 :
-During a press conference in the White House, President Rubio calls for police officer in every public school in order to stop gun violence in schools.

September 10 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Pennsylvania on manufacturing jobs, agriculture, health care and counter-terrorism.

September 11:

-President Rubio and his family arrived in New York City, New York for the 18th anniversary of 9/11. During a speech in front of the One World Trade Center, the President honored the memory of the 9/11 victims and of all those who fought and/or died for the security and freedom of America and pledged that in these times of declining terrorist threat there won't be any refuge nor any safe haven for terrorists in the world and declared that « thanks to our strong alliances and thanks to the modernization of our military, we will follow radical Islamic terrorists to the gates of hell and we will defeat terrorism like the evil it is. That is the key to permanent security, stability, freedom and peace. »

September 13 :
-On the senate floor, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul introduces the Freedom and Security Act calling for a police officer to be assigned in every public school in order to stop gun violence in schools. The Senate will vote on this bill on September 20 and the House of Representatives on September 26.

September 14 :

-During the 134th IOC Session in Milan, the city of Stockhlom has been selected to host the 2026 Winter Olympics on the second round with 52 votes while Calgary got 46 votes. So it will be the second time Stockholm will host the Olympics after hosting the 1912 Summer Olympics.

September 15 :

-The Republican National Committee unveiled the logo of the 2020 Republican National Convention that will be held in Las Vegas from July 20 to July 23 2020 when President Rubio will accept his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States. The logo features, of course, the Republican elephant but also the American flag as well as the city of Las Vegas and its symbols and a purple background (because red and blue, that are the colors of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, mixed together make purple) due to Las Vegas' diversity and also in order to demonstrate how much President Rubio has demonstrated his ability to bring the American people together through his bipartisan leadership whether it's on economic issues, foreign policy issues, social issues and immigration.

[2016]

I wonder if the Kentucky shooting has any impact on Governor Matt Bevins Re-Election chances. He doesn't strike me as all that popular.

What is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell going to do in 2020? He is quite old then. Will he run for Re-Election? Would love to see Cory Gardner being Republican Majority Leader after the 2020 Elections.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
September 2019, Part 1

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 65 %
Disapprove : 32 %
Unsure : 3 %

September 1 :

-In the context of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, President Rubio gives a speech at the United States Military Academy West Point, honoring the bravery and service of those who fought and/or died for America's security and freedom during Wold War II and condemning anti-Semitism, tyranny and terror.

September 2 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Grand Rapids, Michigan on tax reform and fiscal responsibility.

September 3 :

-The Democratic presidential candidates hold their first presidential primary debate in Atlanta, Georgia. Senator Booker attacked Governor Bullock on his opposition to abortion and gun control. Free trade was also a source of tension between all the 11 Democratic candidates, especially between Senator Sanders and Governor Hickenlooper. During the debate, Cory Booker questioned Tim Kaine's electability since Kaine was Hillary Clinton's running mate in 2016 and lost the 2016 election alongside her. The Democratic hopefuls were also asked about who they are considering to chose as replacement to Anthony Kennedy at the Supreme Court of the United States. They unite in criticizing President Rubio's handling of fiscal equality.

September 5 :

-Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who occupied that office when Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative was established in 1983, gave a testimony during a senate hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill. He informed the Senate about the progress of the development of laser artillery and of the tests made by the U.S. Navy with the USS Portland with laser canons. He also gave arguments in favor of going forward to develop and adopt laser military arsenal to strenghten America's military power, to destroy any nuclear missile launched against America and its allies, to destroy targets more easily and to combat terrorism.

September 6 :
-A new jobs report notes that 282 000 jobs were created in August.

September 7 :

-In the context of the gubernatorial elections in November, President Rubio campaigns for Matt Bevin in Louisville, Kentucky where he praises Bevin's conservative leadership. Since coal is Kentucky's most important energy industry, he praised the effects of the end of the war on coal as well as Governor Bevin's leadership to bring coal jobs back to Kentucky through tax cuts and regulation cuts on the coal industry and through the transition to clean coal technologies, which made « great contribution to our economic prosperity and to higher wages. » He slammed Bevin's Democratic opponent Greg Fischer for supporting job-killing regulations that would cost Kentucky's tens of thousands of coal mining jobs. The President's speech successfully mobilized Kentucky voters to go to the polls and re-elect Matt Bevin.

September 8 :
-President Rubio campaigns for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tate Reeves in Mississippi.

September 9 :
-During a press conference in the White House, President Rubio calls for police officer in every public school in order to stop gun violence in schools.

September 10 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Pennsylvania on manufacturing jobs, agriculture, health care and counter-terrorism.

September 11:

-President Rubio and his family arrived in New York City, New York for the 18th anniversary of 9/11. During a speech in front of the One World Trade Center, the President honored the memory of the 9/11 victims and of all those who fought and/or died for the security and freedom of America and pledged that in these times of declining terrorist threat there won't be any refuge nor any safe haven for terrorists in the world and declared that « thanks to our strong alliances and thanks to the modernization of our military, we will follow radical Islamic terrorists to the gates of hell and we will defeat terrorism like the evil it is. That is the key to permanent security, stability, freedom and peace. »

September 13 :
-On the senate floor, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul introduces the Freedom and Security Act calling for a police officer to be assigned in every public school in order to stop gun violence in schools. The Senate will vote on this bill on September 20 and the House of Representatives on September 26.

September 14 :

-During the 134th IOC Session in Milan, the city of Stockhlom has been selected to host the 2026 Winter Olympics on the second round with 52 votes while Calgary got 46 votes. So it will be the second time Stockholm will host the Olympics after hosting the 1912 Summer Olympics.

September 15 :

-The Republican National Committee unveiled the logo of the 2020 Republican National Convention that will be held in Las Vegas from July 20 to July 23 2020 when President Rubio will accept his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States. The logo features, of course, the Republican elephant but also the American flag as well as the city of Las Vegas and its symbols and a purple background (because red and blue, that are the colors of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, mixed together make purple) due to Las Vegas' diversity and also in order to demonstrate how much President Rubio has demonstrated his ability to bring the American people together through his bipartisan leadership whether it's on economic issues, foreign policy issues, social issues and immigration.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
September 2019, Part 2

September 16-18 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa on economic issues, energy independence, trade, agriculture and foreign policy.

September 19 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Hawaii on economic issues, tax reform, trade and national security.

September 20 :
-The Senate votes 67-32 for the Freedom and Security Act that would provide a policeman in every public school.

September 21 :
-In the context of the third PTO summit in Sydney, President Rubio starts an Asia-Pacific tour. He arrives in Shanghai where he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and praised the formation of a recent intelligence partnership between the United States, China and Hong Kong to fight the 14k triad in order to reinforce security there and to deprive Abu Sayyaf of any supply in money and weapons, which further reinforced the relations between Washington and Beijiing. He also called for the respect of human rights in China as well as in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

September 22 :
-President Rubio arrives in Jakarta, Indonesia where he meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo with whom he discussed issues such as economy, trade, energy and counter-terrorism.

September 23 :

-President Rubio arrives in Sydney, Australia where he meets Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as well as other leaders of the countries that are members of the PTO. During the PTO summit, all the leaders of the intergovernmental military organization agreed to increase their focus on the fight against cyber-war tactics by North Korea and China, to make clear their recognization of the fact that the South China Sea are international waters, to fight Abu Sayyaf and to sanction any nation sponsoring terrorism like North Korea did recently by providing weapons to Abu Sayyaf. Due to Australia's abundant uranium reserves, Australia agreed to develop and modernize its nuclear arsenal in order to reinforce the pressure against North Korea in the context of the North Korean nuclear threat.

September 24 :
-President Rubio makes a stopover in New Delhi, India where he meets Indian President Ram Nath Kovind with whom he discusses issues like economy, the negociations of a possible free trade agreement between the 2 countries, energy, democracy, freedom of religion, human rights, security and counter-terrorism. During their bilateral press conference, he praised the effects of the military partnership between the United States, India and China that drastically undermined the terrorist threat in the region, eradicated Al Qaida in Afghanistan and is about to do the same for the Taliban and accelerated Afghanistan's reconstruction, which is about to finally restore peace and stability in this country in throes of war for four decades.

September 25 :

-The USS Portland orchestrated a new test for the Laser Weapon System (LaWs) in the Atlantic Ocean and this time the target was a submarine torpedo in order to prepare the laser canon to destroy any enemy submarine. The canon destroyed the torpedo, which made the test successful and ensured the accomplishment of a step of the procedure of modernization of the U.S. military.

September 26 :

-After Liz Cheney's nomination as Permanent U.S. Representative to PTO, a special election is necessitated in Wyoming's at-large district and will be held on November 5 2019, the same day as the gubernatorial elections in Kentucky, Lousiana and Mississippi. Former state auditor and combat veteran Rita Meyer won the Republican congressional primary with 52 % of the vote over former State House Speaker Colin M. Simpson's 38 % and Ron Micheli's 10 %. Pete Gosar won the Democratic congressional primary with 55 % of the vote over State senator Chris Rothfuss' 45 %.

September 27 :
-The House of Representatives votes 278-154 for the Freedom and Security Act that is later signed into law by President Rubio, thus assigning a police officer in every public school in order to prevent any shooting there while protecting the Second Amendment.

September 28 :
-Vice-President Haley campaigns for Susan Collins in Maine.

September 29 :

-Utah Senator Josh Romney introduces the Economic Empowerment Act of 2019 that would extend President Rubio's tax cuts in these times of strong economic prosperity and reduce the corporate tax rate from 20 % to 15 % in order to further increase U.S. businesses' competitiveness and ability to create jobs.

September 30 :

-During a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, President Rubio evoked the success of the pivot of his foreign policy to the African continent, including the reinforcement of America's comptetitiveness there over China through the increase of American infrastructure projects with the creation of a public/private partnership between the U.S. Department of Treasury and private U.S. companies investing in Africa. He also evoked the effect of this pivot on the fight against radical Islamic terrorism in this continent, promising that after the Middle East it's now Africa's turn to become a scene of the decline of the terrorist threat thanks to America's military, material and intelligence support to its local allies.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
October 2019

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 64 %
Disapprove : 32 %
Unsure : 4 %

October 2 :

-President Rubio campaigns for Rita Meyer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, praising her military service and her championship of free enterprise and lower government in addition of emphasizing on his Administration's accomplishments such as strong economic growth and declining terrorist threat thanks to a stronger U.S. military and strong alliances.

October 3 :
-President Rubio campaigns for Louisiana gubernatorial nominee Ralph Abraham in Louisiana.

October 4-5 :

-President Rubio campaigns in Maine and New Hampshire where he calls for the approval of the Economic Empowerment Act of 2019 by the Congress for the sake of job creation and higher wages.

October 7 :
-President Rubio hosts Cuban President María Payá Acevedo at the White House where they hold a bilateral press conference on relations between the 2 nations, economic and trade ties, energy, human rights and democracy and fight against terrorism.
   
October 8 :

-The Democratic presidential candidates participate at their second primary debate at the City University of New York in New York City, New York. The most remarkable moment was a clash between Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren who questioned the Vermont Senator's progressive credentials. Here are some excerpts of this exchange :

Warren : This race is about standing for what we believe and for the values we defend. Senator Sanders wants you to believe that he's the most progressive candidate on this stage. Well, that's not quite right. He voted 5 times against the Brady bill that prevented 2 million prohibited purchases. He pledged to take on Wall Street and yet he received money from Wall Street for his senatorial campaign in 2006. He received $37,300 directly from the DSCC at that time. It also gave $110,000 to the Vermont Democratic Party to help Sanders, making eight separate committee transfers. Some of the DSCC's top contributors that year (in 2006) included Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other major banks. He claimed to being favor of immigration reform since the very beginning and yet he voted against the Immigration Act of 2007. During his 2016 campaign, he expressed his opposition to NATO expansion, arguing that it's a waste of taxpayer dollars and that it would result to provocation of tensions between NATO and Russia. But in March 2017, Senator Sanders flipped his stance by voting in favor of Montenegro's integration into NATO. So the idea that you are the most progressive person on this stage is the height of hypocrisy.

Sanders : Well, Senator you are right when saying that this campaign is about being consistent. But I find it strange that you question my progressive credentials while that is a problem that you have yourself. You are supporting the Ex-Im Bank that is loaning out taxpayer money to big politically-connected corporations and banks. While you claim to be an anti-Wall Street champion, you collected more than $630,000 from individuals in the securities and investment industry (making it the sixth highest industry in political donations to your campaigns) in addition of receiving $2.3 million in contributions from Wall Street lawyers and law firms (the second most of any industry only behind those who are retired) to your campaign’s coffers in order to fund your 2012 senatorial campaign. And on healthcare, you wrote in your 2008 co-authored essay titled Get Sick, Go Broke, that the most obvious solution would be universal single-payer health care. However, in 2012, you told a local TV host that you did not support a single-payer health care system. I don't think it's wise to question my liberal faith without checking your record.

October 9 :
-Vice-President Haley campaigns for Matt Bevin in Kentucky.

October 10 :
-Vice-President Haley campaigns in Iowa on freedom of religion and gun rights.

October 11 :
-While campaigning in Colorado, President Rubio slams both Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on their changing positions following their exchange during the second Democratic primary debate.

October 13 :
-Thanks to the delay of firearms to suspected terrorists and suspected criminals, a gun purchase to a suspected terrorist who planned a shooting in Kansas City is prohibited and the gunman is arrested by the police, which stopped the planned terrorist attack.

October 14-15 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Ohio on bipartisanship and in Virginia on countering China's influence in the Pacific through stronger U.S. military, stronger diplomacy and stronger geopolitical alliances in the region.

October 17 :
-President Rubio and his wife Jeanette celebrate their 21st wedding anniversary at the White House.

October 19 :
-During a speech in Canberra, Australia, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull officially announced that his government will move forward to develop and modernize Australia's nuclear arsenal in order to help its allies to counter the North Korean nuclear threat due to the country's abundant uranium reserves.

October 20 :
-The United States, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Mali started a military offensive against Boko Haram in eastern Nigeria.

October 21 :

-In the context of the 2019 Canadian federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party is re-elected with 38 % of the vote and 170 seats, followed by Andrew Scheer's Conservative Party with 31 % of the vote and 123 seats while Jagmeet Singh's New Democratic Party (NDP) got 19 % of the vote and 35 seats. Meanwhile, Elizabeth May's Green Party earned 8 % of the vote and 1 seat and Martine Ouellet's Bloc Québécois collected 4 % of the vote and 10 seats. As a result, Trudeau forms another majority government.

October 22 :
-Speaking with Prime Minister Trudeau on the phone, President Rubio congratulated him on his re-election victory in Canada.

October 23-24 :

-The allies in West Africa launched airstrikes against Boko Haram in the Sambisa Forest, destroying several terrorist bases and killing 330 jihadists. Then the Nigerian Armed Forces led a massive military offensive there. Thanks to the military and material aid provided by the United States, they overpowered Boko Haram, recapturing every village and base occupied by the terrorists in the region. Approximately 67 Nigerian soldiers and 1000 terrorists were killed during the offensive.

October 26 :

-A new national poll released by MSNBC showed that Bernie Sanders reinforced his lead in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination with 26 % of the voting intentions while Cory Booker narrowly edges Tim Kaine for second place with 14 % of the vote over the Virginia Senator's 12 %, followed by Elizabeth Warren with 11 % of the voting intentions, John Hickenlooper's 7 %, Kirsten Gillibrand's 6 %, Andrew Cuomo's 4 %, Amy Klobuchar's 3 %, Martin O'Malley's 3 %, Steve Bullock's 2 % and Tulsi Gabbard's 2 %.

October 27 :

-In an effort to attract Hispanic voters, President Rubio holds a campaign rally in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he attacks Bernie Sanders on his past opposition to immigration reform and evoked the beneficial effects of his administration's immigration reform put in place last year such as stronger workforce and stronger economy, greater cultural diversity and reinforcement of America's status as the land of opportunity.

October 30 :

-With the support of U.S. drones, the Nigerian and Cameroonian armed forces led an assault against a Boko Haram base located 30 miles from Damboa. During the attack, 100 jihadists, including Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, are killed by the allied troops or by the U.S. drone strikes. In addition, the terrorist organization is now totally eradicated in Nigeria.

October 31 :

-President Rubio gives a campaign rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he praises the courage of the troops who led the successful military operation that killed Abubakar Shekaku, calling for the pursue of the efforts that eliminated Boko Haram in Nigeria in order to do the same in Niger, Cameroon and Chad by keeping supporting America's allies in the region materially and militarily and also through intelligence operations.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
November 2019

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 65 %
Disapprove : 32 %
Unsure : 3 %

November 1 :
-President Rubio convenes the Congress for a vote on the Economic Empowerment of 2019 on early December.

November 3 :

-President Rubio meets with a group of bipartisan senators at the White House and calls on them to work together to pass the Economic Empowerment of 2019 and a legislation to develop the Laser Weapon System.

[UWS]

Marco Rubio's Presidency
December 2019

President Rubio's job approval rating :
Approve : 65 %
Disapprove : 32 %
Unsure : 3 %

December 1 :
-The Western African military coalition surrounds the last territorial positions of Boko Haram in northern Cameroon by positioning its troops on Lake Chad and in the south of Makary. They are preparing for a massive assault against the terrorist organization in this region.

December 2 :
-The Senate votes 67-33 for the Economic Empowerment Act of 2019 that has yet to pass the House of Representatives next week.

December 3 :
-President Rubio campaigns in Iowa on tax reform.

December 4 :

-The Nigerian, Chadian and Cameroonian armed forces started their military offensive against Boko Haram in northern Cameroon. Thanks to the powerful military arsenal they earned from the U.S. arms deal with these nations and to the military training they received from the U.S. military advisors, they overpowered the terrorists, recapturing all of the region occupied by Boko Haram, including the city of Makary, thus making the operation successful. During the offensive, 95 soldiers and 450 jihadists, including Boko Haram leader Mahamat Daoud, are killed. All of Boko Haram's hostages are freed.

December 6 :

-President Rubio nominates William Pryor as Supreme Court Justice to fulfill Anthony Kennedy's soon to be vacant seat at the SCOTUS.

December 7-8 :
-The U.S.-backed Western African military coalition secured the regions surrounding the Nigeria-Niger borders, including the areas around Diffa and Bosso, after defeating Boko Haram there.

December 9 :

-The House of Representatives votes 278-157 for the Economic Empowerment Act of 2019 that is later signed into law by President Rubio, thus extending the Rubio tax cuts, reducing America's corporate tax rate from 20 % to 15 % and encouraging job creation.

December 10 :
-During a campaign rally in Flint, Michigan, President Rubio praises the efforts of the Congress to pass the Economic Empowerment Act for the sake of a stronger economy through lower taxes, small government and promotion of free market and free enterprise.

December 12 :
-The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates meet each other for their 4th presidential primary debate in Detroit, Michigan.

December 13 :
-Approximately 190 000 new jobs were created in the United States according to a new report.

December 14 :
-The Western African military coalition defeated the last remaining pockets of Boko Haram jihadists in N'guigmi, Niger and thus Boko Haram is eliminated.

December 15 :

-Campaigning in Virginia, President Rubio praises the courage of the soldiers who led the offensive that eliminated Boko Haram as well as the service of the U.S. military officials who contributed to the success of the fight against terrorism in West Africa through the provision of intelligence support, U.S. military arsenal and military training to the Western African armed forces.

December 17 :
-Vice-President Haley campaigns in Orlando, Florida, highlighting the Rubio Administration's efforts to restore democracy and human rights in Cuba and Venezuela.

December 18 :
-The Senate hearing to confirm William Pryor's nomination at the SCOTUS started.

December 19 :

-The Israeli police arrested 5 jihadists fighting for Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, the ISIS branch in Gaza, who planned a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. In addition, they found Iranian weapons, including MPT-9s and KL-7.62s, which triggers accusations against Iran of providing weapons to ISIS in order to destabilize Israel.

December 22 :

-President Rubio campaigns Madison, Wisconsin, where he promises to adopt a balanced budget amendment in a second term, which requires a reinforcement of the Republican majority in the Congress. He pledges to use future budget surpluses for the investment into the development of new infratructures in order to encourage job creation and the implementation of new businesses in America and for the modernization of the U.S. military in order to reinforce America's military power for the sake of national secrity and peace through strength.

December 23 :
-The Senate votes 67-33 for William Pryor's nomination at the SCOTUS. He is later sworn in by Vice-President Haley.

December 24 :

-Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló officially announces that the Puerto Rican Legislative Assembly approved a legislation to approve a referendum on the island's political status on November 3 2020, the same day as the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

December 25 :

-President Rubio and his family celebrate their third Christmas at the White House.

December 28 :

-After Boko Haram's defeat, Secretary of State Lindsey Graham promises that it's rapidly going to be ISIS in the Greater Sahara's and Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb's turn to be eliminated, which « will be one our main national security priorities for the upcoming year for the sake of international security, freedom and justice. »

December 31 :

-President Rubio, his family and his Cabinet celebrate the New Year at the White House. The President gives his Happy New Year address to the American people, declaring : « as we enter the 3rd decade of the 21st century, this century is definitely a new American century thanks to the economic progress made in the last few years through free enterprise, energy independence , reinforcement of our trade relations and lowest unemployment in 5 decades and also thanks to the return of American leadership that brought the terrorist threat in decline and reinforced international security, stability and peace. I wish for the American people that 2020 will be a year of prosperity, opportunity, success, security, love and unity because it's only together that we can get to such goals for the upcoming year. So I wish you happy new year 2020. Thank you. God bless you and God bless the United States of America. »

[2016]

John Bel Edwards will receive a strong Challenge from California Senator Kamala Harris for the 2024 Democratic Nomination. Harris I presume was sitting this one out to run in 2024. If Sanders wins the Nomination next year some Democratic Senators/Governor might endorse the Presidents Re-Election Campaign I predict.

Bullock is a pretty good Recruit for Democrats in Montana for Senate.

UWS,
What's the condition of Arizona Senator John McCain. Republicans might have to defend one more Senate Seat next year if he has to resign because of his health.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

The Senate passed 67-30 a bill to put a police officer in every public school?! Wow, can't believe that got such huge support

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

The Senate passed 67-30 a bill to put a police officer in every public school?! Wow, can't believe that got such huge support

UWS gave the Republicans 67 Senate Seats with his 2018 midterms. Such a hack.

[CookieDamage]

We all have the right to write a wankish TL, but this is just foolish. At least give Rubio something to weaken him and have him show some type of vulnerability. If you don't I'll just write the perfect Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris TL just to even the playing field out.