Nashua, N.H.

Marco Rubio told a crowd of Republicans in New Hampshire Friday that President Obama should “never have entered into these negotiations” with Iran over nuclear weapons. The Florida Republican who is running for president told the conference, sponsored by the New Hampshire GOP, that a nuclear armed Iran is “unacceptable.”

Responding to a question from the audience, Rubio explained how the U.S. and international sanctions regime had been working on the Islamic republic, devastating Iran’s economy to the point that Tehran seemed ready to negotiate. But, the senator said, there was a catch. “They knew as soon as they sat time for the first time that this president wanted this deal worse than they did,” Rubio said.