Marco Rubio Nukes His Credibility

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Florida senator Marco Rubio said in an interview Tuesday that he intends to support Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the November election despite the fact that he still believes Trump should not have access to the United States’ nuclear weapons launch codes.

“I signed a pledge that said I’d support the Republican nominee and I intend to continue to do that,” Rubio told CNN’s Jake Tapper. But, Tapper asked, what about Rubio’s statement that we shouldn’t hand the nuclear codes of the United States to an erratic con man?

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