Conservative radio personality Glenn Beck thinks a Republican presidential ticket with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio would unquestionably prevent Donald Trump from becoming the GOP nominee.
“Ted Cruz for president, Marco Rubio as vice president,” Beck said Wednesday on his radio program. The longtime conservative commentator endorsed Cruz in late January, just before the Texas senator won the Iowa caucuses.
He continued, “They should announce this and run with this. This should go all over the Internet. I think this is doable and this is absolutely unstoppable.”
According to Beck, a Cruz-Rubio ticket could keep Trump from winning Florida where he currently leads Rubio by roughly 20 percentage points. The Florida primary is set to take place March 15, meaning Rubio would have to exit the race and join forces with Cruz in the next two weeks in order to stop Trump.
“If they don’t do it before the Florida election, then we lose it to Donald Trump,” he said. A prize of 99 delegates will be awarded to the candidate who finished first in Florida since the state allocates its delegates on a winner-take-all basis.
Beck also suggested that the reason Rubio remains in the race, despite carrying just one state among 15 that have voted, is because the Florida senator decided against running for Senate reelection and has bet it all.
“Remember, the reason [Rubio] is still in it and he’s not going to give up is he can’t run for his Senate seat,” he said. “He’s going to keep going and his Senate seat is still open.”
Team Rubio hasn’t given any indication that the Florida Republican plans to exit the race. In a press release sent Wednesday, the Florida Republican’s campaign described him as the “underdog who will win.”
