Presidential hopeful Marco Rubio asserted Friday that debates are not meant to be entertaining, the morning after the fairly subdued GOP debate in Miami on Thursday night.
When asked Friday morning during a “Fox and Friends” appearance if he missed his shot to go after front-runner Donald Trump on the issues, Rubio responded, “Well I think that actually did happen, on policy issue after policy issue. For example, when I had the opportunity, I tried to explain why Donald’s answer on an issue was not a right approach, but there’s no winning here, right?”
“If you have a debate where everyone’s going after each other, then people say they don’t like it,” the Florida senator added. “If you have a debate where we’re debating issues then people say, ‘Oh, it’s too boring.’ The bottom line is this is not a sport and this is not entertainment. Debates are not about entertaining people; they’re about informing people.”
Rubio, who called the debate in his hometown a “great experience,” remarked that he is looking “forward to the next one” in Salt Lake City on March 21, six days after Florida’s winner-take-all primary.
Rubio has guaranteed a win in his home state, but still trails Trump in every recent poll.
