Republicans made history in the 2024 general elections, capturing the White House, Senate and potentially the House of Representatives. As spirits run high for conservatives in the country, gaining almost unprecedented amounts of support from minorities— particularly Latinos— Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is celebrating the party's results.
The incumbent Senator, a Cuban American, released a statement Wednesday morning, acknowledging the shift of the party and President-elect Donald Trump's victory.
"America is undergoing a huge realignment, and the Republican Party is now a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of hard-working Americans who love their country," the Senator said. "Now it's time to get to work and put the interests of Americans first."
"I look forward to working with President-elect Trump, Vice President-elect Vance, and Republican majorities in Congress to secure the border, strengthen our communities, lower costs, and bring good jobs back to America," he added.
The Senator also took a jab at the Biden administration, urging voters to "turn the page" on the last four years and look ahead.
The Republican Party is now a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of hard-working Americans who love their country.
— Senator Marco Rubio (@SenMarcoRubio) November 6, 2024
My full statement on last night’s historic presidential election: pic.twitter.com/mzDEBWYe9o
"As we turn the page on the last four years, I urge my Democrat colleagues to put aside their grievances and join us in doing what is right for our great country," Rubio concluded.
Rubio's focus on diversity comes as early Election Day analyses show the GOP making significant inroads with the electorate.
Although most Latinos still voted Democratic, the contests' results suggested that the fast-growing voting bloc— which now comprises about 20% of the population— is slowly but surely moving to the right, Axios reports. For example, Trump got more than 54% of the vote in Miami-Dade County, Florida, which is majority Latino. By comparison, Hillary Clinton won that county with 63% of the vote in 2016, and President Biden won it with 53% in 2020.
Likewise, in Hidalgo County, in South Texas— a majority Mexican American stronghold that Biden won with 58% of the vote in 2020— Vice President Harris and Trump were virtually tied early Wednesday, with Harris leading by less than half a percentage point.
Rubio, once a Trump detractor who has had a tumultuous relationship with the president-elect, has been vocal about Trump's victory, going on a media tour to applaud the new President. As victory overwhelms Republicans up and down the ballot, the Florida Senator is seemingly not ruling out a future in the Trump administration.
"I always am interested in serving this country," Rubio told CNN when asked if he's interested in a position with the incoming administration. "I'm not trying to play coy, it's just, literally, just a few hours removed from this election. I haven't had any set conversations with anybody in the Trump administration. Either way, I plan to work with them, whether it's in the Senate, which is an important place to be, or in some other capacity."
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