Florida Senator Marco Rubio refused to confirm whether he'd move out of the state if chosen by Donald Trump as his running mate for this year's presidential elections, a point of contention that arose given the impossibility that the two members of the ticket live in the same state.
Speaking to CNN after Thursday's presidential debate, Rubio was asked directly if he would move out should he be picked to comply with a clause in the 12th amendment of the U.S. constitution. If no ticket member moves, they would be prevented from getting Florida's 30 presidential electors.
"Oh, that's still in there?" Rubio laughed. He added that it would be "presumptuous" to speak as if he were the nominee and that he believes Trump will make a decision in the next couple of weeks.
"The job has not been offered to me," Rubio said. "I am not the presidential choice right now, no one is a presidential choice. No one is right now. We'll cross bridges when we get to them," said the senator, who is reportedly in the short list of candidates along with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.
Rubio, a son of working-class Cuban immigrants, is seeking to become the first Hispanic candidate of a major party's presidential ticket.
As a potential key player in the race, Rubio gave several interview after the debate, also discussing the main takeaway of the event: that President Joe Biden had a shaky performance, adding to the Republican narrative that he is not mentally or physically fit to be commander-in-chief for another four years.
Speaking to Fox News after the event, Rubio described Biden as getting "progressively worse" over the past four years and said he was "dramatically different" compared to the 2020 debate.
"It's not just about making fun of the guy or whatever. It's also about this: there was they're gonna watch this debate or did in Beijing and in Moscow, and in Tehran, and you worry that adversaries will see that and conclude from it, 'They got a weak president,'" Rubio said.
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