>>> HES ALWAYS CALLING ME
LITTLE MARCO.
ILL ADMIT HES TALLER THAN ME,
62".
WHICH IS I DONT I DONT
UNDERSTAND HIS HANDS ARE THE
SIZE OF SOMEONE 52".
HAVE YOU SEEN HIS HANDS?
THEYRE LIKE ME.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT MEN WITH SMALL HANDS --
YOU CANT TRUST THEM.
>> IM SO EMBARRASSED FOR YOU.
BESIDES LYING TED, THERE IS
PERHAPS NO MORE SHRUNKEN FIGURE
THAN LITTLE MARCO RUBIO.
HAILED AS THE NEXT OBAMA.
HE WAS ONCE THE SHINY BRIGHT
FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
TIGGING ALL THE BOXES, YOUNG,
DIVERSE, FLORIDA.
ONCE ORANGE JULIUS CAESAR CUT
HIM DOWN TO SIZE ALONG WITH
EVERY OTHER CANDIDATE IN THE
2016 PRIMARY, LITTLE MARCO FELL
IN LINE AND FELL IN LOVE.
SUPPORTING TRUMP AFTER ALL THAT
ACCESS HOLLYWOOD TAPE CAME OUT.
AND THEY STAYED BFFS THROUGHOUT
HIS PRESIDENCY WITH RUBIO
TWEETING DAILY BIBLE VERSUS
WHILE DEFENDING STUFF LIKE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RIPPING
CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS.
WHILE HE ORIGINALLY SAID THAT
TRUMP BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
THE JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION, HE
SOON CAME TO HIS TRUMP LOVING
SENSES CALLING THE SECOND
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL STUPID.
HE HAS TO WAIT TO SEE IF HIS
DEAR LEADER WANTS TO RUN FIRST.
FOR NOW HES RUNNING FOR A THIRD
SENATE TERM WHERE HES GOTTEN
THE EXTREMELY COVETED
ENDORSEMENT, HE CALLED HIM
LEADERSHIP ON THE MAJOR ISSUES.
NOW HES FACING HIS NIGHTMARE
OPPONENT. CONGRESSMAN VAL DEMINGS, A
CONGRESSMAN VAL DEMINGS, AS NIGH
OPPONENT
CONGRESSMAN VAL DEMINGS, A
WOMAN FORMER POLICE CHIEF.
SHE ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED HER
CAMPUS SEAT TODAY.
>> POOR, BLACK AND FEMALE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE FAITH AND
PROGRESS AND OPPORTUNITY.
MY FATHER WAS A JANITOR AND MY
MOTHER WAS A MAID.
SHE SAID, VAL, NEVER GROW TIRED.
UNLIKE SOME IN WASHINGTON, I
NEVER TIRE OF STANDING UP FOR
WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT.
BECAUSE NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
IM RUNNING FOR THE UNITED
STATES SENATE BECAUSE OF TWO
SIMPLE WORDS.
NEVER TIRE.
>> AND IM JOINED NOW BY FLORIDA
CONGRESSWOMAN AND U.S. SENATE
CANDIDATE, VAL DEMINGS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AND I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE
SPOKE, I REMEMBER SAYING, WHEN
YOU FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT WILL
BE FOR GOVERNOR OR FOR SENATE,
PLEASE COME BACK SO DO I
APPRECIATE YOU ACTUALLY COMING
BACK.
LETS TALK ABOUT HOW YOU DO THIS
THOUGH.
I WORKED A COUPLE OF ELECTIONS
IN FLORIDA.
IT IS A VERY HARD STATE TO WIN.
IT IS A VERY NARROW STATE.
THE SENATE RACE AND THE
GOVERNORS RACE WERE SUPER TIGHT
LAST TIME.
HOW WILL YOU PULL THIS OFF?
>> LET ME SAY IT IS GREAT TO BE
BACK WITH YOU.
AND LOOK.
WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
RACE.
FLORIDA IS MY HOME STATE.
IT IS WHERE I WAS BORN AND
RAISED.
I LOVE THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND
I AM NOT WILLING TO GIVE UP ON
FLORIDA.
YOU KNOW MY STORY.
TIME DAUGHTER OF A MAID AND A
JANITOR.
THE YOUNGEST OF SEVEN CHILDREN,
THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO GO TO
COLLEGE.
I WORKED 27 YEARS AT THE ORLANDO
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I HAD THE AWESOME ONLY HAD OF
WORKING MY WAY UP THROUGH THE
RANKS TO BECOME ORLANDOS FIRST
WOMAN CHIEF OF POLICE.
I KNOW HOW TO FIGHT A TOUGH
FIGHT, JOY.
I KNOW HOW TO STAND BY PEOPLE
WHEN THEY ARE HAVING THEIR WORST
MOMENTS.
APPARENTLY, RUBIO HAS FORGOTTEN
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
IN A RACE.
ITS NOT ABOUT HIM.
IT IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT HE
IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE.
WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED HIM THE MOST,
SPECIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH SOME VERY
TOUGH TIMES, RUBIO VOTED AGAINST
STIMULUS CHECKS, AGAINST HELP
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS,
HE VOTE AGAINST HELP AT OUR
FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR TEACHERS,
OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
IM NOT AFRAID OF A TOUGH FIGHT.
RUBIO IS.
AND I AM GOING TO BUILD THE MOST
UNIQUE COALITION.
ILL GOING TO TRAVEL THE STATE
FROM THE PANHANDLE DOWN TO THE
KEYS, FROM TALLAHASSEE TO MIAMI.
AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THEM.
I AM A UNIQUE CANDIDATE, THE
RIGHT CANDIDATE, RIGHT TIME.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS RACE.
>> IVE GOT FONG YOURE TAKING
THE HARLEY.
THE THING THE REPUBLICANS LIKE
THE TRY TO DO, I THINK I HAVE A
PICTURE OF YOU ON THE HARLEY.
THE THING REPUBLICANS LOVE TO DO
WITH DEMOCRATS IS TO TRY TO
IMMEDIATELY STEREO TIME EVERY
DEMOCRAT AS A SOCIALIST.
I DONT THINK THEY KNOW IT IS
WHAT BUT THEY GO FOR THAT.
IT PARTICULARLY WORKS IN A STATE
LIKE FLORIDA WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
DESCRIBED THE PITCH THAT IS
TYPICALLY MADE TO PARTICULARLY
FLORIDA LATINOS AS CRIS,
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CALLING
EVERYONE COMMUNISTS, THE QANON
STUFF.
THATS ALL PARTICULARLY LETHAL
IN FLORIDA.
AND IRONICALLY, THAT CLIMBED OF
POLITICS ACTUALLY HELPED TRUMP A
LITTLE BIT.
NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.
A LOT.
WITH HISPANIC VOTERS IN FLORIDA.
HOW DO YOU COUNT PER STUFF?
>> I COUNTER THAT BY REMINDING
THE VOTERS OF WHO I AM.
YOURE RIGHT.
I RIDE A 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON
MOTORCYCLE.
I INTEND TO BE ON THAT
MOTORCYCLE QUITE A BIT.
BUT ITS REALLY ABOUT REMINDING
PEOPLE WHO I AM.
MY RECORD AS A POLICE CHIEF, I
WAS APPOINTED CHIEF WHEN CRIME
WAS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH IN
ORLANDO BY BRINGING THE
COMMUNITY TOGETHER, WORKING WITH
THE COMMUNITY, REORGANIZING THE
DEPARTMENT.
DISBANDING SOME DYSFUNCTIONAL
UNITS, STANDING UP MORE
FUNCTIONAL UNITS.
WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE VIOLENT
CRIME BY OVER 40%.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS EVERYBODY
COUNTS AND EVERYBODY IS
ACCOUNTABLE.
JUST TO HEAR WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
THAT I KNOW RUBIO WILL TRY TO DO
THAT, IT JUST SHOWS US ALL THAT
DESPERATE PEOPLE WILL DO
DESPERATE THINGS.
>> YEAH.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE, AND I
EXPERIENCED THIS IN 2000 FOR THE
FIRST RACE I WORKED.
ON ITS A CHALLENGE TO SOMETIMES
GET MAXIMUM SORT OF IMPACT OF
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE IN
FLORIDA.
THERE ARE A LOT OF UNREGISTERED
VOTERS.
IT WAS SIMILAR IN GEORGIA A LONG
TIME AGO BEFORE STACY ABRAMS
FWHENL AND STARTED TO REALLY
REGISTER VOTERS.
HOW DO YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
FACT THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN
APPEAL TO ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN
WHO WILL CARRY THE VOTER
TURNOUT.
HOW DO YOU MAXIMIZE THAT
TURNOUT?
>> I AM ALREADY VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE RESPONSE THAT I HAVE
HAD.
BEFORE THE LAUNCH, CERTAINLY
AFTER THE LAUNCH.
THIS RACE IS ABOUT EVERYBODY.
THIS RACE IS ABOUT LEAVING
NOBODY BEHIND.
THIS RACE IS ABOUT NOT PICKING
WINNERS AND LOSERS BASED ON
THEIR ABILITY TO PAY TO PLAY
LIKE RUBIO HAS DONE.
AS I SAID, WERE GOING TO BUILD
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE
COALITIONS AND I KNOW BLACK
WOMEN ARE ALREADY EXCITED.
EVERY WOMAN WILL BE EXCITED
ABOUT THIS CANDIDACY.
THIS IS FIRST TIME IN FLORIDA
HISTORY THAT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WOMAN, THE DAUGHTER OF A MAID
AND A JANITOR, MY DAD USED TO GO
TO WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO
MAKE ENDS MEET FOR OUR FAMILY,
WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE U.S.
SENATE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ABOUT THE
AMERICAN DREAM IS ALL ABOUT.
AND IM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT BIOGRAPHY WILL
BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR RUBIO TO
CHARACTERIZE IN A WAY
REPUBLICANS TYPICALLY WANT TO DO
IT.
WHAT WILL BE YOUR PRIMARY CASE
AGAINST HIM?
HES SORT OF AN ENTRENCHED
FIGURE RIGHT NOW.
THE MEDIA HAS FALLEN OUT OF LOVE
WITH HIM BECAUSE HE FELL UNDER
TRUMPS BOOT.
BUT WHATS THE MAIN CASE ABOUT
YES SHOULDNT JUST STAY IN
OFFICE?
>> I CAN TAKE NEXT 40 MINUTES
AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE REASONS.
BUT LET ME GO HERE.
I WAS IN THE CAPITOL ON JANUARY
6th.
I WAS THERE TO WATCH THE
PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER.
WHEN WE KNOW ALL HELL BROKE
LOOSE.
WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS JUST PEOPLE
DEMONSTRATING TURNED OUT TO BE
AN ANGRY MOB.
I FOUND MYSELF CRAWLING AROUND
ON THE FLOOR, DONNING A GAS
MASK.
NOW, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED, WHO WAS
INVOLVED, HOW THAT HAPPEN, WHO
FUNDED IT.
THAT YOU KNOW THE CHAIRMAN OF
HOMELAND SECURITY, BENNY
THOMPSON IN THE HOUSE, AND THE
RANKING MEMBER, THEYVE BEEN
NEGOTIATING FOR MONTHS TO COME
UP WITH AN IMD COMMISSION TO
INVESTIGATE.
WHO WOULD NOT WANT THAT.
BUT MARCO RUBIO VOTED AGAINST
IT.
HE DOESNT, OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT
WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
WE KNOW THAT WHEREVER THE
POLITICAL WINS ARE, THATS WHERE
YOU WILL FIND MARCO RUBIO.
SO THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR
DEMOCRACY, JOY.
EVERYTHING THAT WE CARE ABOUT
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY, IT
DEFINES WHO WE REALLY ARE AS A
NATION IS CAUGHT UP IN WHAT
HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6th.
SO IF THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE
LISTENING, WHO BELIEVE IN THIS
CAMPAIGN AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
THIS JOURNEY WITH ME, I JUST ASK