MARCO RUBIO ON FACE THE NATION

MARCO RUBIO ON FACE THE NATION

 

Marco Rubio discusses ISIS, Russia, Syria and other foreign policy issues. He discusses the job of a President, the role of commander and chief. Barack Obama does not understand the risk in the world today. Talks about Jeb Bush attacks. Marco Rubio United States Senator for Florida   0:31 says a Sunni coalition so I do think it's it's an important tactical step 0:36 forward and needs to be backed up with increased airstrikes and so forth so I 0:39 don't have a problem with the tactics of it and the numbers might even have to be 0:42 larger at some point but 0:44 issues can arrive at a strategy and that's why I think the administration is 0:48 still struggling to outline we're gonna special forces in Syria but the russians 0:52 are also operating in Syria do you worry that there's any conflict potential 0:55 problem there whether there is always that potential is one thing that 0:58 concerns us is that there is an air strike of some sort that may end up 1:01 eating forces that are americans are in bed alongside again that's one of the 1:05 issues is deeply concerning about miscalculation but on the other hand 1:08 Isis will not be defeated 1:11 unless they are confronted by a organized anti I since Sunni movement 1:16 and that won't happen without american assistance at some significant level 1:19 like what you're saying proposed now Donald Trump says no american assistance 1:23 he says let the russians fight ice and that's fine with us what the problem 1:27 with it is number one the russians are necessarily targeting Isis right now 1:30 they're targeting on Isis rebels and it's part of an effort to wipe out any 1:33 non Isis fighters on the ground so they can turn to the world and say that the 1:37 only choices are either side or Isis and the second point is that the growth of 1:42 Isis will continue in Iraq their spread now into Libya where they become a very 1:45 significant presence increasingly in Afghanistan as well and they're using 1:49 all these operating basis not simply to conduct regional efforts but also to 1:53 grow recruit people online to attack us here in the united states how much the 1:58 united states you worried american voters be worried about the russian 2:01 presence in the Middle East increased presence in Syria what their goals are 2:04 very different than ours our goals are primarily threefold one or domestic for 2:08 russia may he wants to put wants to be viewed as an important international 2:11 leader on par with the United States part of it is about deflecting attention 2:14 away from Ukraine but part of it is about becoming a regional power that 2:19 replaces the United States in terms of a power broker in the region its direction 2:23 and its interest at the end of the day are largely to prop up Assad who is 2:26 provided for them a foothold into the region and so they're stepping into a 2:30 vacuum we've left behind in an ideal world you would be able to work with 2:33 Russia to defeat radical jihadists but that's not their goal immediately their 2:36 immediate goal is to propping up the side because it's a client state for 2:40 them 2:41 let's switch now to talk about executive experience in 2008 republicans run 2:45 talking about the democrats are running there were some senators running Barack 2:49 Obama Hillary Clinton constantly I heard republicans say they've never run as 2:54 much as a lemonade stands they don't have executive experience ever met a 2:57 payroll they haven't got her and why doesn't that apply to you now as a 3:01 result the president is not a bookkeeping job I mean it is not some 3:05 glorified accounting job it isn't the leader of the United States both of its 3:08 people and the nation and the government and the job of a president is to craft a 3:13 vision for america's future to put the right people in the right position and 3:16 hold them accountable for carrying out your agenda but also to rally the 3:19 country behind because entitlement reform is a huge undertaking it'll never 3:23 happen without presidential leadership not to mention national security patrol 3:27 commander in chief is the most important job of the president in the context of 3:30 Barack Obama he has now been president for seven years he has significant 3:34 executive experience and he's still making mistakes in my opinion and so 3:37 it's clear that the issue with him is not that he didn't have executive 3:40 experience is that his ideas do not work and and and that's why I think it's 3:44 important to elect someone to the presidency with the right ideas ideas 3:48 that allow the private sector to succeed because that's where good job creation 3:51 and economic prosperity but also someone that understands the risks in the world 3:55 today and what america's role in the world needs to be but I guess when and 3:59 this is obviously something your opponents are bringing up jeb Bush's 4:02 said in a fundraising appeal he says you have no credible experience beyond 4:07 governing I guess the question is have you been in a position where you've had 4:11 to make tough calls where there are real consequences and where do you get that 4:15 strength from when you if you wanna make the presidency will you be in those kind 4:18 of decisions all day long multiple times it is true that the presidency is not 4:22 like being aus senator but it's also not like being a governor there is no office 4:25 in the world like the United States President see what I have shown over the 4:28 last five years especially his judgment good judgment and understanding of the 4:33 major issues before America particularly on foreign policy I do not believe 4:36 there's anyone else in this race that is shown better judgment on the issues 4:39 before america today than I have and and better understanding them especially on 4:43 the foreign policy ground which is at the end 4:46 most important obligation of a president presidents don't run the economy what 4:50 you do is promote policies that allow the private sector to succeed the bush 4:55 campaign called you the republican Obama is that an insult or compliment I don't 4:59 think they mean it as a complement and I certainly wouldn't take it is that look 5:02 campaigns are gonna say whatever they think gives them an advantage and 5:05 obviously someone has convinced jab that attacking me is going to help us 5:08 campaign it won't change the way we run our campaign we're going to continue to 5:12 get people serious candidacy that's optimistic but also realistic about 5:16 america's future about our challenges about the direction our country needs to 5:19 go that's what I'm going to focus on and someone else uses to go in a different 5:23 direction you know I think it's one of the reasons why Barack Obama was 5:26 re-elected in 2012 because too many candidates spend a tremendous amount of 5:30 time attacking fellow Republicans and really undermining that Romney before he 5:34 was even the nominee I hope we don't repeat that mistake and 2016 5:38 jeb bush in the in the debate there was this big moment between the two of you 5:42 he mentioned earlier missing votes insanity set as a constituent he wanted 5:46 to be there more you came back at him not just on substance but you question 5:51 his motives you basically said you're just doing it because your advisers have 5:56 told you is there nothing genuine hidden in his critique of you and your 5:59 attendance and this one is no record of having criticize anyone else in the past 6:03 that's found themselves in the same position the truth is I don't like 6:05 missing votes but I would really hate is to wake up on the first Wednesday of 6:08 November to the news that hillary Clinton has been elected president of 6:11 the united states so we're not continue to serve the people of florida we have 6:15 we do I think a very good job and our offices are serving our constituents in 6:19 their actual government will most certainly be there for most votes in 6:22 many votes there will be some I will miss and I will miss him because I'm 6:25 campaigning so that in future those votes actually means something far too 6:29 many votes today in the senate are predetermined we know what the outcome 6:31 is going to be it's being done for messaging purposes but it's never gonna 6:34 pass because even if you could find enough votes to pass it the president 6:38 would veto it I want to become president so we can actually start turning some of 6:42 these ideas into law and policy and so when we're away that's what we're doing 6:47 fisherman told her he was a big part of it I don't know about labels like that 6:51 but he was most certainly a big part of my career and I have tremendous 6:54 admiration I said that a debate never gonna hear me bad mouthing me was a 6:57 great governor of Florida and he's someone I have tremendous personal 7:00 affection for my issues not with Jeb Bush I'm running for president because I 7:04 honestly believe that our party and our country needs to turn the page and allow 7:09 people to a new generation of leadership understands the issues before America 7:14 now I know there are people running that have more experience than I do on the 7:17 issues we face seventeen years ago but on the issues before america today 7:21 that's what we should be debating and I just don't believe there's anyone out 7:24 running who has a better understanding of the issues before us now than I do 7:28 our people wrong who say that the reason that was such a moment for you in the 7:31 debate is because you're you have this relationship this friendship with him 7:35 and you could basically called him on his motives and that that created this 7:39 drama that everybody's talking about people who support you say you put jeb 7:43 bush in his place 7:44 well I don't know what I mean he said something I had to respond and I feel 7:47 obviously what I said something that i believe i do believe that jeff has been 7:50 convinced by people around him that he needs to attack me in order to be more 7:53 successful I don't personally agree with it but I'm not running his campaign but 7:57 I but I controlled my campaign my campaigns that can be attacking him or 8:01 any other Republican either a policy differences we should debate those 8:04 that's a legitimate issue but I'm not going to bed now that the republicans I 8:08 want to be the nominee but someone on that stage is going to be the republican 8:11 nominee I'm not I don't want to do anything that makes it easier for 8:14 hillary clinton or whoever the democrat nominee as to defeat the Republican 8:18 because we truly as a nation cannot afford another four years like the last 8:22 eight let me ask you only on the senate attendance question in Iowa Senate 8:26 campaign there that the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee ran a 8:29 bunch of ads against the democrats saying he missed a bunch of votes and it 8:33 was devastating for him do you worry about it worked against the Democrat in 8:37 that state that it could cause you any political not a political strategist on 8:41 the candidate I can tell you what hurt me more and that is never coming to hire 8:44 one interacting with voters here and I think people understand that if I do 8:47 miss 8:48 not because I'm on vacation that's because I'm here interacting with the 8:52 voters in the hopes that they'll give me a chance to be the republican nominee 8:55 and the president again unfortunately in the senate today the majority of votes 9:00 that are taken 9:01 are not going to pass their being voted on for messaging purposes and an 9:05 important message purposes in many cases I'm running for president so that in the 9:08 future when we vote to repeal Obamacare or or reallocate the money from Planned 9:13 Parenthood to another entity we can actually turn that into policy into law 9:16 Senator Marco Rubio thanks so much thank you