Marco Rubio is playing a key role in the coronavirus crisis. And he says he may run for president again in a post-Trump era.
The same perhaps can be said for the 48-year-old Rubio, who is approaching his own crossroads as President Donald Trump runs for reelection this fall. In the span of a decade, he’s gone from tea party rising star to immigration deal-cutter and top-tier presidential contender to foot soldier in Trump’s Republican Party.
“I hope he decides to stay in the Senate for the rest of his political career,” added Sen. John Cornyn . “But who knows? He may decide to make another run for president.” The coronavirus crisis has drawn out hints of what may be a crowded Senate Republican field aspiring to follow Trump. What was in front of him in mid-March was what he saw as a flawed “Phase Two” coronavirus-response bill from the House that put too much of the onus on small businesses to provide paid leave to workers, despite Democrats wanting something even more ambitious. As he and Sens. Susan Collins and Lamar Alexander pored over the legislation during a mid-March weekend, Rubio and his colleagues decided the Senate would need to stay in session and produce its own sweeping response to the virus.
Rubio has largely shied away from conflict with Trump over the past four years after trading school-yard insults with him on the campaign trail. Rubio has mostly backed the president’s agenda, though he opposed Trump’s national emergency to fund a southern border wall and voted for sanctions against Russia that Trump had resisted. At the same time, he’s not among the senators on Trump’s speed dial or those constantly jockeying to be in the president’s good graces.
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