Rubio sounds familiar GOP themes in response to Obama’s speech
(MCT) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the fresh face Republicans chose to respond to the State of the Union address, sounded familiar party themes Tuesday night, accusing President Barack Obama of stifling economic growth through an overreliance on taxes and spending.
The opportunity “to make it to the middle class or beyond, no matter where you start out in life, it isn’t bestowed on us from Washington,” Rubio said in his nationally broadcast remarks, but comes from “a vibrant economy.”
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