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'He's running away from it as fast as he can': Obama just took a veiled swipe at Marco Rubio

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Maxwell Tani

President Barack Obama chided Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) on Tuesday for supposedly "running away" from a 2013 immigration bill he previously co-sponsored.

Obama said that although Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric on issues like immigration was particularly concerning, candidates like Rubio were guilty of pandering to voters by shifting their stances on key pieces of legislation.

"He may express strong anti-immigration sentiment, but you've heard that from the other candidates as well," Obama said of Trump.

He continued by dinging Rubio.

"You've got a candidate who sponsored a bill, that I supported, to finally solve the immigration problem, and he's running away from it as fast as he can," Obama said.

Rubio was one of four Republican senators who crossed party lines to sponsor a 2013 immigration bill that included a path to citizenship for some of the approximately 11 million immigrants living in the US without permission. Rubio now maintains that the US needs stronger border-security measures before allowing some immigrants to begin a decades-long pathway to citizenship.

Obama spent much of the press conference attempting to strike parallels between Trump and the Republican presidential field, and said that foreign leaders were "struck" by Trump's front-running status.

"Intrigued is an interesting way of saying it," Obama said, when asked about world leaders' reactions to Trump's rise. "Struck?"

"I think foreign observers are troubled by some of the rhetoric that's been taking place in these Republican primaries and Republican debates," Obama said. "I don't think it's restricted, by the way, to Mr. Trump. I find it interesting that everyone is focused on Trump, primarily because he says in more interesting ways what the other candidates are saying as well."

http://www.businessinsider.com/obama...n-trump-2016-2

Obama: ‘I Continue to Believe That Mr. Trump Will Not Be President’


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by CHARLIE SPIERING16 Feb 20165693

President Barack Obama says he still believes that Donald Trump will not become president of the United States and suggested that Trump will lose popularity as the election grows more serious.

“I continue to believe that Mr. Trump will not be President,” Obama said. “And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people.”

The president made his remarks during a press conference in Rancho Mirage, California, during a US-ASEAN summit with Southeast Asian leaders.

During his press conference, Obama said he believes that foreign leaders were “troubled” by the notion that Trump could become president. “I think foreign observers are troubled by some of the rhetoric that’s been taking place in these Republican primaries and Republican debates,” he said.

He included the entire Republican party in his criticism of Trump. “I find it interesting that everybody’s focused on Trump, primarily just because he says in more interesting ways what the other candidates are saying as well,” he said.

Obama said that Trump managed to “up the ante” in anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment, which Obama said was repeated by other candidates.

Obama singled out Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for “running away” from immigration reform “as fast as he can” after working on a bill with Senate Democrats that he (Obama) also supported.

The president also said that the GOP candidates’ views on climate change concerned business leaders around the world. “I think that’s troubling to the international community since the science is unequivocal,“ he added.

“This is not just Mr. Trump,” he stated. “Look at the statements that are being made by the other candidates. There’s not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change.”

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The people that would listen to you, Obama, aren't really the people we're depending on to help us replace you with a conservative Republican.