Rubio advisors reportedly are warning the Florida senator to get out of the race before he gets crushed.
Rubio is trailing in the latest polls in Florida to Donald Trump.
CNN reported:
A battle is being waged within Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign about whether he should even remain in the Republican presidential race ahead of his home state primary on March 15, sources say.
Rubio himself is “bullish” on his odds of winning the critical primary, despite some advisers who are less hopeful and believe a loss there would damage him politically in both the short- and long-term.
Publicly, the campaign is maintaining they are still a contender in this race, touting a Sunday win in Puerto Rico’s primary that delivered Rubio 23 delegates. But privately, the campaign is having a debate about whether he should remain in the mix — even for his home state of Florida’s primary.
“He doesn’t want to get killed in his home state,” one source familiar with the discussions said, noting “a poor showing would be a risk and hurt his political future.”
Alex Conant, Rubio’s communication director, said the report of such an internal debate is “100% false.”
Unhinged Trump basher Rick Wilson says the report is false.
@TheRickWilson I now think it was Roger Stone: pic.twitter.com/OJ977p6PmI
— #NeverTrump (@Ed_Burke_1790) March 8, 2016
Roger Stone also says the report is false.
CNN should be ashamed! @marcorubio not getting out of the race. This is fiction https://t.co/riqwmrxcBS
— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) March 7, 2016
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