Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is making a play for China hawks in Florida as he braces for a competitive re-election fight next year, records show.
Sen. Marco Rubio is making a play for China hawks in Florida as he braces for a competitive re-election fight next year, records show.Hostility toward communism drove a significant number of Latino voters in Florida into the Republican column in 2020. The Rubio campaign’s focus on China can capitalize on that trend and a wider — and widening — American mistrust of Beijing.Subscribe for freeRubio allies have spent the past year quietly building a list of voters motivated by anti-China sentiment.
The group is run by Warren Tompkins, a South Carolina operative who headed Rubio's super PAC during his 2016 presidential bid.Stand Up to China has spent nearly $600,000 on Facebook and Instagram ads since January 2020 to help build that list. As a 501 nonprofit, it doesn't have to disclose the sources of its funding.
in other states, including the presidential battleground states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. Rubio’s campaign, which is seeking to beat back a challenge from Rep. Val Demings , appears to be the only entity that’s used the email list beyond Stand Up to China itself.
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