Rubio dismissed the plan as 'the work of a think tank.'
Sen. Marco Rubio holds a press conference after campaigning with Cuban-American leaders at the American Museum of The Cuban Diaspora on October 14, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Imagesrunning mate, echoed the presumptive GOP nominee, who slammed the Heritage Foundation's blueprint as "ridiculous and abysmal" on Friday, despite several former officials from Trump's administration working on the plan.
"Think tanks do think tank stuff, they come up with ideas, they say things…I like Heritage Foundation. I agree with some of the things they stand for," Rubio said on CNN's "State of the Union" about the plan, which has repeatedly come under fire from Democrats as an extremist playbook to undermine democracy.
"Donald Trump is running on common sense, on restoring common sense versus the lunacy of the last four years and the far left and the shadow government that now is running our country," Rubio argued." that would "remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's radio show.
When asked if Roberts' comments caused him discomfort, Rubio said, "He's not running for president, is he?"— would dramatically expand executive power and set a foundation for the president to install a federal workforce of ideological loyalists. But Trump aide John McEntee, the former director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office and a senior adviser for Project 2025, said in April that the campaign and the team behind the project intend to "integrate a lot of our work" this summer, liberal watchdogShare on linkedin
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