Facing jeers and boos, Rubio shifts on guns during tense forum

[DonViejo]

It was a striking turnabout for Rubio, who never met a gun-rights bill he didn’t vote for in the Florida legislature and in Congress.

By MARC CAPUTO and REBECCA MORIN 02/21/2018 10:11 PM EST Updated 02/22/2018 12:19 AM EST

The mass shootings in Newtown, Orlando, Las Vegas and even Fort Lauderdale didn’t get Sen. Marco Rubio to seriously reconsider his position on guns.

But Rubio shifted on firearms Wednesday night as he weathered the righteous anger of a parent and of the students who survived the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and who then faced him onstage at a CNN town hall in purple Florida’s liberal bastion of Broward County.

Jeered and booed by the crowd, buffeted by tough questions, Rubio stood alone as the only Republican onstage, in purple Florida’s liberal bastion of Broward County. He broke with President Trump on whether to arm teachers. Rubio said it was a bad idea. He said he would favor raising the minimum age to purchase an assault rifle from 18 to 21. And he said he would consider restricting the size of magazines for firearms.

It was a striking turnabout for Rubio, who never met a gun-rights bill he didn’t vote for in the Florida Legislature and, later, in Congress. But Rubio said he wanted to prevent another massacre and said it was time for everyone to start rethinking their positions.

The crowd, though, didn’t seem to agree.

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[COLGATE4]

1. Even for a Rethug, Rubio sets a new low. He is the

archtypical 'empty suit' who will say anything and do anything in order to keep getting elected and re-elected to office. It's unfortunate that Florida still manages to keep worthless politicians like Rubio on the public payroll. Perhaps the next time he's up Florida will get a lot more purple and we can finally get rid of this little posturer.

[onecent]

2. He will NEVER be president!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[COLGATE4]

6. You know, before Trump i would have agreed with you.

Now, I'm no longer sure. Someone years ago said a truism: "No one every went broke overestimating the stupidity of the American public".

[onecent]

7. Yeah, I guess you probably are right. I never thought we'd have Bush in the

white house for years and years......Now I would love it now.

I still hope Mueller takes care of Dotard!!!!

[gratuitous]

3. As soon as Rubio feels safe again, he'll shift back

In the face of a hostile, informed, righteous crowd, Rubio's just smart enough to make noises that keep the crowd mollified. But as soon as he feels safe again, he'll shift back on firearms. He's nothing if not craven.

[exboyfil]

5. Get the John Kerry wind surfing ad queued up

This feels different somehow. Definitely needs to go into the DNC archive for future use. Chances are any primary opponents are going to beat him to death on it. Maybe Allen West - where are you when we need you?

[2naSalit]

4. Ha!

"shifts" my hind foot. He shifted while he was in that room, soon as his owners cornered him when he got out of there, he was "shifting" back to the opposite of what he told constituents. He's one of "them" and will never be anything else.