05/05/2026
Man Of The Moment Marco Rubio
đ„Marco Rubio as Acting Press Secretary: "There's NO way I can figure out who to call on! I am just gonna press right in the middle. The back row. I can'tâgo ahead!"
đ„Sec. Marco Rubio is GOING OFF on Iran's pirate navy holding civilians hostage in the Strait of Hormuz and nearby waters
"They're sitting DUCKS, isolated, vulnerable, and at least 10 sailors have already died."
"They're held hostage just as the regime slaughtered tens of thousands of their own people for peaceful protest!"
"Commercial crew members have been stranded out at sea because Iran is conducting something that's not just CRIMINAL, but it's DESPARATE and destructive."
đ„SEC. MARCO RUBIO JUST SAID IRAN HAS 2 CHOICES
"It could be one that leads [Iran] to reconstruction, stability and not posing a threat to the world."
"The alternative is growing isolation economic collapse and ultimately total DEFEAT!"
đ„MARCO- ON DEMOCRATS!
"[Iran] is trying to make this some NEW NORMAL! Under NO circumstances can we EVER allow them to normalize the fact that they get to BLOW UP commercial ships and put mines in the water!"
"So the response to that is we're going to blockade YOUR ships. If everyone's ships are not getting out, YOUR ships are not getting out either."
"That's not an active or that's a defensive measure, it's a counter to what they have decided to do. You know what is an act of war â putting mines in the water!"
"Why don't the members of Congress, whoever it is, is complaining about it, they should be all over that!"
"These guys put mines in the water, that alone, mining in the water is illegal, period, under any circumstances, and they've done it."
đ„MARCO RUBIO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DEBATE WITH POPE LEO:
"What the President basically said is that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon because they would use it against places that have a lot of Catholics and Christians and others for that matter!"
"It goes back to the central point. I think the President, without trying to speak for him, but I think I can characterize it this way. He doesn't understand why anybody, leave aside the Pope."
"The President and I for that matter, I think most people, I cannot understand why ANYONE would think that it's a good idea for Iran to ever have a nuclear weapon."
"Look what they're doing with the Straits right now. They're holding the whole world hostage."
"They have these sailors on commercial ships that are going to starve to death out there. They don't care. They don't care that this is melting the economies around the world, even of their own allies."
"This is what they're doing with the Straits. What do you think they would do if they had a nuclear weapon? They would hold the world hostage with that nuclear weapon. That's what they would do."
