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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,260 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:26 PM Monday

Some GOP donors plot shadow 'draft Rubio' 2028 effort as his star rises

A year ago, the stage seemed set for Vice President JD Vance to succeed President Donald Trump as the MAGA heir apparent in 2028.

Vance, just 40 years old at the time of the 2024 election, came into office with wave of support from Republicans and the backing of the president's family.

And while the vice president remains well-positioned ahead of a likely 2028 campaign, questions are quietly emerging over Vance's inevitability, especially as Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s profile and responsibilities have grown throughout the first year of Trump’s second term, most recently around the war with Iran.

The long-term political implications of the war remain to be seen, but Rubio’s rise has caught the eye of not only some of Trump's closest allies, but the president himself, who in private has been noting how “popular” and “loved” Rubio has become as part of his team, multiple sources told ABC News.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-donors-plot-shadow-draft-091613762.html

Little Marco?

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Some GOP donors plot shadow 'draft Rubio' 2028 effort as his star rises (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP

Rubio 2028 - He has big shoes to fill lame54 Monday #1

Hahaha D_Master81 Monday #5

I'd hate to walk a mile in his shoes! displacedvermoter Monday #11

You could without the shoes ever moving lame54 Monday #17

LOL leftstreet Monday #13

Rubio thinks he is going to be the face of overthrowing the Cuban government RockRaven Monday #2

Rubio is a kissass follower, not a leader. He wears too-large shoes to please his master. Norrrm Monday #3

Rise too early; fall too soon. Totally Tunsie Monday #4

That's not the kind of draft I was hoping for. GoCubsGo Monday #6

Would those boots on the ground fit better than his Florsheims?? displacedvermoter Monday #12

Rubio's star is rising? What kind of world do we live in? Jim__ Monday #7

Well, the GOP doesn't have very many stars to "rise" PatSeg Monday #20

His star is rising? That's news to me! Coventina Monday #8

He's a pathetic boot-licker and I doubt he could get the votes Ritabert Monday #9

A dark star in the shadow. UTUSN Monday #10

His star is "rising?" City Lights Monday #14

As fast as his shoe size Blue Owl Monday #22

LOL. nt City Lights Monday #27

He makes a good puppet. Nt BootinUp Monday #15

Well if the shoe doesn't fit... Swede Monday #16

Must be a dwarf star. ananda Monday #18

I think they're both done ecstatic Monday #19

Little Marco and his BIG shoes are a joke. If he can't stand up to a guy giving him clown shoes, how can he be POTUS? Vinca Monday #21

Over his many years in office, I've seen nothing from this guy. spanone Monday #23

He can't even tell Mango Mussolini that the shoes he gave him are the wrong size! Rob H. Monday #24

It's going to be Don Jr. BannonsLiver Monday #25

I think the appetite for Trump humping whores is waning Skittles Monday #26

lame54

(39,657 posts)

1. Rubio 2028 - He has big shoes to fill

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:33 PM

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D_Master81

(2,522 posts)

5. Hahaha

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:41 PM

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I see what you did there.

displacedvermoter

(4,320 posts)

11. I'd hate to walk a mile in his shoes!

Reply to lame54 (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:55 PM

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lame54

(39,657 posts)

17. You could without the shoes ever moving

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #11)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:27 PM

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leftstreet

(40,356 posts)

13. LOL

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Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:57 PM

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RockRaven

(19,234 posts)

2. Rubio thinks he is going to be the face of overthrowing the Cuban government

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:33 PM

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and that that will be a good thing.

He is wrong on both accounts. Firstly, when the US does a Venezuela or an Iran on Cuba, to the extent that there is any credit to be had The Dotard will monopolize it. He will go out of his way to denigrate and marginalize Rubio, and will succeed in that in RWNJ circles. Secondly, after Venezuela and Iran the Cuba thing will be viewed extremely critically outside of RWNJ circles and being the face of it will not have any utility amongst the population at large.

Norrrm

(4,876 posts)

3. Rubio is a kissass follower, not a leader. He wears too-large shoes to please his master.

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Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:34 PM

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Totally Tunsie

(11,807 posts)

4. Rise too early; fall too soon.

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Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:38 PM

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GoCubsGo

(34,883 posts)

6. That's not the kind of draft I was hoping for.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:42 PM

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He needs to be drafted into the 'boots on the ground" they're planning to send to fight in Iran. But, if they want him as their Presidential candidate, have at it.

displacedvermoter

(4,320 posts)

12. Would those boots on the ground fit better than his Florsheims??

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:57 PM

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Jim__

(15,203 posts)

7. Rubio's star is rising? What kind of world do we live in?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 02:43 PM

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PatSeg

(53,191 posts)

20. Well, the GOP doesn't have very many stars to "rise"

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 03:45 PM

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With the dismal cast of wannabes to choose from, Rubio probably looks the least disastrous, but he certainly doesn't come across as presidential - lackeys rarely do.