Tag: Marco Rubio

Rubio Set to Open U.S. Penal Colony in El Salvador

Buck Banks

“We can send them, and he [El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele] will put them in his jails. And he’s also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentences in the United States, even though they’re U.S. citizens or legal residents,” reported The New Republic.

— On Tuesday, Secretary of State Rubio and El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced they’d reached an agreement to “outsource” U.S. prisoners to El Salvador’s mega-prison. The agreement was initially supposed to cover alleged gang members, but was expanded.

Rubio Distances Himself from DeSantis’ Ukraine Remarks

Buck Banks

“I don’t know what he’s trying to do or what the goal is. Obviously, he doesn’t deal with foreign policy every day as Governor. So I’m not sure. I can’t speak to that. I can’t compare that to something else he did or said over the last few years because he doesn’t deal with it every day.”

— Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, distancing himself from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ apparent flip-flop on the war in Ukraine, on the Hugh Hewitt radio show.