By Michael Treiman
In the midterms elections of November 2026, the Republican Party endured a tremendous loss, giving up seats in the House, Senate, state governorships, and local positions en masse. Many believe this loss was due to the Trump administration's massive blunder in the war in Iran. After their defeat, the GOP is looking for heads to roll. Rumors abound that Secretary of State Marco Rubio may be next on the chopping block, and we believe this could be none too soon. The public has had many chances to vote on both Marco Rubio's positions, and Rubio as an individual, and he has been rejected over and over. Nevertheless, like a fruit fly infestation after leaving out a bunch of bananas, Rubio just keeps coming back.
Remember Rubio's first public rejection: during his presidential run back in 2016. He was an early frontrunner, campaigning on increased military spending and confrontation with China and Russia, reversing the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA - Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), and support of Israel. On the debate stage, Trump dubbed him “Little Marco,” due to his diminutive stature, and diminutive intellectual prowess. He stumbled over his words and repeated slogans over and over like a broken record. His lack of charisma left voters non-plussed, and his campaign flopped: earning him only 167 delegates, behind Ted Cruz's 551 and Donald Trump's 1447. In 2016 Trump ran and won on a platform of ending wars and America First, and the American people made their will known clearly: the neoconservative position of military aggression was over.
Americans rejoiced as Rubio was shut out of the White House, although the Miami born Cuban American remained as a Senator of Florida for the intervening years. Rubio belongs to a class of children of expats, who seek to use their position in the United States to settle a grudge against their home country. Marco Rubio has always been focused on intervention in Latin America, espe
