Sen. Marco Rubio cast himself as the forward-looking candidate to lead the nation toward a new American century when he announced his presidential bid today, defining the election as a "generational choice" for Americans.
"Grounded by the lessons of our history, but inspired by the promise of our future, I announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America," Rubio said to supporters at the Freedom Tower in Miami.
Rubio's candidacy will rely largely on his personal story as the son of Cuban immigrants and argue that the American Dream seems unattainable for many because "too many of our leaders and their ideas are stuck in the twentieth century."
"My candidacy might seem improbable to some watching from abroad," Rubio said. "In many countries, the highest office in the land is reserved for the rich and powerful. But I live in an exceptional country, I live in an exceptional country, where even the son of a bartender and a maid can have the same dreams and the same future as those who come from power and privilege."
The speech marks the official public start of a long-awaited campaign for the 43-year-old freshman senator, and states he'll aim to turn his relative inexperience and youth into a central calling card of his campaign.
Rubio also wasted no time taking a swipe at his first declared Democratic competition, Hillary Clinton who announced her candidacy on Sunday.
This article honestly doesn't surprise me. Ever since Obama's state of the union address in 2013, there were assumptions and reports of Rubio wanted to run and now it's true. After Hillary Clinton announced her bid yesterday, I thought that a Republican would then announce their's. This reminds me of many other times in history where a president has announced that their running and the responses have varied.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/politics/election-2016-marco-rubio-presidential-campaign/index.html
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