Rubio: ‘I may not be asked to speak’ at GOP convention

Rubio said his policy vision is in some cases “substantially different from what Donald is offering, and that’s why I’m not sure I’m going to be asked to speak at the convention.”

“I’ve never said I would stand and speak on behalf of someone else’s agenda,” Rubio said. “I would speak about the things I believe in, not somebody else’s platform or on behalf of anyone else, for that matter.”

Rubio, who ended his own presidential bid in March, indicated last month that he’d speak on Trump’s behalf at the convention if asked.

“Yeah,” Rubio responded in his interview with CNN. “I want to be helpful. I don’t want to be harmful because I don’t want Hillary Clinton to be president.”

 

The Florida senator has joined other top Republicans in recent days slamming Trump for going after the Mexican heritage of an Indiana-born federal judge presiding over lawsuits against Trump University.

 

Republicans leaders have condemned as racist Trump’s comments that the judge’s heritage represents a conflict of interest, given the businessman’s proposal to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.