Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) addressed that awkward presidential debate moment where he sounded like a robot in a tweet on Wednesday.
Rubio spoke about the moment, in which he repeated the same canned answer three times in a row after being confronted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in an interview with The Guardian.
“Did we make mistakes, or are there things we’d do differently? Yeah,” Rubio said, noting he thinks if he would have engaged with Christie, the moment would not have been notable.
“I don’t think it impacted voters, but I do think it impacted media coverage in the days leading up to the New Hampshire vote, which I think ultimately hurt us,” he added. “I think we would have finished very strongly in New Hampshire had it not been for that, and it might have led to a different outcome in South Carolina and maybe changed the trajectory of the race.”
Rubio didn't just repeat the same canned line -- saying "Obama knows what he’s doing" -- in the debate. He went on to give the same line at a different appearance the next day.
He defended his decision to repeat his criticism of President Barack Obama in a February interview with ABC News’ “Good Morning America."
“My whole campaign is built on this idea that the country is headed in the wrong direction as a result of the deliberate part of this president to put in place policies that change the relationship of government to our economy and America’s role in the world.”
Rubio bowed out of the presidential race on March 15.
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