Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio was until very recently considered a top contender to be chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate, but on Monday, Trump announced that the choice was Ohio Sen. JD Vance. It is now officially the Trump-Vance Republican ticket.
Rubio seems to have accepted the decision with grace, and on Tuesday night in a primetime slot, he spoke eloquently at the Republican National Convention about the beloved father who was gunned down by deranged wannabe assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. While the news reverberated around the world that a former and perhaps future president had avoided death by mere millimeters, it’s important to remember that an innocent and frankly wonderful-sounding man was not so lucky.
His name was Corey Comperatore, and he was a father, a husband, and a solid American citizen, and Rubio was clearly moved as he honored him. The Florida senator…