JUPITER, Fla. — One day after U.S. Senate hopeful Val Demings spoke at a rally in West Palm Beach, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., was in Palm Beach County on Thursday seeking favor from voters.
Rubio spoke at a reelection rally in Jupiter, where he was joined by dozens of supporters.
"There's one party that controls the House, the Senate and the White House in Washington right now, and if they stay in charge, they'll destroy America," Rubio told them.
Rubio spoke about inflation, criticized the border policies of President Joe Biden's administration and told his supporters to "punish" Democrats for the current state of the country.
"Punish them for turning our military into a spectacle that's being laughed at around the world because they're putting out videos about the use of pronouns instead of focused on the threat from China," Rubio said. "Punish them for not securing our border and flooding our country with drugs."
His Democratic opponent held a rally Wednesday at the Meyer Amphitheatre in downtown West Palm Beach, where she told WPTV that she will win come Nov. 8.
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"The people will keep me going in this race – their hopes, fears, dreams," she said.
Rubio spoke to WPTV after the event, saying Republicans are gaining an edge in Palm Beach County.
"It's an important place politically and it's one that we want to make sure people get the message to turn out and vote," he said.
The incumbent and challenger have spent plenty of time in Palm Beach County in the final days before the election. They faced off in a debate last week at Palm Beach State College.
