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New Marco Rubio ad accuses Barack Obama of being intimidated by Vladimir Putin, Iran and Islamic jihadists

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The Marco Rubio campaign, still mired in fourth place in most national and statewide polls of the GOP presidential race, has released a new television ad that will begin airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.

It’s called, “About” and in it the Florida senator refers to how the 2016 presidential election is “about the essence of America.”

This election is about the essence of America,” he says. “About all of us who feel out of place in our own country. A government incredibly out of touch and millions with traditional values branded bigots and haters. This is about wages growing slower than the cost of living. A generation drowning in debt, and a president humiliated by Putin, Iran, and Islamic jihadists.”

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Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served as five years as the political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. He also was the assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley. He's a San Francisco native who has now lived in Tampa for 15 years and can be reached at [email protected].

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