Marco Rubio releases first TV ad: ‘What happened in Paris could happen here’

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has released the first television ad of his Republican presidential campaign, warning Americans that terror attacks like the ones that happened in Paris could happen in the United States.

“This is a civilizational struggle between the values of freedom and liberty and radical Islamic terror,” Rubio says in the 30-second spot scheduled to begin airing nationally on Tuesday. “What happened in Paris could happen here.”

“There is no middle ground,” the GOP candidate continues. “These aren’t disgruntled or disempowered people. These are radical terrorists who want to kill us, because we let women drive, because we let girls go to school.”

He adds: “I’m Marco Rubio. I approve this message because there can be no arrangement or negotiation. Either they win or we do.”

According to an ABC News/Washington Post national poll released Sunday, Rubio (11 percent) currently sits in third place, trailing frontrunner Donald Trump (32 percent) and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson (22 percent) in the race for the Republican nomination. The Florida senator is also the only candidate other than Trump and Carson to register double-digit support among GOP voters.

Meanwhile, most voters trust former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to handle terrorism more than any of the three leading GOP candidates.

Read More..