Rubio should thank Bloomberg for boosting his status within the Republican party.
Via TPM:
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the gun control advocacy group that’s bankrolled by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), targetted Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) in its latest ad for opposing an expansion of background checks, charging that the 2016 contender’s “presidential ambitions make Florida less safe.”
“Marco Rubio, a new senator, but already looking past Florida, thinking of running for president,” the ad’s narrator says. “And that has Rubio running to the right, opposing a bill on comprehensive background checks.”
The ad closes with the narrator citing in-state support for background checks, a proposal that has been met with widespread public backing since the December massacre in Newtown, Conn.
“Ninety-one percent of Floridians support background checks,” the narrator says. “But Rubio’s presidential ambitions make Florida less safe.”