In a 30-second television ad released
Monday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says this
election is about millions of value voters being branded “bigots
and haters.”
In the spot, Rubio, also a Florida
senator, says that this election is about the “essence of America”
and those who “feel out of place in our own country.”
“This election is about the essence
of America,” Rubio
says directly to the camera. “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,” Rubio adds in the spot, titled About.
Rubio is an outspoken opponent of
marriage equality. On Sunday, he said that he would reverse the
Supreme Court's June ruling striking down state bans on gay marriage
by installing justices who “will interpret the constitution as
originally constructed.”
(Related: Marco
Rubio: Supreme Court found “hidden constitutional right” to
marriage equality.)
Rubio's new ad appears to target the
same bloc of social conservative voters backing Texas Senator Ted
Cruz.