In his first major national television interview since bowing out of the Republican presidential race, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said he is unsure whether or not he will attend the GOP convention in July.
“I don’t know if there’s a role for me to play,” Rubio told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “There’s a lot of people who are going to the convention that are supporters of mine, so there is an opportunity to get together with people and be a part of that.
“I haven’t made that decision yet,” the ex-White House hopeful said.
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Should Rubio decided to skip the convention, like several other Republican statesman and senators plan to do, he assured Tapper the decision would have nothing to do with his feelings towards Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee.
“It wouldn’t be because of Donald Trump or in spite of Donald Trump,” he said, repeating that he hasn’t yet decided whether he will attend the major event in Cleveland, but that he is “open to going.”
Rubio also said Tuesday that he plans to “support the Republican nominee” as he promised to do when he signed a loyalty pledge last September drafted by the Republican National Committee.
However, the Florida senator would not explicitly say whether supporting Trump means he will cast a ballot for him in November.
