Sen. UMarco Rubio.(Ifoto: UJoe Raedle weeFoto zikaGetty) I-PALM BEACH, i-Fla. -Ukulandela ilahleko etshabalalisayo kwilizwe lakhe eFlorida ngokuhlwanje, u-Sen. Marco Rubio ubhengeze ukuba uyarhoxa kugqatso lobumongameli.
Umnumzana Rubio, owayekhe wajongwa njengenkwenkwezi ekhulayo kwiQela leRiphabhlikhi kunye nomdlali ophumeleleyo kulonyulo, ngekhe afezekise isithembiso sakhe. Wayephumelela ukuphumelela eMinnesota, ePuerto Rico, eWashington, D.C. kwaye akukho ndawo, waba yingozi yokugqibela yephulo likaDonald Trump lokulwa. Umnumzana uTrump, umakhi wearhente yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba, watyumza uMnu Rubio eFlorida, kwaye uhlala emjongela phantsi isenethi yekota yokuqala, embiza uMarco omncinci kwaye ehlekisa ngendlela ebila.
Isigqibo sikaMnu Rubio sasingamangalisi. Ulandele umnumzana uTrump kulonyulo ngalunye lwaseFlorida kwaye ubonakalise imiqondiso yokuwa kwezi veki zimbalwa zidlulileyo, engaphumeleli ukubambisa abathunywa eMichigan naseMississippi. Isibheno sakhe besifanele ukuba sibanzi, kodwa saphela sincinci, sitsalela abantu baseRiphabhlikhi abanengeniso ephezulu abahlala kwezinye iindawo zeDemokhrasi. Wayelukhetho lwesibini kwabaninzi, kodwa kunqabile ukuba abe ngowokuqala, kwaye akakwazanga ukubuyela kwisiseko somsindo weqela elinjengoMnu.Trump okanye imbangi yakhe yeSenate, uTed Cruz waseTexas, owamphindisa kwilizwe liphela.
Ukuthintela uvuko olunjengolukaRichard Nixon, umsebenzi wezopolitiko kaMnu Rubio kungenzeka ukuba uphelile. Ukuvuka kwakhe, njengokuwa kwakhe, kwakukhawuleza, kwaye kwakungekho ngaphambili. Wayeneminyaka engama-26 ubudala kwiofisi yasekuhlaleni eWest Miami owathi, kwiminyaka engama-30 ubudala, isithethi seFlorida House. Ngo-2010, wothusa ukusekwa kwezopolitiko, wakhwela iti Party wave ukoyisa uCharlie Christ, irhuluneli, kwaye waphumelela isihlalo kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu.
Amehlo akhe ahlala eqeqeshwa ngo-2016 kwaye mhlawumbi ebhadula kakhulu kude nekhaya. Ukufezekiswa kwakhe ngumthetho kwakunzima kwaye amanye amaRiphabhlikhi aseFlorida akazange akhule amkele lo mfana ngokukhawuleza. U-Rick Scott akazange amvume. UJeb Bush, owayesakuba yirhuluneli kwaye ngelinye ixesha wayengumcebisi kaRubio omncinci, waphumelela kwisivumelwano emva kokuba ephumile kwiphulo lobumongameli kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Umnumzana Rubio, unyana webartender kunye nesicakakazi, nguLatino, onomdla kwaye onomdla kakhulu, uhlobo lomgqatswa weRiphabhlikhi wayenethemba lokuvula iiDemokhrasi kulo nyaka. Ulwimi-mbini, kwaye wayekhe wasebenza kumthetho osayilwayo wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe ngaphambi kokuba kucace ukuba abavoti beRiphabhlikhi babengenamdla wokulungiselela abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wayelungiselelwe kwangaphambili, njengoko uninzi lwabagxeki bakhe bathi, kwaye uninzi lomgqatswa ongumcebisi, kodwa ukungaphumeleli kwakhe kokwenyani kukungakwazi kwakhe ukwanela imeko yabavoti.
Isibheno sika-Mnu Trump sika-nativist kunye ne-bomb-throw-rhetoric yaphumelela ngemini malunga nethemba lika Mnu. Rubio kunye nokwamkela kwakhe u-orthodoxy. Abavoti bakhathala kancinci nangaphantsi malunga nokuba umgqatswa ufumene njani kakuhle kunye neKlabhu yoKhula, nangakumbi ngento abanokuyenza ukugcina abokufika ngaphandle ngazo zonke iindleko. Umnumzana Trump watshintshiselana phakathi kokukhusela uMzali oCwangcisiweyo kunye neenkqubo zokufumana amalungelo ngelixa bezama ukucacisa ukuba kutheni kungabalulekanga ukuba abaphathi bezimhlophe abafumene iphulo lakhe libhenele.
Umnumzana Rubio wavela kwiphepha leencwadi zokudlala ze-GOP, kwaye lo ibingunyaka ukuphinda uyibhale yonke loo nto. Okanye vele uyitshise.
Ukubhengezwa: UDonald Trump ngumkhwe kaJared Kushner, umpapashi we-Braganca Media.
