Twitter Concludes that Marco Rubio is a Robot — a ‘Glitchy’ One at That

Mr. Rubio sought to counter Mr. Christie’s attacks by criticizing his record as governor. (Credit: Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)

Marco Rubio’s ascent as the establishment Republican candidate for president may have crashed and burned Saturday night after his over-reliance on a single talking point regarding President Obama led viewers and commentators to conclude he came off like glitchy preprogrammed robot.

Rubio’s insistance on repeating “Let’s dispel with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He is trying to change this country,” multiple times during the evening led to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie openly mocking him during the debate.

This is not the first time it has been noted that Rubio’s responses to questions seems preprogrammed.

I've watched Rubio for a long time, always thought that critique of him as a talking-points robot was way overblown. But oh dear.

— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) February 7, 2016

#GOPDebate

Kasich: I'm here
Christie: I'm proud
Bush: I'm Reaganish
Carson: I'm …
Rubio: I'm a 🤖
Cruz: I'm trusted
Trump: I'm winning

— Matthew Thoreau Hall (@SDuncovered) February 7, 2016

After last debate I said Rubio talks like a robot. After tonight, it may be because he is a robot – though a poorly programmed one

— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) February 7, 2016

Oh my God, Rubio now goes for the "he knows exactly what he's doing" for the THIRD time. It's like a robot whose circuits have blown.

— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) February 7, 2016

I like Rubio but his coaches need to get him off this same speech robot thing

— Jared C. Wilson (@jaredcwilson) February 7, 2016

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SOURCE: TOM BOGGIONI 
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