Rep. Mia Love Backs Rubio: He Believes in Positivity over Doom and Gloom

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MACCALLUM: “Utah Congressman Mia Love joins me live. She is supporting Senator Marco Rubio. Good to have you here this morning, congresswoman.”
LOVE: “Thank you.” 
MACCALLUM: “It got pretty hot up there Saturday night. Is this the way it should going?”
LOVE: “This is silly season. People are getting desperate. They’re getting a little frustrated. They want the record — I know, this is something I deal with in my own state where you want to make sure that people are reflecting your record correctly. You get it on both sides of the aisle. A few days ago, if it weren’t recently Hillary Clinton started barking at one of the events she was doing. It just get as little crazy.”
MACCALLUM: “You think that is silly?” (Laughter)
LOVE: “It is silly. Get as little crazy.” 
MACCALLUM: “All right. When you look at Donald Trump, you see how far he is as you head into South Carolina, you’re supporting Marco Rubio, what do you make of his numbers in South Carolina? it is attracting people there, so strongly to what he is having to say?”
LOVE: “People are angry. They’re frustrated because all of Washington is literally taking decision-making away from them. They don’t feel like they have a voice, they don’t have a part. I always told people if you’re not getting involved if you’re not raising your voice, you are at risk of someone inferior making those choices for you. That’s why they’re frustrated. I don’t think we need that in a leader. As a matter of fact, I think we need the opposite. The reason why I supported Marco from the beginning and now, he is only one that actually has positive agenda moving forward. In every moment there is a possibility of a better future. We have to really hold on to that because if we lock on to the doom and gloom, I think that is going to ultimately end up being our future, doom and gloom. We don’t want that. I believe in America. Marco believes in America. I believe in the opportunities that we have to make this country great. “
MACCALLUM: “So Donald Trump basically said, you know, that he doesn’t think that Marco Rubio has the stuff to stand up to Vladmir Putin. He said I stood next to him at that debate. He was sweating. How will he walk in and talk to Vladmir Putin like that. I’m the guy you want walking in there to talk to Vladmir Putin. You know what? A lot of people out there seem to be agreeing with that. The issue of experience, of youth, is it relevant when it comes to Senator Rubio?”
LOVE: “Look, let me tell you stuff I saw before I supported Rubio. I asked him questions on variety of a issues. One of the questions I asked him what he thought about the pro-life movement. He said if value for human life will cost me this race, or cost me my senate seat or anything that I do politically, then so be it. I want someone who will stand by their convictions and admit sometimes when they’re wrong, and change their minds if they want to but I want somebody who is going to say, you know what? this is not about me. This is about the American people. We need someone fighting for them. That is what I want to see in a leader. I want someone who is not about me, this is not about the American people. People looking for work. The people who are frustrated. People who are seeing prices are going up in the grocery store and paychecks are not reflecting that increase. It is just, people are frustrated and we need a positive leader that paints a positive agenda moving forward. Someone who is going to get something done. Work with congress. Work with the American people to get things done.”
MACCALLUM: “You work on the hill with Senator Ted Cruz as well. Why did you not choose to support him?”
LOVE: “Well, again, this is all about winning. I went with the candidate that I believe is going to win a general election. At the end of the day, Ted Cruz is a great guy. I know him very well. As a matter of fact I would take any one of the Republican candidates over Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. We cannot, we cannot deal with another four years of what we’ve dealt with in the past seven years, past seven 1/2 years. These policy, really administration policies really hurt our country.”
MACCALLUM: “What do you say to those, some of these people need to drop out? There needs to be one galvanized candidate against Donald Trump at this point?”
LOVE: “Well, you know, what I would have liked to have seen are the Republican candidates sticking together, talking about what would work for this country and really against the negative policies of the current administration and Hillary Clinton and Bernie sanders. That is what I would have liked to have seen but at this point you know, everything is, everyone is getting frustrated. We need to really look who is going to win a general election because that is key. That is the biggest issue. So I went with person that I believe is most electable.”
MACCALLUM: “Congresswoman, great to have you here with us. Hope you come back see us soon. Nice to have you with us. Congressman Mia love from Utah. Thanks. “