Marco Rubio says his
endorsement this weekend by Iowa's largest newspaper is providing momentum to his campaign and shows he is serious about the threats facing the nation.
"We're happy to have that endorsement" from The Des Moines Register, Rubio said on
"Fox News Sunday."
"We had a second one yesterday from the Sioux City Journal, so we feel positive about the momentum that's gaining as we get closer to the caucuses," he said.
Rubio called the endorsement an affirmation that his campaign is serious about solving the nation's problems.
"Look, Barack Obama has done incredible damage to the United States over the last seven years," he said. "So our next president does need to be someone who is frustrated about that, but it also has to be someone that knows exactly what to do to undo all of this damage."
Rubio's campaign has pulled $1 million in 60-second TV spots in Iowa and New Hampshire, replacing them with 30-second ads. Rubio said that move doesn't signal that he is giving up on the two early states, where he is running third to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, but rather was a reallocation of resources so some of the money could be spent in other ways to lure more voters.
Rubio also is the most attacked in the Republican field, host Chris Wallace noted, and that "establishment candidates" Chris Christie and Jeb Bush are "ganging up" on him.
Rubio said that other campaigns are targeting him because they see him as a threat.
"So that obviously affirms what we've been saying," he said. "We have a path to the nomination, but also to defeating Hillary Clinton."
He denied he is an establishment candidate himself, saying the establishment has constantly advised him against running, saying he should wait his turn.
The $20 million being spent against him is not grassroots money, but from big donors and the establishment "who believe I need to wait my turn," he said.
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