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Following the lead of Tuesday’s Today show, NBC Nightly News continued its offensive against 2016 Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio for his attendance record in the U.S. Senate (despite previous precedent) and warning that his rise in the polls could result in Rubio suffering the same fate as failed candidate Scott Walker.
With the climb in the polls, anchor Lester Holt ruled that this has made Rubio “a bigger target for his rivals who are aiming their attacks at his record in the Senate.”