Rubio's win in Minnesota and a close second position in Virginia will be disappointment for Ted Cruz, who after two victories in Texas and Oklahoma had called him and other candidates to drop out of the race for him to defeat the Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
The Florida Senator insisted that he is in the race to the White House and is the best Republican to defeat Trump in this Republican presidential elections.
"Five days ago, we began to explain to the American people that Donald Trump is a con artist," he said.
"In just five days, we have seen the impact it is having all across the country. We are seeing in state after state, he (Trump) loves to talk about polls, we are seeing in state after state his numbers coming down, our numbers going up," Rubio said.
"Two weeks from tonight, right here in Florida, we are going to send a message loud and clear," he said exuding confidence that he would win the Florida primary in two weeks from now.
"We will not allow the next President of the US to be a socialist like Bernie Sanders. And we will not allow the next President of the US to be someone under FBI investigation like Hillary Clinton," he added.
"I will unite this party, and we will grow it, and we will win in November, and we will turn this country around. The stakes are too high, and we will do whatever it takes," he said.
"We believe the world is a better place when America is the strongest country on earth. And we know that America is strongest when it stands with its allies, allies like Israel. We will always be on their side. We stand for freedom in Cuba, in Venezuela, in Nicaragua. These things are not negotiable," Rubio said.
"When Trump was asked about whether he would side with Israel, he said he's not taking sides - he wants to be impartial. When I'm president of the US , we are taking sides - we are on Israel's side," he added.
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