110 things Marco Rubio said, verbatim, from March 28, 2026 to October 14, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
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The reported allegations of misconduct against Guilfoyle are credible.
Qualifies
“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it's the gospel. It's not the gospel. It's not the gospel for me.”
Deters characterized her request as "pay to play," and said he had sought help from Guilfoyle with access to Trump administration officials, including the attorney general and IRS commissioner.
02
ICC member states should respond to the US sanctions with collective action, not statements alone.
Offers another course
Secretary Rubio says he expects U.S. allies who rely on the U.S. military for their defense to, quote, "rein in" the court.
Alison Smith executive director, Coalition for the International Criminal Court Supports
“States Parties cannot allow coercive measures imposed by a non-State Party to determine whether victims can seek justice,”
Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) advocacy group that has sued over earlier US sanctions on the ICC Supports
The group called on the European Union to use its Blocking Statute, as it has for previous U.S. sanctions, to prohibit the EU from complying with the sanctions.
03
The United States should sanction the International Criminal Court as an institution.
Supports
“We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate against us”
“The United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis, including today’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that took numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen”
“Iran continues to try to hit US naval ships. And for every time they do that or try to do that, they’re going to lose tankers. And I think you’ll see that again today,”
“They continue to send signals that they want to talk, that they want to negotiate, but their behavior is what we’re responding to. And their behavior is, they’re launching missiles and drones at ships.”
“to send signals that they want to talk, that they want to negotiate, but their behavior is what we’re responding to. And their behavior is they’re launching missiles and drones at ships”
“If we create a precedent in the Middle East where a nation state can decide that they are going to control an international waterway, charge a toll, and if you don’t pay them, blow up your ships. We have created a very dangerous precedent”
on defending free passage through the Strait of Hormuz
“If these consequences didn't exist, then today we would be living in a world where a significant percentage of the energy supply in this region and 20% of the world's energy supply is being held hostage by a rogue regime,”
on consequences facing Iran over its share of the region's energy supply
“One of the reasons why Iran is in shambles is because every penny that this regime there gets, be it in sanctions relief or through the oil they’re able to get out, they invest it in Hezbollah, they invest it in Hamas,”
on Iran spending sanctions relief and oil revenue on Hezbollah and Hamas
“If the door opens to diplomacy — if the guys that want to do something productive for Iran win and take control of that system, or take control of the negotiations — that'll be a very positive development,”
on possible diplomacy if Iran's negotiators shift toward a deal
“We’re going to continue to respond. If the door opens to diplomacy – if the guys that want to do something productive for Iran win and take control of that system, or take control of the negotiations – that’ll be a very positive development,”
on possible diplomacy if Iran's negotiators shift toward a deal
“Lifting sanctions on Syria will unlock international trade and investment, give Syria a chance to rebuild, and open up a new chapter for the Syrian people. A stable, unified Syria at peace with itself and its neighbors benefits not only the region, but the entire world.”
“For Lebanon, this Framework provides a genuine pathway out of a long crisis. For Israel, it creates a verifiable path to removing the persistent threat on its northern border,”
“no plans to invite inspectors from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency to nuclear sites that were hit by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes in June 2025.”
“The people of Lebanon have suffered tremendously now for decades as a result of outside experience in the affairs of countries trying to use the country as a launch pad for attacks, and this is not what the people of Lebanon want, and that’s not what they deserve,”
on Israel and Lebanon signing a framework agreement after marathon talks
“If in fact we accepted that you can charge money to use an international waterway because it happens to be near your territorial space, well then, this will spread throughout the world like a contagion.”
“If, on the other hand, this rhetoric is backed up by actual ships being threatened and ships are not moving, that’s a violation of the agreement, and we’re going to have a problem with it,”
on IRGC threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz risking a violation
“The reality of it is that no country on Earth has the right to charge for the use of international waterways. And that will never be an acceptable condition of any deal. The president’s been fundamentally clear about that,”
“There is no part in this deal that’s undertaken that in any way undermines the security, the stability or the prosperity of any of our partners in the Gulf region,”
“Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and we will not allow Iran to hide behind the immunity of a massive short-term ballistic missile inventory or the ability to make them or launch them,”
on Iran's missile program after Trump downplayed missiles as war rationale
“The president laid them out on the first night of the operation. … Here they are — you should write them down. No. 1, the destruction of their air force. No. 2, the destruction of their navy.”
on U.S. war objectives against Iran outlined by Trump on the first night
“Lebanon’s bilateral negotiations with Israel represent the only feasible path to reconstruction, economic recovery, and ending recurrent cycles of violence”
on Lebanon-Israel talks as Israeli strikes on Lebanon threaten US-brokered negotiations in Switzerland
“We’re hopeful that something like that could happen in which the straits would reopen, we would enter into a period of negotiations on very specific topics — delineated negotiations in the hope of reaching an outcome that’s acceptable to us, and something they would be able to do as well.”
“It's not unusual to see movement of assets to different parts of the world based on exercises, redeployments, people changing out and new people coming in, new planes coming in and old planes going out.”
“We thank Russia for working with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to release Mr. Gilman and allowing him to receive the necessary medical treatment here in the United States,”
on Russia releasing former US Marine Gilman with help from envoy Steve Witkoff
“resolve is ironclad: the United States will not tolerate a rogue state harboring hostile foreign military, intelligence, and terror operations just 90 miles from the American homeland.”
on the new CIA Cuba task force and sanctions targeting Cuba
“And this is why we do not want allies to rationalize the broken status quo rather than reckon with what is necessary to fix it. For we in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline.”
on allies avoiding hard choices about the West's declining influence
“We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage, who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization, and who, together with us, are willing and able to defend it,”
on allies sharing America's cultural and civilizational heritage
“The United States has been clear and steadfast in our opposition to the ICC’s politicization, abuse of power, disregard for our national sovereignty, and illegitimate judicial overreach,”
“The Cuban regime’s sprawling intelligence and ideological network helped to build the far-left in our country and in our hemisphere, and it remains inextricably linked to the far-left groups and movements across and beyond the West.”
“We’ve tried and we’ll continue to try to see if we can find a middle ground that brings this about. And we’re prepared to play that role if the opportunity presents itself.”
on US efforts to broker a middle ground, raised near Graham's funeral
“Cuba matters to us because it’s 90 miles from our shores, and it has a direct impact on our national security — be it the things they’ve been involved in in the past, the countries they’ve aligned with in the past and currently,”
“The ICC is backed and run by a powerful network of leftist nongovernment organizations, smug globalists, and hostile Third World governments united by their enmity toward the U.S.,”
“Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC — brick by brick, if necessary,”
on Rubio's plan to dismantle the ICC over actions against the US
“If we stand idle, all of them will be at the mercy of foreign judges, thousands of miles away – facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for the so-called ‘crime’ of defending their own country,”
“No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway. That’s existing international law, and that’s the way it is in international waterways across the world, and that’s the way we expect it will be here,”
on Trump's plan to take control of the Strait of Hormuz and impose fees
“The Trump administration, in partnership with Ecuador and President Daniel Noboa, will continue to protect our hemisphere by keeping illicit drugs off our streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding violent narcoterrorists,”
on US backing Ecuador against the Chone Killers drug trafficking gang
“The American flag: a symbol of liberty, unity and freedom now flies proudly once again over Kuwait City. Kuwait is an indispensable partner for regional security and stability,”
“The reality of it is that no country on Earth has a right to charge for the use of international waterways, and that will never be an acceptable condition of any deal,”
“The Trump administration looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration to advance regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen our economic ties,”
on congratulating Colombia's president-elect after a Trump-backed win
“This direct interference by U.S. officials in another country’s democratic elections is inconsistent with longstanding principles of national sovereignty and non-interference, as well as international law.”
on alleged US interference in Colombia's presidential election
“They coordinate, they communicate, they travel, they train, and they act, sharing the same infrastructure, sharing the same enemies, sharing the same mission,”
“Chone Killers has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers and government officials, including high-profile assassinations of public officials,”
“has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers, and government officials, including high-profile assassinations of public officials,”
“His economic policies are bad for Americans and bad for Brazilians. For the past year, Lula has put his own ego ahead of making a deal for the welfare of the Brazilian people, and these tariffs are the price for that,”
on new 25 percent US tariffs on Brazil over Lula's trade policies
“The State Department established a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to review the activity of visa holders, dismantle illegal birth tourism networks, and put an end to this heinous abuse of our nation’s laws,”
“But elaborate birth tourism rings are profiting off the exploitation of America’s laws- coaching foreigners to defraud the U.S. visa system, arranging travel and housing, and even forging documents, all to enable foreign nationals to obtain citizenship for their children.”
on the State Department's new task force targeting birth tourism fraud schemes
“Just days before this foreign sex offender was scheduled to be deported, Tim Walz the governor issued him a pardon, setting him free to once again endanger the children of America,”
on Gov. Tim Walz pardoning a foreign sex offender facing deportation
“Toe Lue Vang admitted to committing heinous crimes against a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. He attempted to pay his victim for her silence and dismissed his acts of child abuse as a ‘minor thing.'”
“America will never become home for foreign communists who peddle propaganda, run subversive influence operations, or support radical anti-American movements within the United States,”
“The State Department and other agencies represented here, the Centers for Disease Control, HHS and others are working very hard to contain this crisis to the countries where it's currently located,”
on federal agencies working to contain a health crisis abroad
“Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again endanger America’s children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz,”
“Here in the United States, we have taken the necessary and essential action formally recognizing left-wing violence as a form of political terrorism that is a direct threat to our national security and the survival of our republican form of government,”
on the US crackdown on the left including an activist's extradition
“For far too long, however, our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot – a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left,”
on counterterrorism policy overlooking left-wing political violence
“Under President Trump, for the first time, the United States is building the infrastructure, the partnership, and the strategy to defeat the scourge of far-left terror.”
on Trump administration efforts to combat left-wing political violence
“So many people in positions of power have repeatedly dismissed acts of violence and even terrorism as legitimate forms of political expression, so long as they served a left-wing cause,”
“This is a distinctive and unique evil. It has always been driven by a hatred, above all else, a hatred for civilization itself. It is a revolt of the worst against the best”
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was 'a nefarious and murderous act of evil.' It is, but a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary; well, that's just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
on different standards for treating left vs right-wing violence
“The last thing parents serving their nation overseas should be worried about, particularly in a theater with heightened geopolitical tensions, is whether their children are being exposed to sexually charged content simply because they visited their local library,”
on library content concerns for military families amid the trans troop ban
“This crackdown further demonstrates how the CCP exercises hostility towards Christians who reject Party interference in their faith and choose to worship at unregistered house churches,”
“We call on the CCP to immediately release the detained church leaders and to allow all people of faith, including members of house churches, to engage in religious activities without fear of retribution.”
“I’m a Florida Gator, but if the University of Miami gets screwed out of the College Football Playoffs, after going 10-2 and beating Notre Dame, the whole thing should be scrapped,”
“That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold." Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who joined Trump at the White House event, credited the president for taking action. "On behalf of all Americans, thank you for getting rid of that ridiculous red card,”
on Trump's response to a disputed World Cup referee red card
“We are so divided by so many different things…there are only a handful of things that bring people together in one place at one time, united by their interest in one thing,”
on signing a sports diplomacy deal with UFC at the White House
