Former Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio is making news for being sworn in as our nation’s newest and 72nd Secretary of State and for a bold and public declaration of his Christian faith.
“I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” said Rubio. “That is truly the singular purpose of our lives. It’s the most important priority. It’s the only thing that will matter when we take our last breath on this Earth. But this is an extraordinary opportunity that would not have been possible without God’s blessings.”
The new U.S. Secretary of State has a diverse religious background. Rubio, the child of two Cuban immigrants, was baptized as an infant in the Catholic Church. Later, he attended services with his mother at a Nevada Church of Jesus Christ for the Latter-day Saints, where he was also baptized at age 8.
In his adult years, Rubio and his wife, former Miami Dolphins cheerleader Jeanette Christina Dousdebes Rubio, would attend a Southern Baptist church in Miami that richly connected him as an evangelical believer in the Lord.
Rubio, 53, was sworn in by newly inaugurated Vice President J.D. Vance. The two met in the U.S. Senate and have strong feelings about each other. Vance says Rubio is “one of his favorite people in Washington.”
“He grew up in very humble beginnings, but he has an incredibly deep love of our nation,” the Vice President said about Secretary Rubio during his swearing-in ceremony. “He is a bipartisan solutions seeker, a guy who can actually get things done, but a conservative of great principle and great vision.”
The former senator was President Trump’s first Cabinet nominee to be confirmed, who was confirmed by a vote of 99-0. He is now the nation’s first Latino to serve as Secretary of State. Before his confirmation, Rubio served on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees for the past 14 years.
“President Trump has given me a clear direction to place our core national interest as the guiding mission of American foreign policy,” Rubio said, reiterating Trump’s inauguration address underscoring the ‘promotion of peace.’
“We will move with purpose and speed to bring back hope, prosperity, safety, and peace for citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed,” the President said on January 20. “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.”
As part of Rubio’s navigation in this office, the Secretary of State cited three simple but strong points from which to guide “every dollar [we] spend, every program [we] fund.”
- Does it make America safer?
- Does it make America stronger?
- Does it make America more prosperous?
Most recently, Rubio was one of the most serious contenders for the GOP bid against President Trump. Following the RNC vote to confirm Donald Trump as the party’s candidate, Rubio voiced his unyielding support.
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