Trump jokes about firing Marco Rubio at US midterm rally

President Donald Trump joked Sunday nighttime astir sacking United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio owed to what helium called his rising popularity.

The caput of authorities took a playful swipe during his last midterm run rally successful Salina, Kansas, to endorse incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall.

"He's getting a small spot excessively popular. I'm not blessed astir this ... I don't similar it," Trump stated. "If helium gets immoderate much popular, I got to accidental 'You're fired.'

In his remarks, Trump knocked Democratic contenders successful the Kansas midterm predetermination — Adam Hamilton, nominee for Senate, and Cindy Holscher, nominee for Governor.

The President stressed that "both person F ratings" from the National Rifle Association, NRA. "That would mean they privation to instrumentality your guns away," helium told the audience.

Hamilton, meanwhile, said helium isn't going to Washington to play partisan politics, accusing politicians, including his opponent, of putting the enactment up of the radical who elected them.

Citing the warfare successful Iran, the Democrat criticised Marshall for repeatedly voting successful enactment of a continued subject cognition contempt its fiscal interaction connected the constituents.

"Kansans wage for those votes each clip they capable up astatine the state station," Hamilton said, adding that farmers successful Iowa are besides complaining astir the prices of diesel and fertilizer.

Republicans clasp a 53-47 bulk successful the US Senate heading into the November 3 elections. The conflict for the Se...