Marco Rubio Hit With Embarrassing Reminder Of His Vicious Trump Diss In Resurfaced Clip

Secretary of State Marco Rubio once vowed to not let his now-boss President Donald Trump steer the GOP’s ship, per a decade-old, resurfaced clip on social media.

“I will never stop until we keep a con man from taking over the party of Reagan and the conservative movement,” said then-GOP candidate Rubio during a heated 2016 primary battle with the future president said in a video shared by the X account Republicans Against Trump.

The remarks from Rubio at the campaign stop in Oklahoma City arrived just days after he had joined fellow presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in attacking Trump on the debate stage as the two desperately sought to take his top spot in the race.

Rubio continued, “People are angry and frustrated and scared about the future, OK? People are working harder than they’ve ever worked in their lives and they’re running in place.”

“And [Trump] swoops in and he’s taking advantage of that ... He’s telling people, ‘I’m going to fight for the little guy, I’m fighting for the working class.’ Here’s what he doesn’t tell them: He has spent a career in business, 50 years, sticking it to the little guy.”

The rest of the clip sees Rubio remark on allegations that Trump’s companies have owed subcontractors tens of millions of dollars, Trump’s glaring contradiction when it comes to his America First claims. He also noted that Trump “portrays himself to the strongest guy on illegal immigration,” despite reports that Trump Tower was built, in part, by undocumented Polish immigrants.

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Rubio eventually fell to Trump in the primaries before kissing his ring ahead of the president’s victory that November. He went on to support Trump in 2020, then backed him again in 2024 before the president picked him to serve as his secretary of state.

Marco Rubio on Trump 10 years ago today:

“I will never stop until we keep a con man from taking over the party of Reagan and the conservative movement.”[pic.twitter.com/NzjehExfGS]— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump)

[February 26, 2026]

Social media users reacted to the blast from the past from Rubio.

Spoiler alert: He stopped

[https://t.co/S3OT4OFJ10]— Eric Boehm (@EricBoehm87)

[February 26, 2026]

Whoopsies. Let’s check in now, y’all.

[pic.twitter.com/iIW7jY3jUk]— shelby (@thetrueshelby)

[February 26, 2026]

Eloquent but it’s politics in America alas

[https://t.co/2P6jx63xcd]— Marwan (@marwanbishara)

[February 26, 2026]

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Takes one to know one.

Marco Rubio, con man extraordinaire![https://t.co/0DWVyDJ7FT]— Roberto Abramowitz (@RobAbramowitz)

[February 26, 2026]

Never doesn't last as long as it used to.

[https://t.co/ceSsl8tmka]— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)

[February 26, 2026]

How times change.....

[https://t.co/JtMuBhSoPY]— Shellz (@JennyWilliamshe)

[February 26, 2026]

Now he's Trump's secretary of State.

Shameful ****.[https://t.co/xBdYKg4fOS]— Walter J. Black (@captain_stavros)

[February 26, 2026]

Ten years ago he sounded like a warning siren.

Today he sounds like a press secretary.

Same man, same voice — just a completely different spine.

Turns out “never” in politics means “until it becomes inconvenient.”— AnatolijUkraine (@AnatoliUkraine)

[February 26, 2026]

They’re all honest before they work for him, after they work for him and after they announce their retirement from politics. Cowards.

— Ron Shillman (@shillman1)

[February 26, 2026]

Dit is nog wel het meest bevreemdend aan de MAGA-movement: de mensen die bereid zijn al hun waardigheid overboord te gooien om in ruil voor macht als vazal van Trump te dienen. Vance en Rubio voorop.

[https://t.co/iwo3AAlemP]— Lambert Pasterkamp (@L_Pasterkamp)

[February 26, 2026]