{"id":2570723,"date":"2026-02-17T14:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-and-rubio-would-give-gop-potent-one-two-punch-for-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:59:33","slug":"vance-and-rubio-would-give-gop-potent-one-two-punch-for-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-and-rubio-would-give-gop-potent-one-two-punch-for-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance and Rubio would give GOP \u2018potent one-two punch\u2019 for 2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-and-rubio-would-give-gop-potent-one-two-punch-for-2028%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Washington Examiner article by Joe Concha argues that JD Vance and Marco Rubio would form a potent one-two punch for the GOP in the 2028 election. Concha suggests that Trump has praised both, and that they are largely embraced by the MAGA base, giving them a clear path to the nomination and time to build their brand. He adds that they could broaden the party\u2019s appeal to independents and Latinos, potentially expanding the Republican vote. The piece also notes other potential candidates\u2014such as Marjorie taylor Greene\u2014who might draw attention but are unlikely to derail a Vance\u2013Rubio bid. On the Democratic side, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is mentioned as a possible challenger, with her Munich Security Conference remarks cited as a critique of Kamala Harris\u2019s messaging. The article situates these forecasts within broader midterm dynamics and ongoing political events.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance and Rubio would give GOP &lsquo;potent one-two punch&rsquo; for 2028 ticket: Joe Concha<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2503506\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> senior writer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said on Tuesday he &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t see a scenario&rdquo; where someone besides Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> and Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> is at the top of the Republican Party&rsquo;s 2028 ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Both Vance and Rubio are widely speculated to seek the White House in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\">next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a><\/a>, with both <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4449678\/vance-rubio-2028-presidential-ticket-exposure-milan-olympics\/\">traveling to the 2026 Winter Olympics<\/a> and the latter being praised for his visit to the Munich Security Conference. While President Donald Trump has praised both potential candidates as &ldquo;fantastic,&rdquo; he has dodged answering whether he would support a Rubio-led 2028 ticket, saying it is &ldquo;something I don&rsquo;t have to worry about now&rdquo; as he has three years left in office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4460164\/trump-endorsement-tracker-gop-2026-election-primaries\/\">Trump endorsement tracker: Here&#8217;s who the president has picked in GOP midterm election primaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4460247\/fulton-county-election-data-doj-naacp-motion\/\">Civil rights groups seek ruling to block DOJ use of Fulton County election data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4460428\/democrats-voter-id-losing-issue-bob-cusack\/\">Democrats know voter ID is a &#8216;losing issue&#8217;: Bob Cusack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha acknowledged that the United States is roughly three years off from electing a new president, but noted how Trump has praised Vance and Rubio &ldquo;seemingly from Day One,&rdquo; teeing up &ldquo;quite the potent one-two punch of a ticket.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see a scenario that could even remotely challenge Vance and Rubio being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-been-floating-a-vance-rubio-2028-ticket-for-six-months-vice-president\/\" title=\"... has been floating a ......... ... for six months: Vice ...\">2028 presidential ticket<\/a>. They are wholly embraced by MAGA, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"... taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex...WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s 78 million supporters who voted for him in the last election,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends First<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They may even bring in more voters in terms of independents, in terms of Latinos, as well, so the net may only widen. And most importantly, they have the backing of President Trump, who obviously founded [the Make America Great Again movement.]&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3379918&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2dd15b4f317c0ef20573c80abe015548\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha predicted that &ldquo;pretend candidates&rdquo; such as former Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> will seek a run for office, and will &ldquo;get some&rdquo; attention from the press. However, Vance and Rubio will have &ldquo;no issue&rdquo; in earning the nomination, giving them time to &ldquo;build the brand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Vice President JD Vance stand outside the White House prior to the arrival of Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greene resigned from Congress in January after a dramatic split from Trump. In December 2025, she said she had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3910069\/mtg-zero-plans-for-political-future-after-resignation\/\">&ldquo;zero plans&rdquo; for another run for office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) is seen as a potential candidate for the Democratic Party, and she made headlines for her comments <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/4458501\/rubio-aoc-split-screen-stuff-of-gop-dreams\/\">at the Munich Security Conference<\/a>. Concha said the congresswoman&rsquo;s statements on Taiwan made former Vice President Kamala Harris&rsquo;s &ldquo;word salads sound incompetent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4456952\/midterm-elections-give-vance-chance-build-capital\/\"><strong>MIDTERM ELECTIONS GIVE VANCE A CHANCE TO BUILD POLITICAL CAPITAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite growing popularity within her party, Ocasio-Cortez <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4455990\/aoc-dodges-2028-munich-security-conference\/\">did not directly answer if she would run for president<\/a>. A reporter asked if she would &ldquo;impose a wealth tax or a billionaire&rsquo;s tax&rdquo; if she ever ran for president, to which Ocasio-Cortez said, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have to wait for any one president to impose a wealth tax.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance also dodged answering a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >2028 presidential run question earlier<\/a> this month, though he did say his wife and children will play &ldquo;a huge factor&rdquo; in determining this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance and Rubio poised as strong 2028 GOP duo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2570724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26009785704421-e1771351915989.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[11331,6203,5438,15469],"class_list":["post-2570723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-11331","tag-gop","tag-rubio","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26009785704421-e1771351915989.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570727,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570723\/revisions\/2570727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}