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Jake Sherman. And welcome to The Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punch Bowl News. It's Monday,

May 3rd, 2021. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, we're looking at Senator Marco Rubio in our semi-regular feature. What do they want? Number two, the Lincoln Project is running an ad with a

party of one in mind. Not surprising, President Donald Trump. And number three, the Lincoln Project is running an ad with a party of one in mind.

Not surprising, President Donald Trump.

At number three, the NRCC is up fundraising as standing with Trump,

while its number three in House Republican leadership, Liz Cheney,

is vowing to campaign on impeaching him.

Mixed messaging, question mark.

All right, Jake, let's move on to our number one story of the day.

Senator Marco Rubio, long been a star in the Republican Party.

Today, we are trying to figure out exactly what he wants, what's in his future.

What does the crystal ball of Punchball News say?

Well, I'm going to throw the crystal ball on the ground and break it open.

No, I think that, I think that, you know, Rubio has an interesting kind of set of options in front of him.

He clearly ran for president in 2016 and was roundly trounced by Donald Trump.

Now he's running for reelection in 2022. And the question is, does he run for reelection in 20,

does he run for the presidency in 2024? Does he stick around in the Senate? This is kind of the

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