Marco Rubio Says Governors Aren't Ready for Presidency on Day One

The Republican presidential candidate speaks to the Des Moines Register before his first public appearance in Iowa since announcing his bid.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit April 17, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire.

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DES MOINES, Iowa— Governors running for president—including, potentially, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush—are inherently inferior because they lack the foreign policy experience held by members of Congress, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida said Saturday in Iowa.

"Governors can certainly read about foreign policy in briefings, and meet with experts, but there is no way they'll be ready on day one to manage U.S. foreign policy because the learning curve alone would take a number of years, and you see that reflected in the history of the presidency," the Republican presidential candidate told reporters and editors for the Des Moines Register.