Marco Rubio says his 2016 campaign was a 'really strong building' that got hit by a 'Category 5 hurricane'

All in all, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is pretty pleased with his performance in the 2016 Republican presidential race. Despite suspending his campaign in March after losing his home state, Rubio told The Guardian in an interview published Tuesday that, in any other election cycle, his campaign would've been solid. "A lot of times it feels almost like the guy who built this really strong building," Rubio said of the GOP contest, "and it was in the right place, and it was the way these buildings have always been built, but he got hit by a Category 5 hurricane."

That hurricane? Donald Trump. "It's not that we lost," Rubio said, "it's that Donald Trump won."

Read Rubio's full take on the election — including the one debate moment he's still kicking himself over — at The Guardian.