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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), widely believed to be a leading candidate for the Republican vice presidential nomination, accused President Obama of voicing his support for same-sex marriages "for political reasons" in an interview set to air Thursday afternoon.

“He did it for political reasons because he doesn't want to talk about the economy," Rubio told Fox Business Network. "What I just pointed to you a moment ago, are you better off today than you were four years ago â€" he doesn't want that to be what this election is about. And so it's not just on gay marriage, I think every week he'll roll out another issue to distract from it."

Rubio said that Obama's admission that his plan to announce his shift on the issue later in the summer was disrupted by Vice President Biden was further evidence his decision was a political one.

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