--- title: Marco Rubio Gets Religious in New Campaign Ad description: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio invoked the bible Wednesday in a new campaign ad canonical: https://time.com/4197190/marco-rubio-religion-bible-ad/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-28T00:01:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:39.320Z article:section: Politics og:title: Marco Rubio Gets Religious in New Campaign Ad og:description: He also criticized President Obama og:url: https://time.com/4197190/marco-rubio-religion-bible-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc2c2b75c5a1804/69887a22f887dc6ea3e94427/506128152.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Marco Rubio on Jimmy Fallon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marco Rubio Gets Religious in New Campaign Ad twitter:description: He also criticized President Obama twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dc2c2b75c5a1804/69887a22f887dc6ea3e94427/506128152.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio Gets Religious in New Campaign Ad > Sponsored content. 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[Marco Rubio](http://time.com/4172034/marco-rubio-criticism-republicans/) invoked the Bible in a new campaign ad released Wednesday. The Republican presidential candidate gives a rousing pitch about his values—a strong family, freedom and God—and contrasts himself with President Barack Obama in the 30 second spot. “I approved this message because it’s time for a president who will put their left hand on the Bible and their right hand in the air and keep their promise to uphold the constitution” Rubio said. “It’s been eight years since we’ve had a president do that—I will.” Rubio has been on the offensive, releasing [several](http://time.com/4191499/marco-rubio-crime-spree-campaign-ad-video/) [campaign](http://time.com/4194218/marco-rubio-football-revenge/) [ads](http://time.com/4194442/marco-rubio-new-iowa-ad/) in the past week, as voting in the Iowa Caucus approaches. He is currently in third place both nationally and in Iowa, according to a [polling average](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016%5Frepublican%5Fpresidential%5Fnomination-3823.html) compiled by RealClearPolitics. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4197190/marco-rubio-religion-bible-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4197190/marco-rubio-religion-bible-ad/"},"headline":"Marco Rubio Gets Religious in New Campaign Ad","datePublished":"2016-01-28T00:01:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:39.320Z","description":"He also criticized President Obama","url":"https://time.com/4197190/marco-rubio-religion-bible-ad/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","Sen. 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