--- description: Rubio kept saying the same answer at Saturday's Republican debate—much to the chagrin of Chris Christie. title: Watch Marco Rubio Repeat The Same Line Four Times image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9aa8af9a90a48c23/69887c7ebc6cfce6413dba0d/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-12.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Marco Rubio Repeat The Same Line Four Times by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2016 4:05 AM CUT  Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (r-FL) and Donald Trump participate in a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (r-FL) and Donald Trump participate in a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 7, 2016 4:05 AM CUT Sen. Marco Rubio may have been looking too closely at his notecards at Saturday’s Republican debate in New Hampshire—much to the chagrin of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Rubio repeated a variation of the same line, an attack on President Barack Obama, a total of four times. “Let’s dispel this notion that Barack Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing. He knows exactly what he’s doing,” Rubio said. “He is trying to change this country.” Eventually, Christie seemed to have had enough of the line, saying “There it is, the memorized 25-second speech.” Watch the clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4210991/marco-rubio-gop-debate-new-hampshire/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4210991/marco-rubio-gop-debate-new-hampshire/"},"headline":"Watch Marco Rubio Repeat The Same Line Four Times","datePublished":"2016-02-07T04:05:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:50:32.458Z","description":"\"There it is, the memorized 25-second speech.\"","url":"https://time.com/4210991/marco-rubio-gop-debate-new-hampshire/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","Sen. Marco Rubio"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9aa8af9a90a48c23/69887c7ebc6cfce6413dba0d/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9aa8af9a90a48c23/69887c7ebc6cfce6413dba0d/timepol-gop-republican-debate-new-hampshire-12.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican Candidates Debate In New Hampshire Days Before State's Primary","caption":"Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (r-FL) and Donald Trump participate in a Republican presidential debate on Feb. 6, 2016 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4210991/marco-rubio-gop-debate-new-hampshire/","name":"Watch Marco Rubio Repeat The Same Line Four Times"}}]}] ```