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Rubio and the Catholic Vote: Can He Pass the Holy Land Test? by Jason Jones – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Jason Jones, Crisis Magazine, June 17, 2026

Jason Jones is a film producer, author, activist, popular podcast host, and human rights worker. He is president of the Human-Rights Education and Relief Organization (H.E.R.O.), known for its two main programs, the Vulnerable People Project and Movie to Movement. …

 

Marco Rubio is the clear 2028 GOP frontrunner with big ambition and elite backing. But Catholic voters will demand he pass the “Holy Land Test.”

There has been a lot of buzz about Secretary of State Marco Rubio being the obvious GOP frontrunner for the 2028 presidential election. It would be wrong to dismiss him lightly. There’s nothing light about the man’s ambition, after all, or about the power and wealth already lining up behind him. In fact, he likely is the favorite Republican of the top Washington kingmakers who have spent the last decade trying to stop (or compromise) the groundswell of popular resistance against them that President Donald Trump first unleashed in the lead-up to 2016.

Even if you hate it, that is nothing to sneeze at. …

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