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Marco Rubio Believes in Science Now

Abraham Lincoln may have figured out how to get the Thirteenth Amendment passed, but thatโ€™s nothing compared to Marco Rubio, who only needed about three weeks to solve โ€œone of the great mysteriesโ€ of the universe. After being widely chastised for telling GQ last month that he couldnโ€™t say whether or not planet Earth was formed in seven days, as described in the Bible, the Presidential Hopefulโ„ข changed his tune in a talk with Politico this morning:

The gist of Rubioโ€™s answer is that he does, in fact, trust science on this question, and that science and faith in God donโ€™t have to contradict each other. Which is fine, but also a bit different than his original answer. Rubio, of course, has an explanation for theย discrepancy:

โ€œI wish I would have, you know, given a better answer, a more succinct answer, but, you know, we went from talking about hip hop and then it got pivoted to the Earth. I mean, Iโ€™m not a robot, it got me off guard a little bit I guess.โ€

Hey, weโ€™ve all been there: The topic of hip-hop comes up, and you momentarily forget whether or not you believe in a literal interpretation of theย Bible.

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