Rand Paul ad: 'Where in the world is Marco Rubio?'

Rand Paul keeps hitting Marco Rubio over his failure to show up for Senate votes, three days after calling on the Florida senator to quit Congress.

On Monday, the Kentucky senator released an ad playing off the theme song of computer villain Carmen Sandiego titled “Where in the World is Marco Rubio?”


The ad features information about last week's Senate vote on a $1.8 trillion spending and tax package. Rubio was one of just two senators who were absent — and the only one running for president.

People in both parties — including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid — slammed Rubio for missing the vote, which he had suggested just the day before he would try to slow down.

When asked about missing the vote Friday, Rubio replied that not voting for a bill was the same as voting against it.

The Paul ad features Republican rival Rubio being grilled about his track record of missing Senate votes. “A lot of these votes won’t mean anything; they’re not gonna pass, and even if they did, the president would veto them,” Rubio says in response.

The ad then shows CNN’s Jake Tapper talking about the Florida Sun Sentinel, which had called on Rubio to resign over his failure to show up for Senate votes.

"It's a trillion dollars in spending, and I think earlier this week he talked about having some activity and then wasn't here,” Paul told POLITICO on Friday. “So yeah, I think it's important to show up to your job. I think that really he ought to resign or quit accepting his pay if he's not going to come to work.”

According to Govtrack.us, Rubio missed 58 percent of Senate votes from October through December. Paul missed 21 percent during the same period.

CORRECTION: Correction: A previous version of this story misstated Sen. Harry Reid's position. He is the Senate minority leader.