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Rep. Cresent Hardy offered praise for arco Rubio's work on the Gang of Eight immigration legislation in 2013. | AP Photo Rubio endorser struggles to name Rubio accomplishments

One of Marco Rubio's newest congressional endorsers struggled to point to one specific thing he has seen over the course of the last year from the Florida senator that, as MSNBC's Thomas Roberts asked, "demonstrates presidential character." Not only that, but he also called some of the Rubio's past actions "frustrating."

At the end of his interview, freshman Rep. Cresent Hardy (R-Nev.) was asked the question about what he has seen from Rubio over the course of his last year in Congress. Hardy took office in January 2015, a little more than three months before Rubio announced his candidacy.

“On the Hill, I have not seen that. He’s been running for a presidential race most of this year," Hardy said. "As far as his policies in the past, I know that he’s done some things that even have been a little frustrating for an individual like myself at times."

Hardy offered praise for Rubio's work on the Gang of Eight immigration legislation in 2013, calling it "a very good process that he was trying to get as much in there for conservatives in this country and then going to try to send it to the House for a final decision."

"And the House got to make that choice, and I believe it was the right choice, it didn’t go through," he said, echoing past comments from Rubio himself, who has said that House lawmakers needed to make it a better bill.

John Kasich's campaign, which criticized Rubio in a scathing memo for wasting his donors' money with disappointing finishes in early voting states, gleefully shared the clip on Twitter.

Rubio endorsee Rep. Hardy was asked about Sen. Rubio's accomplishments this AM. The answer was what you'd expect. pic.twitter.com/yxKKzLQuNt — Team Kasich (@TeamJohnKasich) February 24, 2016





"It's weird to send surrogates out without them being able to list one achievement but at least they are being honest," said Trent Duffy, the Kasich campaign's national spokesman, in an email to POLITICO.

