The one constant in Marco Rubio's career is that he has betrayed every...

 'The one constant in Marco Rubio's career is that he has betrayed every mentor and every principle he ever had in order to claim power for himself.'

--An unnamed 'political figure in Miami' as told to Dexter Filkins as reported in his article 'Power Trip' in the Jan 19, 2026 New Yorker

An earlier article in that magazine on the career of Attorney General Pam Bondi seemed to describe a similar 'method' of ladder-climbing.