Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Saturday President Obama had inherited a huge national debt and struggling economy but made both worse while in office.
In the weekly GOP media address, Rubio said Obama didn't talk much about accomplishments during the State of the Union address.
"It was an opportunity for the president to talk about his accomplishments over the last three years and to lay out his plans for the year ahead. And he missed on both counts," Rubio said. "You didn't hear much talk about the success of his administration -- and that's because there isn't much."
Rubio said the president "didn't talk about his record for one simple reason; he doesn't want you to know about it. But you do know about it, because you feel the failure of his leadership every single day of your life."
The freshman Republican Florida senator said Obama had asked for the stimulus package and health-care reform and "the Democrats in Congress gave it to him. And not only did it not work, it made everything worse."
Rubio also criticized Obama's "divisive rhetoric" in urging higher taxes for the most affluent.
"For the first time in my adult life, we have a president who's asking us to abandon our economic heritage," Rubio said.
