MUST SEE: Marco Rubio gives moving speech — partly in Spanish — after being sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State | Babalú Blog

WASHINGTON.- Senator Marco Rubio became on Tuesday the first member of Donald Trump’s cabinet to swear the office, and as he took office as new Secretary of State, he took a few seconds to speak in Spanish during the ceremony. “I know that many people at home would be very proud, and I want to make sure I recognize him,” Rubio began in English. The son of Cuban immigrants then continued in Spanish: “We have to thank God, my family, my family tha…

The United States has a new secretary of the Department of State: Marco Rubio, of Cuban descent, became the first Hispanic to be confirmed to the position in the history of the country. By swearing to his new position, the former senator offered a message in Spanish.

MUST SEE: Marco Rubio gives moving speech — partly in Spanish — after being sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State | Babalú Blog

Incredible. Watch the video below. Marco Rubio thanks God, Jesus Christ, his wife and family, switches to Spanish suddenly and then tells those assembled a very Cuban-style joke: "I just said I switched to Geico and saved some money." Then, if you have time, watch a half-hour video of another moving speech he delivered at

The Cuban-American said in Spanish: “It is an incredible honor to be the Secretary of State of the most powerful and best country in the history of all humanity.”