Rubio said in a recent interview that he’s “never had any reason” to doubt Stephanopoulos as a fair interviewer.

“I feel that George Stephanopoulos has been fair to us in the past,” Rubio told the Marietta Daily Journal, a Georgia newspaper. “I personally have never had a negative interaction with him or the feeling that he’s asked me anything unfair or improper. That said, obviously, we know what we know and it does cause questions, but I personally have never had any reason to question his ability to be an effective journalist in the times I’ve interacted with him.”