Ray Rice should be BANNED FOR LIFE from the NFL ... not just because he beat the crap out of his then-fiancee ... but because he LIED about it as well ... this according to Senator
Marco Rubio.
Rubio [R-Florida] FL] tells
TMZ Sports he's outraged by the
footage of Rice belting Janay Palmer in the face and says -- "He should be suspended for life. There's no place for someone like that in the National Football League."
Rubio says the fact Rice lied about it -- by contending that it was mutual combat -- makes the situation even worse.
As for his punishment, Rubio couldn't be more clear -- "He has the right to work, but playing in the NFL is a privilege and I think you lose that privilege when you do something like that."