Oh brother. Via Mediaite:
According to an article pushed by the Ted Cruz campaign Sunday, Marco Rubio casually renounced his Christianity in a roomful of people yesterday. In a video posted by the University of Pennsylvania student paper The Daily Pennsylvanian, Rubio runs into Ted’s father Rafael Cruz and a Cruz staffer while the campaigns were both staying in the same hotel. According to the video’s subtitles, they had the following conversation:
RUBIO: Got a good book there.
STAFFER: Yes, sir.
RUBIO: Not many answers in it. (points) Especially in that one.
After The Daily Pennsylvanian posted a trolly piece wondering what book it was, the Cruz campaign of course responded by telling them it was the Bible.
Now if the video’s transcription is accurate, Rubio randomly went up a Cruz staffer, complimented the Bible), immediately denounced it seconds later in full view of a room of people and his young son, and then casually strolled off. That may strike some as plausible, but only those who are already inclined to believe Rubio is Satan incarnate.
According to the Rubio camp, Rubio said, “All of the answers are in it.” The Cruz campaign has deleted their tweets about the story.