Rubio Okay With Proud Boys Running Miami’s GOP

Miami’s ABC News affiliate reports:

A former Republican lawmaker is calling for a former Republican senator and Miami-Dade Commissioner to take action to remove members of the far-right group Proud Boys from the Miami-Dade GOP Executive Committee.

Seven current or former Proud Boys are members of the Miami-Dade GOP Executive Committee. Republican Senator Marco Rubio was at a joint appearance with Republican Senator Rick Scott in Doral Friday. We asked Rubio if he was OK with Proud Boys serving on the Miami-Dade GOP committee.

“Well, when you ask me about the Communists and Socialists that are part of the local Democratic party, then we can talk about members of the Republican party,” he said.

Read the full article. Rubio went to declare that he didn’t watch the Capitol riot hearing, calling it a “joke.”

Question for Fla. Republican senator: You OK with Proud Boys on Miami-Dade GOP exec committee? https://t.co/6aOCT25qdf

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 11, 2022

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— Juan-Carlos Planas (@jcp717) June 10, 2022

Hey @marcorubio, you are a such pathetic punk & fraud. If your response to January 6th & Proud Boys taking over Miami GOP is to scream “communist” then you are more of a waste than I previously thought. As for January 6th, no it’s not a joke you jerk.https://t.co/jTDufqcgvF

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) June 11, 2022