Tag Archives: Marco Rubio

Rubio Suggests QAnon Rep Is “Deranged Or A Sadist”

Via email from right wing columnist Erick Erickson: Today, I learn the congresswoman from Georgia who replaces Cynthia McKinney as Georgia’s in-house antisemite believes the Jews have an orbital space laser that started wild fires in California to clear a path for a high speed rail system. Marjorie Taylor Greene also believes or believed that the Newtown, CT and Parkland, …

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Rubio Roasted For Clutching His Pearls Over F-Word

Mediaite reports: Marco Rubio became a top trending topic on Twitter after his complaint about Biden Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O’Malley Dillon’s “f**kers” comment went viral, and tens of thousands of Twitter users let Rubio know how they felt about his concerns. That complaint prompted a tsunami of blowback, including from journalists, celebrities, political and media figures, high-ranking Starfleet …

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Rubio Is Fourth GOP Senator To Recognize Biden’s Win

NPR reports: Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday evening joined a small group of GOP senators referring to Joe Biden as president-elect after the presidential race was called for him more than a week ago. Rubio joins a club of only four other Republican senators who have acknowledged Biden’s win. They are Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah, Lisa Murkowski …

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Rubio Calls For GOP Reset, May Run For WH In 2024

Axios reports: After the 2020 election, Republicans need to rebrand their party as the champions of working-class voters and steer away from its traditional embrace of big business, Sen. Marco Rubio said in an interview with Axios. Why it matters: Rubio told me he is leaving the door open for a 2024 presidential run — so his comments are some …

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Marco Rubio Cheers Attack On Biden Bus: “We Love It”

Miami’s CBS News reports: President Donald Trump is defending supporters who were seen surrounding a Biden campaign bus in Texas, which led Democrats to cancel an event there and suggested the FBI should stop investigating the incident. Florida Senator Marco Rubio also announced his support of the incident. “I saw yesterday a video of these people in Texas,” Rubio said …

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Rubio Calls DNI Briefing Change A “Historic Crisis”

The Hill reports: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), acting chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said congressional oversight is facing a “historic crisis” after the Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, notified Congress on Saturday that the intelligence community will be scaling back in-person congressional briefings on election security. “Congressional oversight of intelligence activities now faces a historic crisis,” Rubio said …

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Chinese Govt Imposes Sanctions On Four Republicans

The New York Times reports: As tensions between the two sides mount, the Chinese government announced on Monday that it would impose sanctions on three American lawmakers and a diplomat in retaliation for similar moves last week by the Trump administration against four officials in China. The largely symbolic sanctions targeted Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Senator Ted Cruz of …

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Rubio: Protesters At WH Got What They Deserved

The Hill reports: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Monday that the protesters removed from Lafayette Park “deliberately stayed to trigger police action.” The Florida senator tweeted that “many in the media fell for the calculated & deliberate tactics of professional agitators.” Law enforcement deployed tear gas into a crowd of peaceful protesters outside Lafayette Park across the street from the …

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Rubio To Replace Burr As Senate Intel Committee Chair

Axios reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Monday that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will serve as the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee while a federal investigation into Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is ongoing. The backdrop: Last week, the FBI seized Burr’s phone as part of an investigation into stock trades he made shortly before the coronavirus …

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FLORIDA: Marco Rubio Promises Hate Group That GOP Virus Stimulus Package Includes Grants To Churches

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida participated in an “urgent pastor briefing” last Thursday that was hosted by the Florida Family Policy Council, a religious right organization headed by anti-LGBTQ activist John Stemberger. Rubio, who has long supported Stemberger and his organization, revealed during the call plans to use the coronavirus stimulus package that …

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Rubio: Even If What Trump Has Done Is Impeachable, Removing Him Would Be Too Divisive For The Country

From Rubio’s statement published today on Medium: As Manager Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reminded us Wednesday night, removal is not a punishment for a crime. Nor is removal supposed to be a way to hold Presidents accountable; that is what elections are for. The sole purpose of this extraordinary power to remove the one person entrusted with all of the powers …

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Rubio “Selfishly” Thrilled To Have G7 At Trump Resort

The Floridian reports: Florida Senator Marco Rubio is one of the Republicans elated that the G7 will be held in his own back yard. Rubio, whose senate office is located no more than 50 yards from the entrance of Trump Doral National, told Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis that he thought is was “great” the event was being held in Miami. …

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Marco Rubio Blasts Elizabeth Warren’s Gay Marriage Joke As “Elitist Ridicule Of Traditional Values” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-Mass.) response to a town hall question about same-sex marriage earlier this week. On Warren’s response, Rubio tweeted Saturday, “Vividly captures the condescension of elites & their incessant ridicule of Americans with traditional values. It elicits glee among celebrities & blue check brigade.” “But for the millions sick of …

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Hometown Paper Roasts Trump “Sycophant” Marco Rubio For Refusing To Condemn Trump’s Racist Tirades

From the editorial board of the Miami Herald: Witnessing Sen. Marco Rubio’s pathetic response last week to President Trump’s latest racist outrages, it is impossible now to believe that Florida’s senior senator was once hailed as “The Savior of the Republican Party” on the cover of Time magazine. He has transformed from Trump critic to a sycophantic cheerleader — derided …

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Rubio In 2012: No Attorney General Is Above The Law And One Held In Contempt Should Resign [VIDEO]

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Video unearthed Wednesday by an activist group shows U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio making the case for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign after he was found in contempt of Congress in 2012. “No one can be above the law, not even the Attorney General,” Rubio says in the clip. He added: “I think an attorney …

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Trump Endorses Year-Round Daylight Saving Time

The Independent reports: President Donald Trump weighed in on a hot debate regarding Daylight Saving Time (DST) this week, saying he is “O.K” with making it permanent in the United States. The tweet comes on the heels of “The Sunshine Protection Act,” a congressional bill, introduced on Wednesday by Florida Republicans Rep. Vern Buchanan and Sen. Marco Rubio, that would …

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Rubio Warns Trump: If You Pardon Manafort, You Will Trigger A Debate About Amending Pardoning Powers

ABC News reports: Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said repeatedly that President Donald Trump pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort would be a “terrible mistake,” and that doing so could possibly “trigger a debate about whether the pardon powers should be amended.” “I think that would be a terrible mistake if” Trump pardoned Manafort, Rubio said on “This Week” Sunday. “I …

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Rubio Posts Bible Quote Amid Florida Recount Fight

Apparently, counting every vote is against Jesus: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday tweeted a Bible verse amid his criticism of the Florida recounts, writing, “You cannot count what is not there.” Rubio, who frequently posts Bible passages, posted the quote as he continues to accuse Democrats of attempting to “steal” elections in Florida as the races for governor and …

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Rubio Threatens Alex Jones In Wild Exchange In Senate Hallway: Don’t Touch Me, I’ll Take You Out [VIDEO]

Newsweek reports: Alex Jones and Sen. Marco Rubio traded insults and nearly got into a physical altercation outside the Capitol Hill hearing on Silicon Valley’s role in aiding potential foreign influence over U.S. elections. Jones approached Rubio outside the hearing in which the Florida Republican senator had just ridiculed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and other tech companies for working with …

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Twitter Rakes Marco Rubio Over F-Bomb Lament

Sen. Marco Rubio this morning took to Twitter to lament the F-word’s appearance in news reports, likely spurred by last night’s unbleeped F-bomb on CNN, which was delivered by a Maryland shooting survivor in response the the usual “thoughts and prayers” that spill out after every mass shooting. Rubio apparently sees no link between coarsened language in the media and …

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