Sen. Marco Rubio criticized a New York Times reporter for saying it was “very strange” for the Florida senator to be enjoying President Trump’s reelection announcement.
“In an unprecedented move a Republican Senator attended a rally in his home state in support of the re-election of a Republican President,” Rubio said Tuesday on Twitter. “As opposed to smiling & chuckling at a rally for a radical liberal candidate for President who will undo policies to confront China,reduce regulations & taxes,defend liberty in Venezuela & protect the unborn?”
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In an unprecedented move a Republican Senator attended a rally in his home state in support of the re-election of a Republican President. https://t.co/0zC3nvJB0X
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 19, 2019
As opposed to smiling & chuckling at a rally for a radical liberal candidate for President who will undo policies to confront China,reduce regulations & taxes,defend liberty in Venezuela & protect the unborn? https://t.co/0zC3nvJB0X
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 19, 2019
“BTW, this is the same reporter who in 2015 after 3 weeks of meticulous investigative journalism uncovered that my wife had traffic tickets,I had a fishing boat & my home has big windows. And in 2016 he broke the story that I had some boots with higher heel,” Rubio added.
BTW, this is the same reporter who in 2015 after 3 weeks of meticulous investigative journalism uncovered that my wife had traffic tickets,I had a fishing boat & my home has big windows. And in 2016 he broke the story that I had some boots with higher heel. https://t.co/0zC3nvJB0X
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 19, 2019
Michael Barbaro, a reporter for the New York Times, said he thought it was odd that Rubio, who had been critical of Trump during the 2016 election, was now enjoying being at the president’s rally.
“Very strange, for those of who covered 2016 campaign, to see Sen Marco Rubio smiling and chuckling in this audience,” Barbaro said Tuesday on Twitter.
Very strange, for those of who covered 2016 campaign, to see Sen Marco Rubio smiling and chuckling in this audience.
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) June 19, 2019
During the 2016 Republican presidential primary, Trump and Rubio engaged in personal attacks including Rubio saying Trump had a spray tan and small hands.
Barbaro, the host of the podcast “The Daily,” divorced his husband last year and is now dating the podcast’s producer Lisa Tobin.
