Marco Rubio:..."I think he did it to gig you guys."

[Leghorn21]

Q: "You're one of the loudest critics of China and its human
rights abuses. I mean, is it OK for [Trump] to ask?"
…
Rubio: "I don't think it's a real request, again, I think he did
it to gig you guys. I think he did to provoke you to ask me
and others and get outraged by it."

Link to tweet

“He was KIDDING, ffs!!”

[gratuitous]

1. Trump's just kidding around - he's such a kidder, you know!

I wonder if it hurt when Marco replaced his spine with jell-o?

[Tech]

18. Paul Ryan said something similar, trump was trolling us. Look what happened to him.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. So he is a fn liar and you are okay with that too it seems.

[Pachamama]

3. He really is "Lil Marco"...

[malaise]

20. He lied about his own father

He really is a first rate no principles low-life.

[struggle4progress]

4. Rubio is just a liar

Remember the Russia joke? "Russia, if you're listening ..."?

There was a Russian hack that very day

[rockfordfile]

5. The Russians see Rubio as one of their loyalist.

Putin is a big supporter of Rubio.

[Botany]

6. Rubio: "I don't think it's a real request ... " you mean like this one?

[sinkingfeeling]

7. So, turning America into one big joke is okay with you?

[True Dough]

8. Donny is renowned for his fantastic sense of humor!

[58Sunliner]

9. What a subservient position to take.

What next-food taster for the orange feces?

[coti]

10. He's just committing crimes for kicks, you guys nt

[berni_mccoy]

11. Oh Marco, Trump Asked President Xi over the PHONE!

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/politics/trump-biden-call-xi-secure-server/index.html

I wish the person would have followed up with that.

[BootinUp]

12. Yeah that's it. We just can't take a joke, no

Sense of humor.

[coti]

14. Like he joked when he asked Russia to get Clinton's emails! nt

[barbtries]

13. weak.

how about you just go ahead and admit he's the most corrupt president ever to sit in the WH?

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Rubio now enjoys the respect he deserves.

You're the joke, Rubio.

We know what Trump did. We can see. We can hear. We know him.

[Leghorn21]

16. A comment from the thread:

"The body language of a broken man.

He is a sad and shameful shadow of the senator he thought he'd be... and you only have to see his face to know that he knows it too."

yup

[Six117]

17. What kind of stupid ass answer is that!!!????

What scumpPissPoot'n are trying to pull off is a FELONY! Rubio is a jackass!

[unblock]

19. another impeachable offense. seriously. not taking the job seriously is a high crime and misdemeanor

abuse or neglect of office can constitute a high crime and misdemeanor.

cavalierly making major pronouncements about policy that turn out to be just something to say to get people outraged constitutes abuse of office.


in truth, i think donnie was totally serious, wasn't joking at all. "just joking" is just something to say when you get caught.

point is, i don't think rubio's explanation puts donnie in a better light.

[Roland99]

21. Except for the June phone call

[MurrayDelph]

22. Is this like the guy who gets caught

trying to claim he was running a sting.

[JDC]

23. One of the biggest cowards in the Senate. And that is saying something.

Little Marco indeed

[Garrett78]

24. I think Rubio is just joking about Trump joking. Or, you know, he's lying.

Nobody who watched Trump make that statement yesterday honestly thinks Trump was joking.

[Leghorn21]

25. Now trending at #10

Marco Rubio, 3 years ago: "I will go through all 50
states to make sure the party of Lincoln and Reagan
never falls in the hands of a con artist."

Marco Rubio, today: Trump was just joking about Chinese interference lol

Link to tweet

https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%22Marco+Rubio%22

[Iliyah]

26. Republicans really do need to

STFU.

[Joe941]

27. tRump does a lot of trolling, but this is more than that.

[Cha]

28. No.. bloated trump is an idiot with no fucking sense

of humor.

[BlueStater]

29. Marco Rubio is a pitiful man.

Trump humiliated him and yet he still defends his worthless ass.

It's laughable that Rubio ever saw himself as presidential material. If he can't even stand up for himself, then he's incapable of standing up for anything else.

[Pendrench]

30. Well said. n/t

[Cartaphelius]

31. Another "stable genius"

this ought to prove his value as a Senator.... what a dipshit.

[dustyscamp]

32. Everything Trump says is ment to provoke and get attention

He is a big sadist and an attention whore

[Leghorn21]

33. "Rubio" now up to #5

You’re a weak little man, Marco Rubio. You have zero business
being in a position of leadership that REQUIRES unequivocal respect
for the constitution you took an OATH to protect. You’re an
embarrassment to that chamber and every woman and man of
honor who served before you.


Rubio tweeted this at around 6pm ET:

You can keep getting played,but I wont

I’ll focus on dignified work,collapsing families & communities,China’s
plan to overtake us etc;the issues facing the millions of people who
don’t spend all day hyperventilating about what’s on twitter or the news.

Link to tweet

He’s not going to keep getting played like the rest of us idiots!!

GOOD TO KNOW, LIDDLE’ BUDDY

[Ilsa]

34. Is it gigging people to yell "fire" in a crowded theater,

or for a poster to threaten the president online? Is that just gigging them?

[spanone]

35. So marco, you think this is all just a fucking game? A joke?

Look around you asshole.