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Marco Rubio mocks peaceful protesters, blames them for being tear gassed in front of White House
Rubio punched at peaceful protestors and Twitter punched back
MATTHEW CHAPMAN
JUNE 2, 2020 6:59AM (UTC)
This article originally appeared on Raw Story
On Monday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) called the peaceful protesters who were cleared away from the White House by police "professional agitators" and suggested they "deliberately" provoked police action.
Link to tweet
Rubio's tweet provoked anger, with some commenters pointing out that the police advanced nearly a half hour before the curfew was scheduled to start.
More:
https://www.salon.com/2020/06/02/marco-rubio-mocks-peaceful-protesters-blames-them-for-being-tear-gassed-in-front-of-white-house_partner/
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Marco Rubio mocks peaceful protesters, blames them for being tear gassed in front of White House (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jun 2020
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Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)1. It's almost as if they presumed some sort of right to peaceful assembly.
Wotta buncha maroons, amirite? /sarcasm
John Fante
(3,479 posts)2. As always, Rubio got hammered in the replies. Total Twitter annihilation.
That moron is a glutton for punishment.
ResistantAmerican17
(3,796 posts)3. Every time this simpleton speaks I automatically hear
today a Florida man said something unbelievably stupid.
BillyBobBrilliant
(805 posts)4. C'mon Lil' Marco drink
some water, take a deep breath and relax.