Rubio Rips Debate Over Masks | Talking Points Memo

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Friday expressed his dismay over the political debate that has ensued over wearing masks in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as cases surge in several cities.


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““derangement” roiling the country.”

And One of the main cheerleaders in that effort,and possible 2024 Presidential candidate.

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Rubio tweet: Fortunately this derangement has not infected the vast majority of Americans, normal people who don’t spend every moment thinking about politics & culture wars

Ummm, Mario, the derangement is strong with trumpers. STRONG. What planet are you living on?

I think he’s just concerned because it’s hard to drink water when you wear a mask.

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Gee, I wonder which party has been aiding and abetting this until it began to affect THEIR voters? These are terrible, loathsome people…

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so crazy that using or refusing to use a mask has been turned into a social or political statement

wait… he says using a mask is a political/social statement too? way to both sides it there, Marco. Please. People who are wearing masks don’t need to be lumped into your “crazy politics” criticism.

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Politics, Senator Rubio? And just whose “politics” are we talking about? The medical and epidemiological experts around the world who have been begging people to wear masks for months, or the Orange Cretin and his sycophants who refuse to wear masks because Donnie thinks it makes him look funny, and who criticize others for doing so because they “want to be politically correct”?

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Name names…

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Hey, “L’il Marco,” the derangement started the moment the GOP got behind Donald Trump as their nominee. It has only gotten worse since he was inaugurated and will only improve when he (and you) leave office.

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Say, what? 4 years of your supporting an alternate reality, anti-knowledge, anti-science, bullshit right wing agenda has made the most basic public health precautions into political footballs? Well, that’s a surprise!
Wonder why you have zero credibility?
Dimwit.

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Rubio

Fortunately this derangement has not infected the vast majority of Americans,normal people who don’t spend every moment thinking about politics & culture wars

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/29/chase-rice-concert-social-distancing-tennessee/

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Thank you. The same thought occurred to me. I despise these fakers, can’t wait to see their party in the dirt in November.

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The first shot over the bow in his reelection campaign. Now, if he could just turn his attention to how Miami is going to be completely underwater in the near future because of global warming.

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And just where was your voice at the start of this pandemic?

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Yep…one really frightening headline that has been well overshadowed by COVID is the heat wave in the Arctic…wildfires in Siberia.

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Here’s an utterly crazy idea: from now on, Trump wears a mask. He can lie about it and say he’s been wearing it all along. He can tweet his masked mug to his base and market Make America Great and Lock Her Up and Obamagate masks. This can be a win-win-win-win-lose situation (the virus loses, everybody else wins).

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Rubio is such flaccid weakling.

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Rubio longs to return to the days of normal corruption, government hating and petty demagoguery of yesteryear. He is an empty Republican suit masquerading as a person with some kind of principles, even though he has been completely exposed as a craven little coward repeatedly.

I was shocked by his re-election in 2016. Like Cruz, he is just odious and shallow to the point of transparency.

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You bet Rubio…DO ‘school’ us on the derangement of wearing a mask. It’s ALL on your side with YOUR ‘network’ leading the charge along with POTUS. Please.

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Spineless twit. When his political career is over (soon, I hope) he may be able to get a gig as spokesperson for Slinky’s.

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“Rubio argued that ‘politics has made us so crazy’ that the practice of choosing or refusing to wear facial coverings amid rising coronavirus cases has devolved into a ‘derangement’ roiling the country.”

Enjoy your creation, Dr. Frankenstein.

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