Secretary of State Marco Rubio went berserk and totally thrashed a lying, woke senator during a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the State Department’s budget when the Senator falsely accused him of using taxpayer dollars to go to parties instead of doing his job and negotiating.
That came when Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) used her moment in the spotlight to berate Secretary Rubio, accusing him of hanging out in Miami so that he could go to parties, instead of doing his job and spending time negotiating to end the American-Iran conflict.
Rosen began by snapping, “With the remainder of my time I would like to remind the American people that as the Secretary of State, your main duty as America’s chief diplomat, is to maintain our relations with foreign nations. This is why I was shocked to see that you were at a party with President Trump in Miami instead of accompanying Vice President Vance to Pakistan for negotiations-”
Rubio interrupted her to fire back, “What party was I at? I was at a party?” She declared, without really answering his question, “It is publicly reported, and there’s photos there.” Rubio, not putting up with it, snapped, “But what party? No, no, no. If you’re gonna say that, I’m gonna answer it. I’m going to answer that question. Because that’s an absurd statement. I was not at a party.”
Rosen then insisted that Rubio let her keep talking instead of responding to the accusations, demanding, “As soon as I finish my paragraph, he can answer.” Rubio, for his part, noted that he would always respond to smears. He said, “If people are going to slander me, I’m gonna answer.”
Rosen then picked back up with the accusations, never actually taking the time to ask a question, and instead just berating him. She snapped, “Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, both of whom were never confirmed by this body to be America’s diplomats, accompanied the vice president to negotiations. Even Iran’s foreign minister was there. You were not. I just feel that’s embarrassing for us and embarrassing for you.”
Continuing, Sen. Rosen insisted, “So Mr. Secretary, Congress represents the American people. We have the power to confirm who represents America abroad. We confirmed you to be our secretary of state. We confirmed you to be in the negotiations that are happening. And it is just unthinkable to me that you are missing high-stakes negotiations or that you’re not involved. It is sad-”
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That’s when Chairman Jim Risch interrupted and said, “Senator Rosen, your time is up. Secretary Rubio.” Rubio then fired back at Rosen, insisting, “You are 100% inaccurate and 100 percent wrong. Here’s why: No. 1, The vice president of the United States was there. And he wasn’t confirmed by the Senate. He was elected by the American people. He was present. Mr. Witkoff is the envoy for negotiations for peace deals. Mr. Kushner is a private citizen who serves as an adviser on these functions.”
He continued, “They were the team we sent to Pakistan. I was not at a party. Where I was, was next to the president. In the midst of these negotiations, I was in communications with them and in fact, … [on] multiple occasions I went into a back room and came back out and spoke to the president. I was constantly updating him.”
He concluded, “I spoke to Mr. Kushner, our negotiating team on at least six occasions including twice on a secure line. You don’t know what you are talking about. I know your staff wrote up this cute statement but it is not true and it is not real. I am the national security advisor. A high-stakes negotiations so I can immediately inform about events occurring halfway around the world. I was where I needed to be at that moment.”
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