At a donor dinner, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) urged people to pay less attention to the Trump Russia scandal, and instead focus on Islamic terrorism, youth unemployment, and the rise of China.
Rubio assured supporters that if anybody violated the Constitution, he “will be the first person who would say it.†But he spent much of his 30-minute speech criticizing the news media for its saturation coverage of the allegations.
“Justice is rooted in the truth, and the truth is rooted in the facts,†Rubio said. “This week we are asked to take positions on various issues, and you know what they are because they are in the press every day. Did the president do this? Did the president say that? Wouldn’t it behoove us to first know the facts?â€
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During his speech, he dismissed the scrutiny of Trump and said more attention should be centered on radical Islamic terrorism, China’s growth as a superpower and unemployment plaguing young people.
Rubio was basically telling the American people to stop paying so much attention to the Russia scandal. Congress and Trump’s Justice Department can find out the facts on Russia. There is no need for the America people to worry their pretty little heads about Trump potentially colluding with Russia.
If Republicans believe that voters are going to fall for blaming the media for covering the Russia scandal too much, they are underestimating the size of the problem that they are dealing with. Blaming the media isn’t going to work. Rubio would like to press to not do their jobs. It’s funny that Sen. Rubio wasn’t voicing the same concerns while the media was spending a year breathlessly covering the empty Hillary Clinton email scandal.
The problem for Republicans is that unlike Benghazi, Clinton’s emails, and the IRS scandal, there is something with Trump and Russia that is worth investigating.
When Marco Rubio tells people to pay less attention to Trump and Russia, it is a sign that it is a scandal that is worth the scrutiny.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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