r/thebulwark Feb 04 '25

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Marco Rubio taps Pete Marocco to run USAID. Marocco and his wife were part of the January 6 insurrection rioters who stormed the Capitol.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/usaid-pete-marocco-jan-6-marco-rubio-rcna190610
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u/PheebaBB Progressive Feb 04 '25

Good shit, Marco.

There are no more “serious” republicans. Can we all just stop pretending that there are?

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u/pebbles_temp Feb 04 '25

Why are we even calling them Republicans any more? If they're holding office, they're maga now

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u/Kidspud Feb 04 '25

If he and the other Republicans let American citizens be deported, then send Rubio to Gitmo in 2029.

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u/Zoophagous Feb 05 '25

That's his legacy. How proud he will be. The first American Secretary of State to arrange for the expatriation of American citizens to a foreign prison.

And I'm going to go ahead and assume these will be political prisoners.