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Rubes’ Epitaph?

by Josh Marshall
02.09.16 | 6:16 pm

Bizarre. Man who attacks anti-Rubio protestor dressed as a robot at Rubio event turns out to be Rubio’s New Hampshire campaign chairman.

Video after the jump …

The video has apparently been circulating this afternoon. But Cliff Hurst admitted to Breitbart that he was the guy attacking the robot Rubio, claiming he attacked in self-defense.

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