Rubio: GOPers Won’t Jab Trump Because We Don’t Want To Side With The Media!

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) asks a question to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) during the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee hearing fort Haley to be considered for US Ambassador to the United Nations, in th... Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) asks a question to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC) during the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee hearing fort Haley to be considered for US Ambassador to the United Nations, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, DC on January 18, 2017 (Photo by Riccardo Savi) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***(Sipa via AP Images) MORE LESS
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While trying to take a swipe at the media, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may have been a little more honest about his party’s handling of President Donald Trump than he intended.

Rubio tweeted on Wednesday that many Republicans won’t call out Trump “even when they don’t agree with him” because “it means siding with a media that never cuts him a break” and “in the end [the media] will still attack you anyway.”

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