Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to fire Andrew McCabe from the FBI just days before he qualified for his full retirement benefits.
“I don’t like the way it happened. He should’ve been allowed to finish through the weekend,” Rubio said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” when asked about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to fire McCabe Friday night.
“That said, that there’s an inspector general report that’s due and work that’s being done, and after he had retired if that report would’ve indicated wrongdoing or something that was actionable, there’s things that could’ve been done after the fact,” the senator added. “But 48 hours to go before retirement, I would’ve certainly done it differently, given the fact there’s still this report out there that hasn’t come in.”
Several Republicans on Sunday criticized Sessions’ firing of McCabe, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on McCabe’s firing.
Watch a clip of Rubio’s interview via NBC:
Several Republicans on Sunday criticized Sessions’ firing of McCabe, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on McCabe’s firing.
Pardon me if i don’t give a damn what Republicans think about this. They’ve done NOTHING to check this administration, their thoughts are irrelevant.
Going through the motions as a CYA for his own A.
Shoulda/coulda voiced your objections earlier, Marco. This is closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.
Exactly
Day Late,Dollar short
The time to act was ….before …you disingenuous lying sacks of shit
The whole mess and we are getting nothing NOTHING
From McConnel, Ryan or anybody
Stupid shortsighted idiots
The Mango Mussolini will bring you all down and you will be recast by history as the Nero’s of the 21st century
Fiddling while Washington and democracy burns
“Several Republicans on Sunday criticized Sessions’ firing of McCabe, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on McCabe’s firing.”
Ooooooh. Ooooooh. They criticized Sessions. Did any of them criticize Trump? Will any of them do something? Will they pass legislation to protect Mueller and the investigation? Will they criticize the Assistant AG or new AG when whoever that is fires Mueller or shuts down the investigation?
We can’t wait for history to be hard on these guys. We need the present to be resistant and tough and determined.
Rubio:
adding later, that he sends his thoughts and prayers to the entire McCabe family.