State department official reportedly deleted abusive tweets about Rubio
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6VTSE)
Darren Beattie, former Trump speechwriter who founded far-right website, repeated baseless innuendo on X
A top official in the US state department deleted abusive tweets in which he said the then Florida senator Marco Rubio - who is now secretary of state - had a low IQ" and spread unsubstantiated rumors about his sexuality, CNN reported.
In tweets from 7 January 2021, Darren Beattie referred to scurrilous online rumors and added: Forget the war promotion and the neocon sugar daddies, forget the low IQ, forget the 2016 primary, Rubio is TOUGH ON CHINA (and good for military industrial complex) So be a good DOG and vote for him!!!"
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