In honor of tonight’s NBA Draft, Marco Rubio performed a remarkable dunk on himself 목요일에.
The Florida Republican senator, who clearly has national ambitions, thought he had found an easy win when he came across a video of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arriving in the Philippines — masked and wearing a face shield.
“우리의 @SecDef is vaccinated,” Rubio tweeted 영상과 함께. “But he arrives in the Philippines wearing a mask AND a face shield Embarrassing COVID theatre.”
팔. Roasted. Take that liberals and your virtue signaling!
“From the embassy: ‘The Philippine government has mandated that everyone must wear full-coverage face shields together with face masks while in public places. Local governments continue to implement additional requirements to slow the virus’ spread.'”
Oomph. 사실은, OOMPH.
The problem here — aside from Rubio being wrong — is that he is desperately trying to throw red meat to the Republican base that he needs for both his 2022 reelection race and a possible 2024 presidential run.
And the way to do that — since Trump has politicized mask-wearing (and mask not-wearing) — is to blast a Biden Cabinet member for, 어, being careful in the face of a highly transmissible strain of a virus that has killed more than 610,000 미국인.
어느, even if Austin wasn’t in keeping with the masking regulations from the Philippine government, would be a dumb argument.
But given that, Rubio’s self-own is particularly painful.
요점: Wearing a mask isn’t a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of concern and care for those among us who can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons. 루비오, a sitting US senator, should know waaaaay better.
