Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press and is making headlines across Democrat media as refusing to say he’ll “accept 2024 election results.” What is missing, however, is the context of the question. Democrat hacktivist Kristen Welker actually asked if he would accept the election results “no matter what happens.”
I’m not Rubio’s biggest fan, but he handled the question as it was posed to him as well as anyone could.
Watch:
Of course, the Democrat alphabet media are all over this claiming that Rubio won’t commit, blah blah, invariably leaving out the key qualifier. No one in their right mind would commit to anything with a “no matter what happens” attached to it.
In their article misleadingly entitled “2024 Election Sen. Marco Rubio won’t commit to accepting 2024 election results,” NBC News reports (archive link):
Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, widely seen as a potential vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, on Sunday refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, instead blaming Democrats for sowing doubts about the election.The senator, appearing on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” said, “I think you’re asking the wrong person. The Democrats are the ones that have opposed every Republican victory since 2000. Every single one.”He added, “And you have Democrats now saying they won’t certify 2024 because Trump is an insurrectionist and ineligible to hold office. So you need to ask them.”Rubio’s refusal to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election is notable because he did vote to certify the presidential election for then-President-elect Joe Biden. At the time, he said, “Democracy is held together by people’s confidence in the election and their willingness to abide by its results.”
Note that they cut the parts where both Welker and Rubio include the “no matter what happens” part of this gotcha question and ask yourself why NBC News would cut from their reporting (not the embedded video) the key part of the question, the part Rubio explicitly rejects.
The New York Post reported on the full context of the question.
A feisty Sen. Marco Rubio refused to preemptively accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, arguing that he needs to see how the contest unfolds first.Rubio (R-Fla.), who is widely rumored as a top contender to be former President Donald Trump’s vice president, underscored how Democrats cast aspersions on Republican victories in past elections.“No matter what happens? No! If it’s an unfair election, I think it’s going to be contested by each side,” Rubio replied to NBC’s “Meet the Press Sunday” when asked if he’d accept the “results no matter what happens.”
Rubio is pushing back on his Twitter (X) feed, as well.
Here are some selected clips of the Rubio interview.
Your daily reminder: No matter how much you hate the media, it’s not enough. Not nearly enough.
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