Guess What? Rubio's Fake Story Continues to Collapse
Guess What? Rubio’s Fake Story Continues to Collapse
By Josh Marshall
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November 5, 2022 12:11 p.m.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/guess-what-rubios-fake-story-continues-to-collapse
"SNIP........
No doubt it will come as a great surprise to you. But Marco Rubio’s story of a Rubio canvasser (who turned out to be a notorious white supremacist) who was viciously beaten over his political beliefs continues to fall apart. Cellphone videos of the incident have now emerged (seemingly from the assailants’ defense attorneys) which undermine the political attack storyline and actually show one of the assailants (just before the attack) telling Christopher Monzon to go about his business and keep canvassing.
It appears that the brawl was triggered by one of the assailants thinking Monzon was looking too closely at his girlfriend. The big picture looks to be one of a group of young violent idiots thumping their chests and things spinning out of control.
No one should think the assailants here are somehow the good guys. Both have lengthy criminal records, including for assault and violent conduct. (So does Monzon for that matter, though his criminal record seems like connected to his political activism – assault, incitement to riot, etc.) The relevant point is that this incident does not seem related to politics at all. So it should be adjudicated like every other violent assault – not whipped up into a fake story by the likes of Marco Rubio.
Even Monzon’s dad, who played a role in getting the political attack ball rolling, seems to concede now that politics didn’t have anything to do with it. He just thinks the assailants should be held criminally accountable. And on that front he’s entirely right.
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