Because secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio is relatively normal compared to fellow nominees like Pete Hegseth and Robert Kennedy Jr., the Media Research Center hasn’t had to do as much heavy lifting for the Trump Regime Media narrative — but that doesn’t mean that it didn’t have to play some defense. Mark Finkelstein huffed in a Nov. 12 post:
Make up your mind, Kasie Hunt!
First, Hunt opened Tuesday’s CNN This Morning by complaining that, in choosing nominees to fill government positions in his coming administration, loyalty will be of prime importance to President-elect Donald Trump. But after announcing that Trump has reportedly named Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State, Hunt ran clips of the clash between the two back during the 2016 primary.
Oblivious to her hypocrisy, Hunt ran a mash-up of statements Trump has made over the years indicating the emphasis he places on that quality. Which was soon followed up with video of Trump mocking Rubio as “Little Marco,” and Rubio’s clap back, saying that Trump has small hands — “and you know what they say about men with small hands.”
So which is it, Kasie? Does Trump make loyalty his prime prerequisite–or maybe not?
Hunt queried Republican Doug Heye as to how Trump could possibly make Rubio a top insider, given their personal history. Heye was a Never Trumper from way back in 2016. Even so, he served up a short but stunning retort: “Well, how did Kamala Harris come back for Joe Biden after she knifed him in the presidential debate?”
Zing!
Finkelstein then referenced a claim that Jill Biden once purportedly told Harris to “go f*** yourself” — a claim that nobody has gone on the record to verify. We thought the MRC hated anonymous sources.
Pretty much the only other notable thing the MRC has done on behalf of Rubio is a Dec. 18 post by Michael Wnek, responding to Joy Reid’s claim that Trump had snubbed black and Hispanic supporters by pointing out Rubio’s nomination.