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Rubio: Biden’s Failure to Address the Nation on Chinese Balloon ‘Beginning of Dereliction of Duty’
Breitbart ^ | 5 Feb 2023 | PAM KEY

Posted on 02/06/2023 6:20:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said on CNN’s “State of the Union” the President Joe Biden not addressing the nation about the Chinese balloon was “the beginning of dereliction of duty.”

Host Jake Tapper said, “Your colleague and friend Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina accused President Biden of, quote, ‘dereliction of duty by allowing the Chinese spy balloon to fly across the U.S.’ That’s a pretty strong accusation. Do you agree with it?”

Rubio said, “Well, I think the dereliction of duty begins with this. Why not Tuesday or Wednesday — you know people are going to see it. At some point, you know you are going to have to disclose this, but they didn’t want to. They didn’t want to have their hand forced on canceling the Blinken’s visit, so they didn’t want to have to talk about it. Why didn’t the president go on television and basically explain what we’re dealing with here and why he’s made the decisions he’s making, and what they intend to do? Once they went public with it, knowing the amount of interest this was going to generate, presidents have the ability to go before a camera, go before the nation and basically explain these things early on. His failure to do so, I don’t understand that. I don’t understand why he wouldn’t do that. That is the beginning of dereliction of duty.”

He added, “The second is, you have to act swiftly on these things. I think that’s part of one of the things the Chinese are trying to message, and that is the U.S. had to see this coming and decided they couldn’t or wouldn’t do anything about it early on and had to wait until this thing went across the middle of the country...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenvoters; chineseballoon; dementiajoe; rubio; sotu
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1 posted on 02/06/2023 6:20:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
“the beginning of dereliction of duty.” ??????

Marco! Get your head out of your arse! He's been derelict for some time.

2 posted on 02/06/2023 6:22:54 PM PST by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“...the beginning of dereliction of duty.”

The beginning? It was on the first day of taking office, January 29, 2021. And it has been a widening gulf ever since.

The Joe Stolen/”Que mala” Harris regime has NEVER adhered to lawful discharge of duties. What acts they have carried out have little or nothing to do with good governance.


3 posted on 02/06/2023 6:25:38 PM PST by alloysteel (People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov)
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To: llevrok

The beginning?

Rubio, you pu55y!


4 posted on 02/06/2023 6:26:32 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Was Rubio in a COMA during Biden’s “successful” Afghanistan exit?


5 posted on 02/06/2023 6:28:18 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: llevrok

Yeah. “Beginning”??? For crying out loud. Rubio is nuts.


6 posted on 02/06/2023 6:32:19 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Beginning? Rubio, where have you been since January of 2021? That was closer to the beginning of his dereliction of duty.


7 posted on 02/06/2023 6:36:38 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Man, nothing gets by you Marco.


8 posted on 02/06/2023 6:46:58 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He‘s doubly derelict.


9 posted on 02/06/2023 6:47:48 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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Question for Marco Rubio: Since you are part of the Gang of Eight that receives constant intel briefings, when were you told about the technology breakthrough that afforded detection of past Chinese spy balloons, and that there were several during the Trump administration (including balloons over you home state of Florida)? What was the date and who did the briefing?

If you know the claims are a lie and say nothing, you are just as guilty as the liars. If the claims are true, so be it.


10 posted on 02/06/2023 6:54:21 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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Question for Marco Rubio: Since you are part of the Gang of Eight that receives constant intel briefings, when were you told about the technology breakthrough that afforded detection of past Chinese spy balloons, and that there were several during the Trump administration (including balloons over you home state of Florida)? What was the date and who did the briefing?

If you know the claims are a lie and say nothing, you are just as guilty as the liars. If the claims are true, so be it.


11 posted on 02/06/2023 6:54:35 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: llevrok

I agree. Afghanistan. Open border...


12 posted on 02/06/2023 7:06:38 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: llevrok

LOL!!! Exactly what I’m thinking....the beginning?????


13 posted on 02/06/2023 7:08:13 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Next, Rubio is going to throw eggs at the White House, and TP the North Lawn.


14 posted on 02/06/2023 7:16:19 PM PST by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Biden’s dereliction of duty began over 2 years ago, on the day he took office.


15 posted on 02/06/2023 7:25:08 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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Gropin’ Joe the Pedo has been derelict in his duties since Jan 20, 2021.


16 posted on 02/06/2023 7:27:12 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Fine Marco, Biden will be added to the Dereliction of Duty bus that you've been driving since you entered the senate.
17 posted on 02/06/2023 7:39:52 PM PST by Theoria
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To: llevrok

Almost exactly what I was going to say; only I believe he has been derelict his whole life.


18 posted on 02/06/2023 8:29:34 PM PST by 5th MEB
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Nope; that’s way to extreme for POOL BOY, he’ll just sit in a corner and pout.


19 posted on 02/06/2023 8:32:28 PM PST by 5th MEB
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Beginning? Continuing.

Did you forget the Afghanistan debacle, Senator Rubio?


20 posted on 02/06/2023 9:14:55 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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