Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a formidable spokesman for the foreign policy of the Trump administration. On Sunday Margaret Brennan wondered about the merits of the administration’s case to deport Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil. As though talking to a dummy, she enunciated her question asking whether there is a link to terrorism in Khalil’s case. In response Rubio made a comment that frequently applies to the hosts of the Sunday morning gabfests. Coincidentally, in a particularly egregious case, I wanted to shout it out to Shannon Bream when she interviewed former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in November 2023. Here we go again…
Secretary of State Rubio humiliates CBS’ Margaret Brennan who pleads ignorance as to why Columbia University t*rr*rist Mahmoud Khalil is a t*rr*rist.
Rubio appropriately responds, “You should watch the news.”
He then effectively ends Margaret’s career.pic.twitter.com/N4hS84GD9c
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 16, 2025
For a deep look at the phenomenon underlying the Khalil hysteria, see Benjamin Kerstein’s No Delusions, No Despair post “The professoriate’s moral apartheid.”
