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Politics

July 29, 2015

Marco Rubio Uses Cecil the Lion to Shame Planned Parenthood Supporters

Today, Marco Rubio couldn’t resist attempting to conflate two recent controversies—an American dentist’s admission he killed Cecil the lion and a sting operation currently targeting Planned Parenthood—for the following take:

Look at all this outrage over a dead lion, but where is all the outrage over the planned parenthood dead babies.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 29, 2015

The tweet, aside from demonstrating a clear lack of grammar skills, mirrors similar statements from the likes of Rush Limbaugh asserting the same blend of crazy. Rubio should probably lay off of Twitter and get back to actually doing his job.

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