Marco Rubio indulged one of his most cherished pursuits: conveying his outrage at people who behave sycophantically toward autocrats, as long as those autocrats aren’t his president and those people aren’t Marco Rubio
Senator Marco Rubio. Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images In a morally bankrupt but financially prudent capitulation to China’s autocratic government, the National Basketball Association on Sunday apologized on behalf of Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, for his since-deleted tweet that included the line “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.
The political backlash to the NBA’s response was strident and bipartisan but found perhaps its loudest megaphone in Senator Marco Rubio. In a series of tweets on Monday, the Republican indulged one of his most cherished pursuits: conveying his outrage at people who behave sycophantically toward autocrats, as long as those autocrats aren’t his president and those people aren’t Marco Rubio.
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