Rubio Wipes the Floor With Tim Kaine in Brilliant Response at Senate Hearing

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was on fire during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday.

He was supposed to be testifying on the budget, but Democrats went after him on other topics.

But he made them regret it. He showed why he was a great pick for the job when he decimated Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and carried the banner ably for the Trump administration when dealing with things like USAID, illegal aliens, and revoking visas.

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But Rubio wasn't done there. He also dismantled Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and the Democrats' obsession over the admission of the small group of 59 South African white people as refugees. Kaine appeared to be questioning whether they had a "well-founded fear of persecution." Rubio leveled him, saying people being killed and having their farms burned down seemed like a "pretty good justification."

"You just don't like that they're white"

Secretary Of State Rubio smokes Tim Kaine for melting down over the legal admittance for 59 White refugees

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Should it be "applied in an even-handed way?" Kaine asked.

Rubio said it doesn't require that; it requires that it be applied in the best interests of the United States.

Kaine said you were "entitled" to entrance as a refugee if you have a well-justified fear of persecution.

Rubio again corrected him, saying, no, refugees may be "allowed" in; they are not "entitled."

"Can you have a different standard based on the color of someone's skin. Would that be acceptable?" Kaine inquired.

Rubio said he wasn't the one arguing that Kaine was, because he didn't "like the fact that they were white."

He explained the U.S. has a right to decide who it wants to let in.

"Even based on the color of somebody's skin?" Kaine tried again.

Kaine was the one who kept bringing up skin color, Rubio replied, adding that Kaine seems to think anyone should be allowed in. Kaine protested, but that has largely been the Biden/Democrat approach for years. At least until the 59 white people that Democrats suddenly seemed to have a problem with. Kaine implied they were only let in because they were white.

The exchange picks up again at around 1:15. Kaine rails against Rubio not agreeing that the standard should be applied "in an even-handed way," saying that was "shocking." Rubio then wiped the floor with him again, saying it shouldn't be applied in an even-handed way; it should be applied based on "the national interest of the United States, period, end of story."

🚨 MARCO RUBIO MIC DROP!! RE: South African refugees

TIM KAINE: "You have a different standard based upon the color of somebody's skin?"

RUBIO: "I'm not the one arguing that. Apparently, YOU are - because YOU don't like the fact they're white!"

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He said there were millions of sad stories around the world, but we can't take everyone. "We cannot assume millions of people, no country can," Rubio declared. He said the notion that we had to accept everyone who wanted to come was "absurd."

But as Rubio pointed out, this is the bizarre position of the Democrats, throwing a fit over 59 people who had legitimate fear, versus being cool with millions who came in illegally from all over the world. It's ridiculous.

Good on Rubio for taking Kaine and the Democrats apart.

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