State Department diplomacy official scrambles to delete attacks on Marco Rubio's sexuality
The recently appointed acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy has been busy deleting posts on social media where he questioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio's sexuality and cast aspersions on his IQ.
According to a report from CNN, Darren Beattie was ousted from his job as a speechwriter during Donald Trump's first administration for attending a conference of white nationalists and for inflammatory posts on Twitter, since renamed X, and now he has another social media problem to fend off.
The CNN report notes that Beattie dabbled in racism and homophobia on social media, but "he does appear to have purged criticism of Rubio from his feed.
“Also smart enough to know free-market libertarianism has no legs.”
Beattie is now the State Department’s primary adviser on public affairs and public diplomacy, and he also heads the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs which handles things like Fulbright scholarships.
“I bet Rubio still thinks Assad gassed his own people,” Beattie commented over a tweet in which Rubio criticized Russia for its tactics in Ukraine.
“The idea behind the Hawley/Rubio scam is this.
"I bet Rubio still thinks Assad gassed his own people," Beattie wrote.
"Forget Wainwright park, forget the foam, forget the war promotion and the neocon sugar daddies, forget the low IQ, forget the 2016 primary, Rubio is TOUGH ON CHINA (and good for military industrial complex) So be a good DOG and vote for him!!!" reads another post.
Beattie responded to CNN's report, saying Rubio is "100 percent America First and it's a tremendous honor to work for him in advancing President Trump's world historical agenda." Rubio has declined to comment on the matter, saying his role would focus on perceived online censorship, and that he won't be nominated for the full-time position.
One of the highest ranking members of the State Department used to tweet about how gay and stupid he thought now Secretary of State Marco Rubio was, according to CNN.
Darren Beattie, who used to be one of Trump’s speechwriters before being fired for openly fraternizing with white nationalists, has multiple deleted tweets slandering his current boss.
Beattie deleted tweets suggesting a deep hostility toward Rubio — particularly after the then-senator voted to certify the 2020 election results and condemned the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol."
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In one notable 2021 post he referenced a far-right conspiracy theory about Rubio’s past, by speculating about Wainwright Park and "a curfew violation from Rubio’s teenage years that was later twisted into baseless speculation that Rubio is gay."
“Forget Wainwright park, forget the foam, forget the war promotion and the neocon sugar daddies, forget the low IQ, forget the 2016 primary, Rubio is TOUGH ON CHINA (and good for military industrial complex) So be a good DOG and vote for him!!!” Beattie wrote before later writing, "What happens in the Cabana stays in the Cabana #Rubio.”
In another tweet, he wrote of his future boss, "Does Marco Rubio have a future in politics?”
Asked to respond to his previous disparagement of the then-Republican senator from Florida, he replied, "Secretary Rubio is 100 percent America First and it’s a tremendous honor to work for him in advancing President Trump’s world historical agenda.”
CNN is also reporting that Rubio has refused to comment on the attacks.
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Rubio has declined to comment.
These tweets are a microcosm of the strange position Rubio finds himself in: someone once considered a moderate, commonsense Republican in the midst of his party’s right-wing takeover, now trying to smile and wave his way through it.
A top official at the State Department has deleted a series of social media publications mocking Secretary Marco Rubio, including false rumors about his sexuality and claims about his intelligence.
Darren Beattie, acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy, seemed to be particularly hostile to Rubio, based on a deep-dive by CNN on his social media activity.
“If a bunch of DC wonks try to reinvent Marco Rubio as a nationalist, but a ‘respectable’ one who promises tax credits to BLM supporters and is ‘TOUGH ON CHINA’ will you be a good dog and vote for him?” Beattie wrote in the following tweet. They are smart enough to know the rebranded neoconservatism of Nikki Haley and Crenshaw has no legs,” Hawley wrote in 2020.
He criticized him especially after he voted to certify the 2020 presidential elections and condemned the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol.
Beattie's appointment to the State Department caused outrage among Democrats, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer highlighting that he has "has long pushed the Chinese Communist Party line on the Uyghur genocide," "repeated Russia's propaganda on the Ukraine war," and "even advocated that the U.S.
make a deal to allow China to take over Taiwan."
Many of Beattie's publications have been deleted, but CNN found some where he said: "If a bunch of DC wonks try to reinvent Marco Rubio as a nationalist, but a 'respectable' one who promises tax credits to BLM supporters and is "TOUGH ON CHINA" will you be a good dog and vote for him?"
Beattie also cast doubt on whether former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on the country's population, a matter that has been proven.