Marco Rubio’s weapon of defense against Patrick Murphy in the U.S. Senate Debate was a photo of Murphy apparently grabbing a woman’s breast.
During Monday night’s debate in Orlando, Rubio left Murphy speechless when he slyly mentioned a picture of Murphy he had obviously been hoarding for the perfect opportunity to unleash.
According to the Miami Herald, Rubio couldn’t handle the backlash from Murphy about his support to Donald Trump.
“This is, like, the third time tonight that you’ve implied that I don’t somehow respect women or that somehow I’m someone who condones the outrageous behavior that the nominee of my party or others may have conducted against women. Congressman, you’re the one that posted a picture four years ago on Facebook of you groping a woman. That’s inappropriate behavior.”
With nothing to defend himself with against Rubio’s lowball move, Murphy asked to move on with the debate.
“Let’s just talk about Donald Trump again, right?!” he said.
When questioned by reporters in Tampa the next day, Murphy explained the photo Rubio used against him was a photo he had taken with his then college girlfriend of four years.
“Look, Marco Rubio showed just how desperate he was last night by trying to wiggle, and got himself in this knot about Donald Trump. He’s trying to pivot and change the subject. It was very clear to me how uncomfortable Marco Rubio was when talking about Donald Trump and someone who’s bragging about sexually assaulting women. It’s unbelievable to me.”
According to a spokeswomen for the Rubio campaign the picture was taken from Murphy’s Facebook page before he ran for Congress.
This is the GOP’s half-ass ploy to win over women’s votes three weeks before the election. Sorry, but it isn’t going to cut it.
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