Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is now in the market for a new office space after his previous landlord told the senator and his staff to vacate the premises in response to growing protests outside the building.
Rubio, along with dozens of other GOP politicians across the country, is currently being haunted by his angry constituents who are demanding that he hold a town hall to address their growing concerns regarding President Donald Trump’s agenda.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Rubio’s offices was sent notification on Feb. 1 informing them that the Senator’s month-to-month lease would be terminated due to the disruptive protests outside their building. Rubio and his GOP colleague have been in full dodge mode since Trump took office. There’s even a video of Rubio fleeing questions from a voter at a U.S. airport after his office told everyone that he was in Europe. However, his innovative constituents were still able to hold a town hall meeting in the Senator’s absence. They just substituted Rubio with his cardboard cutout.
Demonstrators also promised to protest in front of his now-former Tampa office for the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency. News of the continued protests did not sit well with Rubio’s former landlords, Jude Williams, president of America’s Capital Partners, and they told Yahoo News in a statement:
“’A professional office building is not a place for that … I understand their cause, but at the end of the day, it was a security concern for us.”
“It’s not political. It’s for no other reason than good office management. Our duty is to keep a good, peaceful office building environment for our tenants, and that’s not what they bargained for.”
During an interview with CBS4 in Miami, Rubio whined that he didn’t want to attend town hall meetings because constituents would:
“…Heckle and scream at me in front of cameras.”
“They are not town halls anymore … What these groups really want is for me to schedule a public forum, they then organize three, four, five, six hundred liberal activists in the two counties or wherever I am in the state.”
However, in 2009 Rubio was singing a different tune when it came to the tea party protests. The senator openly courted those voters, telling them exactly what they wanted to hear at their rallies. The then-Senate candidate tweeted:
memo to establishment (in both parties): the angry folks at health care townhalls are REAL & their views are shared by a growing majority.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 11, 2009
“Memo to establishment (in both parties): the angry folks at health care townhalls are REAL & their views are shared by a growing majority.”
According to Rubio’s office, they are in the process of finding a new office space. However, the senator is still a tenant in six other Florida offices, with locations in Miami, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Palm Beach, Jacksonville, and Orlando.
Broache said in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times:
“Our intention is to make sure the senator hears our voices and acknowledges the concerns of his constituents. Unfortunately, we’ve requested town halls and he’s indicated he’s unwilling to do that at this point, so that’s why we’ve been present.”
Twitter’s reaction to the Rubio’s eviction was everything the cowardly senator deserved and more:
Sen. Rubio evicted from Florida office over noisy town hall demonstrations https://t.co/msKj60wNWA pic.twitter.com/GWscbDW7aY
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) March 1, 2017
Little Marco Rubio lied to his constituents to evade a town hall. Now he's being evicted from his Tampa office.https://t.co/rzpBOB1Cj7 pic.twitter.com/08VHgj0Xw9
— Donald Trump (@USsupremeLeader) March 1, 2017
Marco Rubio was evicted from his office due to protestors. Maybe he should have held town hall meetings. #justsayin #spineless
— Andrew (@pocho_76) March 1, 2017
When you get evicted because there are so many protests at your office, then you're running like a #finetunedmachine https://t.co/ect8Qc7j8E
— Not A Name (@NoNameIsWrong) March 1, 2017
Rubio on the run! Outlawed and evicted from his liar! He's ducking and dodging any attempts to capture him, Watering Holes are being watched pic.twitter.com/fWDftvzs9h
— Ifany (@les_ifany90m) March 1, 2017
Literally loling about Marco Rubio getting evicted from his office https://t.co/8XOBifjjlw
— Turp-o'-Lantern (@turpin4prez) March 1, 2017
Rubio evicted from Tampa office because of protesters https://t.co/ihCnFdjoMl pic.twitter.com/qmOrfZDfpT
— Scott Leyes (@ScottLeyes) March 1, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv2uVDC_WsU
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