Rubio compares U.S. Capitol storming with Black Lives Matter protests

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio released a video Friday comparing the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob with Black Lives Matter protests, saying the unprecedented assault was similar to what the left had been “justifying” this past summer in cities across America.

“The events that we saw this week should sicken every single one of us ... Riots should be rejected by everyone, every single time,” Rubio said. “Now, are the left hypocrites? Absolutely. I remember what they now are calling ‘insurrection,’ they were justifying just this summer.”

The protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May were held nationwide for weeks, with further demonstrations after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha in August. Some did result in rioting and property damage, but most, including those in Orlando, were generally peaceful.

Rubio also called the media, particularly CNN and MSNBC, “outrageously biased … 100%,” saying that was a reason “why so many Americans have sought political shelter in divisive political movements and in conspiracy theories that offer them the promise of fighting back against it.”

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