Yesterday, Bashar Assad’s government was accused of overseeing a chemical attack in the northern Idlib Province of Syria, which left around 7o citizens dead including children. Florida Senator Marco Rubio commented today on the matter by criticizing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s hands-off approach towards Syria as contributing to the attack on the Syrian people.
During an interview with 970 WFLA, a Tampa Bay radio station, Senator Rubio explained that “It’s concerning that the secretary of state, 72 hours ago or a week ago, this last Friday, said that the future’s up to the people in Syria on what happens with Assad. In essence, almost nodding to the idea that Assad was going to get to stay in some capacity. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a few days later we see this.”He also took to twitter to condemn Bashar Assad and Vladimir Putin in a string of tweets showing graphic images of children as a result of the chemical attack.
This is what #Putin & #Assad must answer for. pic.twitter.com/tQMGv22GQ8
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) April 5, 2017
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#SyriaChemicalAttack pic.twitter.com/X9bj2qgC3w
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) April 5, 2017
This isn’t the first time that Senator Rubio is found at odds with Secretary of State Tillerson. During the SOS hearings, Senator Rubio grilled Tillerson on Putin being a war criminal for his continued support of Assad, and Rubio confessed he had “reservations” about voting for Tillerson.