{"id":1509695,"date":"2022-06-09T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509695"},"modified":"2022-06-09T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:35:21","slug":"marco-rubios-office-responds-after-gun-control-activist-claims-senator-wont-meet-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubios-office-responds-after-gun-control-activist-claims-senator-wont-meet-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio\u2019s Office Responds After Gun Control Activist Claims Senator Won\u2019t Meet With Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarco-rubios-office-responds-after-gun-control-activist-claims-senator-wont-meet-with-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The office of Sen. Marco Rubio canceled a planned meeting with gun control activist and Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg after Hogg falsely claimed on Twitter that the Florida Republican would not meet with him.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg was originally scheduled to meet with Rubio\u2019s staff on Thursday afternoon alongside the March For Our Lives gun control advocacy organization, of which he is a board member. However, Hogg <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/06yo5\">claimed<\/a> without evidence that Rubio\u2019s office said Hogg \u201ctriggered\u201d Rubio, so they would not participate in the meeting in question.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Rubio\u2019s chief of staff revealed the existence of the meeting, but canceled it since the activist was \u201cl<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">ying and clearly using this all for self-promotion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No one said such a thing. As for the meeting, you must be confused as we had a 2p meeting scheduled with you. However, since you are lying and clearly using this all for self-promotion, that meeting is now cancelled. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dteqDZ7ruM\">https:\/\/t.co\/dteqDZ7ruM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Needham (@MikeNeedham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeNeedham\/status\/1534934069921959936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hogg later apologized, claiming that his staff \u201cmisinformed\u201d him about the meeting. However, according to emails obtained by the Daily Caller, Hogg never had direct contact with Rubio\u2019s office in the first place. Instead, Rubio\u2019s office was informed that Hogg would attend the meeting by a reporter writing a profile of Hogg, and not by the activist himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcorubio<\/a> an honest mistake, got our meetings confused in the flurry and my staff misinformed me. I apologize. We\u2019d still love to meet with you and have an honest, respectful discussion. Deleted the tweet bc it wasn\u2019t true but attaching here for transparency. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/icmaLoSA0C\">pic.twitter.com\/icmaLoSA0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Hogg \u262e\ufe0f (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/1534947849376518150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hogg did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment on the claims. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/11\/david-hogg-william-legate-good-pillow-mypillow-mike-lindell\/\">(RELATED: David Hogg Abandons Liberal Pillow Business After Two Months)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March For Our Lives has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMarch4OurLives\/status\/1534586050105991168\">met<\/a> with several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMarch4OurLives\/status\/1534661990337200130\">members<\/a> of Congress as part of its lobbying efforts in favor of a gun control package.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg and Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Nikki Fried led a rally outside of Rubio\u2019s Miami office on June 3. At the rally, Hogg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/article262124397.html\">claimed<\/a> that gun control was not about \u201cbeing on the left or the right, this is about our kids, our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of his activism, Hogg has repeatedly attempted to start feuds with prominent Republicans, mostly from his home state of Florida. One month after the Parkland shooting, Hogg released an ad <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/16\/david-hogg-nra-politicians\/\">asking<\/a>, \u201cWhat if our politicians weren\u2019t the bitch of the NRA?\u201d He later led a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/29\/david-hogg-laura-ingraham-boycott\/\">boycott<\/a> campaign against Fox host Laura Ingraham, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/02\/26\/david-hogg-blames-rick-scott\/\">blamed<\/a> then-Gov. Rick Scott for failures of local police.<\/p>\n<p>March For Our Lives will rally at the National Mall on Saturday. Speakers will reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2022\/06\/march-for-our-lives-returning-this-weekend-to-dc\/\">include<\/a> family members of victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas and the supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The office of Sen. 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