{"id":2290731,"date":"2024-07-08T17:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-tells-cnn-its-biden-admin-prosecuting-political-enemies-trump-never-did\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T17:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:28:16","slug":"rubio-tells-cnn-its-biden-admin-prosecuting-political-enemies-trump-never-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-tells-cnn-its-biden-admin-prosecuting-political-enemies-trump-never-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio Tells CNN: It&#8217;s Biden Admin Prosecuting Political Enemies, Trump Never Did"},"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\">24<\/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%2Frubio-tells-cnn-its-biden-admin-prosecuting-political-enemies-trump-never-did%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=2290731&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--><p>The summary\u200d is about GOP\u2062 Sen. Marco Rubio\u200b of Florida refuting claims that former President Donald Trump would use his position \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-obama-biden-doj-was-politicized-and-weaponized-against-opponents\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz: Obama-Biden DOJ was \u2018politicized and weaponized\u2019 against opponents\">target political opponents<\/a> \u2062if\u200d elected again. \u200dRubio argued that it was actually President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">targeting political opponents<\/a>. He highlighted cases where former Trump aides were prosecuted, while Democrats \u200cwho defied subpoenas were not. Rubio also mentioned a Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity and criticized the Biden DOJ for going \u200dafter political \u200bopponents. \u2063The summary concludes with a statement from Rubio about Trump&#8217;s focus on making America great again \u2064rather than going after political \u200copponents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/randydesoto\/%20\"><span>Randy DeSoto<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 8, 2024 at 12:52pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida forcefully rebutted Sunday the claims that if former President Donald Trump is elected to another term, he\u2019ll use his position to target his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it has been President Joe Biden\u2019s administration that has been actively doing so, the senator asserted.<\/p>\n<p>CNN \u201cState of the Union\u201d host Dana Bash asked Rubio whether he believed the Supreme Court\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/turley-scotus-immunity-decision-produces-cardiac-arrest-jack-smith-trump-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> in the Trump election interference case recognizing presidents have immunity from prosecution for their official acts goes too far.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was seen as mostly positive for the presumptive GOP nominee. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-rules-biden-can-scrap-signature-trump-era-immigration-policy\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Rules Biden Can Scrap Signature Trump-Era Immigration Policy\">high court returned<\/a> the case to the federal district court to determine which acts Trump took regarding the 2020 election and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion fell within the realm of his official acts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you comfortable with that [ruling]?\u201d Bash asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, first of all, I\u2019m uncomfortable with the fact now that we have a president who targets political opponents. That\u2019s what happened under Joe Biden,\u201d Rubio responded.<\/p>\n<p>The senator pointed out that but for the Biden Justice Department appointing Jack Smith as special counsel and his bringing the case against Trump last summer, the Supreme Court would not have had to rule on presidential immunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstand why this has become topical, why we now have to discuss this issue \u2014 because it is clear that we have reached an era where there are people in American politics who believe that our courts are now a weapon that can be used against their political opponents,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bdd15dYV9qQ?si=JyE0NkUkKD6AMFW_&#038;start=217\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look at their efforts and what they\u2019ve done in the courts to persecute and prosecute Donald Trump. They\u2019ve tried to bankrupt him. They\u2019ve tried to silence him. They\u2019ve tried to jail him. They\u2019ve gone after his allies every single day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump White House aides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-donald-trumps-former-chief-strategist-steve-bannon-going-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Bannon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-appointed-federal-judge-sentences-former-trump-adviser-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Navarro<\/a> are currently serving prison sentences because they would not cooperate with subpoenas issued by the Democrat-led House Jan. 6 committee. The former White House officials cited executive privilege in not complying with the committee\u2019s inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden DOJ prosecuted both of them in Washington and won convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The department has declined to prosecute Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/option-arrest-attorney-general-merrick-garland-voted-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merrick Garland<\/a>, former Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/06\/29\/politics\/holder-contempt\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Holder<\/a> and former Internal Revenue Service official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/04\/lois-lerner-no-contempt-charges-justice-department-116577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lois Lerner<\/a> for defying congressional subpoenas issued by Republican-led House committees. The latter two occurred during former President Barack Obama\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Donald Trump was president, I can\u2019t think of a single prominent Democrat who was chased around, persecuted, prosecuted. \u2026 It\u2019s funny to me to read these people and hear these people out there warning about all the horrible things they ridiculously claim Donald Trump is going to do if he becomes president again,\u201d Rubio told Bash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are the ones that have been going after their political opponents,\u201d he said. \u201cDonald Trump has been the one that\u2019s been very clear that his vengeance is going to be by winning and making America great again, not going after his political opponents. He said that in your debate that you hosted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-v-8wJkmwBY?si=psUTHmcFJBUa6DPX&#038;start=2692\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bash responded, \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence that Joe Biden has gone after political opponents. His Justice Department has \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio interjected, \u201cThe evidence is in the headlines every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CNN host pointed to the prosecution of Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-sen-bob-menendez-hit-new-charges-scandal-ridden-bribery-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Robert Menendez<\/a> of New Jersey on public corruption charges as evidence that the DOJ is not acting in a partisan fashion in its decisions to bring criminal prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey only go after Democrats that don\u2019t do everything the Democrats want them to do,\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p>Menendez, while chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, bucked the Biden administration on positions it had taken regarding easing sanctions on Cuba, Venezuela and Iran, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/09\/30\/us\/politics\/biden-menendezs-foreign-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bash circled back with Rubio on past statements Trump made about prosecuting political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2023, shortly after Smith\u2019s classified documents indictment against him was <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4045934-trump-vows-to-appoint-special-prosecutor-to-go-after-biden-if-former-president-wins-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsealed<\/a>, the 45th president said in a video posted on Truth Social, \u201cNow that the \u2018seal\u2019 is broken, in addition to closing the border and removing all of the \u2018criminal\u2019 elements that have illegally invaded our country \u2026 making America energy independent and even dominant again, and immediately ending the war between Russia and Ukraine \u2014 I will do all of that \u2014 I will appoint a real special \u2018prosecutor\u2019 to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, the entire Biden crime family, and all others involved with the destruction of our elections, borders, and country itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are destroying America, and they\u2019re going to pay a price for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cNOW THAT THE \u201cSEAL\u201d IS BROKEN\u2026I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL \u201cPROSECUTOR\u201d TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, &#038; ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS, &#038; COUNTRY ITSELF!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4dbLb7INKm\">pic.twitter.com\/4dbLb7INKm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shannon Ford \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@shannonfordUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shannonfordUSA\/status\/1669804787301515268?\">June 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rubio responded to Bash that Trump \u201chas repeatedly said his revenge will be to make America great again, to undo all their bad public policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump was president for four years,\u201d the senator continued. \u201cHe didn\u2019t go after Hillary Clinton. He didn\u2019t go after Joe Biden. He didn\u2019t go after Barack Obama. He didn\u2019t go after any of their consultants. We didn\u2019t see from him what we\u2019re seeing now.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP Senator Marco Rubio of Florida strongly rejected the claims that former President Donald Trump would target his political opponents if re-elected, stating that it is actually President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration that has been actively doing so. Rubio expressed discomfort with the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, pointing out that the Biden Justice Department&#8217;s actions have made it necessary to discuss this issue. He criticized the administration for using the courts to persecute and prosecute Trump and his allies, contrasting this with the lack of similar actions against prominent Democrats during Trump&#8217;s presidency. Rubio emphasized that Trump&#8217;s focus is on making America great again, not going after his political opponents. He also highlighted the importance of the upcoming 2024 election and the need for unity to fight for the country&#8217;s future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":2290732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Dana-Marco.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,9373,34273,5438,32640],"class_list":["post-2290731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-cnn","tag-political-enemies","tag-rubio","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Dana-Marco.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}