{"id":2689280,"date":"2026-10-21T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-marco-rubio-gives-scathing-response-when-reporter-cites-un-experts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:28:00","slug":"watch-marco-rubio-gives-scathing-response-when-reporter-cites-un-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-marco-rubio-gives-scathing-response-when-reporter-cites-un-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Marco Rubio Gives Scathing Response When Reporter Cites &#8216;UN Experts&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwatch-marco-rubio-gives-scathing-response-when-reporter-cites-un-experts%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=2689280&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 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\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The eye-roll said it all.<\/p>\n<p>During a visit to India Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio fielded a question about ongoing political turbulence in the world\u2019s most populous country by taking a direct shot at the United Nations \u2014 the world\u2019s most meddlesome organization.<\/p>\n<p>And the U.N. elites better have been listening.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came during a news conference, when a reporter framed a question about protests in the subcontinent with a reference to \u201cU.N. experts.\u201d With a sideways glance that looked somewhere between pained boredom and passing gas, Rubio made it clear he wasn\u2019t buying the premise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SECRETARY RUBIO: \u201cUN experts\u201d \u2014 yeah, my favorite. The \u201cUN experts\u201d are an oxymoron. https:\/\/t.co\/7XgPeUEKwh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of State (@StateDept) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StateDept\/status\/2112864683950494195?\">October 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, the U.N. experts?\u201d he said with scathing sarcasm. \u201cMy favorite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018U.N. experts\u2019 are an oxymoron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the top diplomat of the world\u2019s most powerful country, it wasn\u2019t diplomatic at all \u2014 but it neatly summed up the Trump administration\u2019s view on the hidebound, corruption-ridden world organization that appears to run mainly on terrorist sympathies, hatred for Israel, and poisonous envy of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>And what, exactly, do amorphous \u201cU.N. experts\u201d have to do with the subject at hand?<\/p>\n<p>The context of the question was protests in India over India\u2019s Election Commission\u2019s effort to prune the country\u2019s voter rolls. That might be in order to ensure accuracy, as the government maintains, according to the Indian English-language channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/india\/sir-explained-why-election-roll-revision-triggered-political-storm-and-voter-rights-concerns-article-156210868\">TimesNow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It might be a thinly veiled effort by the government to weaken its opposition, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/10\/21\/nx-s1-5997960\/india-voter-rolls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR frames it<\/a> \u2014 naturally. (It wouldn\u2019t be an NPR report without an utterly superfluous reference to American \u201cJim Crow laws.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>But what is clear is that, as Rubio put it, it\u2019s a \u201cdomestic political matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to get involved in their politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to opine on their domestic political matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio pointed out to the reporter that the very protests that were the subject of the question are evidence of a society that takes democracy seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just said a moment ago, as part of your question, \u2018the opposition.\u2019 For example, in Cuba, there is no opposition, like, that can actually go out and do anything without going to jail and being oppressed and exiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to comment on internal political matters. That\u2019s for the Indian people to decide and navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the common sense of the answer, the fact that it was Rubio\u2019s own State Department that published it to the social media platform X shows just how clearly he is projecting his contempt for the \u201cU.N. experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that contempt is richly deserved.<\/p>\n<p>The laughably named U.N. Human Rights Council (Cuba is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hr-bodies\/hrc\/membership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an active member<\/a>) is led by a council president who saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/statements-and-speeches\/2026\/10\/statement-ambassador-sidharto-reza-suryodipuro-president-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fit to honor<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/who-navi-pillay-nobel-peace-prize-winners-un-record-renews-fierce-antisemitism-accusations\">raging anti-Semite<\/a> who won this year\u2019s Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<p>It was U.N. \u201cexperts\u201d who ran the United Nations Relief and Works Agency that literally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/12-un-agency-employees-involved-oct-7-hamas-attack-biden-reinstated-funding-trump-pulled-report\/\">contributed terrorist fighters<\/a> to the savagery of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s U.N. experts who provided the dubious welcome President Donald Trump received in 2025 when a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-rips-real-disgrace-un-three-sinister-events\/\">suspiciously timed events<\/a> appeared aimed at making Trump\u2019s speech to the General Assembly a failure.<\/p>\n<p>Spare us, in short, the \u201cU.N. experts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s sarcasm, on full display Wednesday, sent a message around the world about how the U.S. views the world body.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that his State Department posted it on social media underscores how much Rubio wanted to get that message out.<\/p>\n<p>But really, the eye-roll said it all.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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