Rubio Spox Appears on CNN to Trash Their Reporting: ‘Stop Reading That Sort of Fiction’
CNN broke some news earlier tonight that Marco Rubio‘s own advisors are saying he should drop out, and it’s a source of friction within the campaign. One anonymous source said, “He doesn’t want to get killed in his home state.”
Boy, did that really piss off Team Rubio.
Rubio communications director Alex Conant was quick to appear on CNN with Wolf Blitzer to completely refute that reporting, informing Blitzer it’s “utter nonsense” and the reporters involved did not contact the Rubio campaign before running that “absolutely false” story. He said, “CNN is doing a disservice to voters by doing that sort of reporting.”
When Blitzer continued to ask Conant about the report, Conant asked him to “stop reading that sort of fiction on air.” He demanded to know how the report made it to air without contacting the campaign first.
Blitzer said he assumed reporter Jamie Gangel spoke to people within the Rubio camp. Conant said, “I have not talked to anybody that she spoke to.”
UPDATE –– 3/8, 6:53 pm EST: CNN said in a statement afterwards, “CNN had multiple sources on this reporting, and we stand by it 100 percent.”
Watch above, via CNN.
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