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Deuxcents

(22,558 posts)
3. He was on fire right of from the start..emotional, too about too many kids dying on our watch thanks to
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 10:31 PM
Jun 2

Rubio’s lack of spine.

cliffside

(947 posts)
5. Really, Secretary Rubio? I'm Lying About the Kids Dying Under Trump?
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 10:36 PM
Jun 2

Lawrence just covered this story

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/opinion/rubio-usaid-africa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ME8.31Sr.LETY5wx5W1nB&smid=url-share

"While testifying before Congress, Rubio claimed that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development had not cost any lives.

“No children are dying on my watch,” he asserted. At another point in the hearing, he broadened his statement to include adults as well: “No one has died because of U.S.A.I.D.”

This is ludicrous: The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. So Representative Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, challenged Rubio, citing reporting overseas by me and by Reuters of individuals who died as a result of the shutdown of American humanitarian aid.

... So let me help Rubio with the truth. Meet Evan Anzoo, a 5-year-old boy who was born with H.I.V. in South Sudan..."

Solly Mack

(95,069 posts)
6. How are those deaths not intentional? The withdrawal of funds was deliberate. The consequences for doing so were known.
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 10:39 PM
Jun 2

The deaths were expected.

Intentional. Deliberate. I daresay, the desired results.

GoodRaisin

(10,242 posts)
7. Lawrence really roasted Musk and Rubio tonight for their dismantling pf USAID.
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 11:06 PM
Jun 2

Called out the world’s richest man for his heartlessness pulling aid to Africa and taking food from starving children and Rubio’s lying to Congress about the dying children. Lawrence tore them both new assholes.

Rhiannon12866

(235,946 posts)
8. Here's the video for those who missed it:
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 12:15 AM
Jun 3


Lawrence on USAID cuts: With Musk and Trump, 'soulless mindless entities are what you see' - The Last Word - MSNBC
https://democraticunderground.com/132149541

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