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Marco Rubio Supports Amazon Union Drive Because Management Is Too Woke

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washingto... Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2021. (Photo by Greg Nash / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS

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March 12, 2021 12:34 p.m.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) published a fascinating piece of rhetorical jiu-jitsu Friday morning, attempting to at once to exercise the faux-populist political messaging popular with some Republicans in recent years, while also dismissing most unionization efforts as left-wing bullying.

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