Internal Memo on Abducted Tufts Student Exposes Marco Rubio as 'Stone-Cold Liar'

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/rumeysa-ozturk-memo

Internal Memo on Abducted Tufts Student Exposes Marco Rubio as 'Stone-Cold Liar'

A State Department memo found that the secretary of state failed to produce a shred of evidence that Rumeysa Ozturk took part in antisemitic activity or showed support for a terrorist group.

JAKE JOHNSON
Apr 14, 2025

An internal U.S. State Department memo written days before plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents abducted Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk last month found that the Trump administration did not produce any evidence demonstrating that the doctoral student took part in antisemitic activity or showed support for a terrorist group.

That finding, revealed in Sunday reporting by The Washington Post, undercuts Secretary of State Marco Rubio's repeated insistence that Ozturk and other students who have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration have engaged in "impermissible actions taken to support designated foreign terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Houthis."

"The key takeaway from this story is that Marco Rubio is a stone-cold liar," wrote political scientist Daniel Drezner.


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[Doodley]

1. He sold his soul to the devil. And that devil goes by the by name of Trump.

[flashman13]

8. Rubio has no soul and he has been a liar since day one.

He launched his political career with a bald faced lie. He tried to parlay his Cuban heritage into a political asset by claiming he was the son of immigrants that fled Castro's regime. That was a lie. His family left Cuba in 1956 well before Castro came to power.

[Mblaze]

2. False Witness

Is the MAGA Christian's bread and butter.

[rubbersole]

3. Duh.

Speaking as a Floridian.

[Martin Eden]

4. 2 REQUIREMENTS to work for Trump:

1. Absolute FEALTY to Dear Leader
2. Willingness to be a STONE COLD LIAR

[DENVERPOPS]

5. You missed

that if you are a Republican woman, wanting to work for Trump, you have to get the pre-requisite massive plastic surgery, tons of Lipo suction, a very prominent "Republican Rack", and a lobotomy.........................and carry with you a pair of knee pads for getting down and kissing his............ring....

[Martin Eden]

6. I'n not sure how those physical alterations apply to Lindsay Graham

But I have no doubt he has the knee pads.

[DENVERPOPS]

13. Maybe Epstein

knows something special about Lindsay, that he shared with Trump and Trump shared with Lindsay to keep him in line......

[BidenRocks]

7. All this time,

I thought it was about Palestiine.

[ToxMarz]

9. Sorry, NO! "The key takeaway is that Marco Rubio is a stone-cold liar..

Marco Rubio being a stone-cold liar is the premise of any discussion relating to him.

[bagimin]

10. As a 70 year south Floridian, let me state for the record

Rubio is a piece of crap.

[lark]

11. Lying with abandon is one of the basic tenets tsf needed to see before he even considered anyone.

Of course the top trait was the willingness to sign on to 100% loyalty for tsf, even when he's acting to install a fascist regime.

[IcyPeas]

12. We now live in a country where trumps goons are grabbing people off the street...

who they don't like.