State Department Official Deletes Offensive Tweets About Marco Rubio

Darren Beattie, a top State Department official, removed posts mocking Secretary of State Marco Rubio's intelligence and spreading baseless rumors about his sexuality.

Darren Beattie, acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, deleted tweets calling Marco Rubio 'low IQ' and referencing unfounded claims about his sexuality.
Beattie previously attended a white nationalist conference and was fired from the Trump administration in 2018 before founding a far-right media outlet.
The deleted tweets included references to conspiracy theories about Rubio's teenage years and sarcastic remarks about his political positions.
Beattie’s appointment has drawn criticism from Democrats and advocacy groups for his history of inflammatory and offensive rhetoric.
Rubio has declined to comment on Beattie’s past remarks but stated that Beattie’s focus in his role would be on addressing concerns about online censorship.