Marco Rubio has undermined Trey Gowdy’s paltry plea for his fellow Republicans to refrain from fundraising off the House Select Committee on Benghazi before, and he is up to his old ways again today, building his campaign’s email list off the Republican’s political farce.
Last year, Gowdy insisted that the investigation into the attacks in Benghazi “ought to be above politics” while the National Republican Congressional Committee launched BenghaziWatchdogs.com to solicit donations.
In September, Gowdy was forced to back out off a fundraiser for Rubio that he quietly agreed to headline after news broke that Rubio planned to hold the event at a Hitler art collector’s home on Yom Kippur eve:
Update: @TGowdySC is no longer able to attend @MarcoRubio's fundraiser today in Dallas, according to Gowdy's office.
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) September 22, 2015
And today, while Gowdy’s is putting on the biggest prosecutorial performance of his career, Rubio has sent out a tweet seeking to build his campaign’s email list by asking supporters to “Stand with Trey Gowdy as he uncovers the truth about Hillary Clinton’s actions as Secretary of State”:
SIGN and stand with Trey Gowdy as he uncovers the truth about Hillary Clinton’s actions as Secretary of State.
—> https://t.co/MiI4cSYD1f— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) October 22, 2015
Of course, Rubio is not the only Republican presidential candidate to betray Gowdy’s assurance that politics has nothing to do with the Benghazi hearing.
For some reason, Mick Huckabee’s campaign felt it had to prove to its supporters that the governor was indeed following along with the hearing between campaign stops in Iowa:
On the trail today but monitoring the #Benghazi hearing. Still waiting for the truth from @HillaryClinton. pic.twitter.com/zl2jt0Zi7Q
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 22, 2015
In fact, for Huckabee, Clinton’s testimony seems to have taken over his Twitter feed today:
Better odds: @HillaryClinton telling the truth in her #BenghaziCommittee testimony or that Nigerian prince wiring me money? #Benghazi
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 22, 2015
.@HillaryClinton giving candid assessment on #Benghazi as likely as @RealDonaldTrump & Rosie O'Donnell paddle-boating the Potomac together
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 22, 2015
You already sent me a copy of your book, @HillaryClinton… https://t.co/JsbFdmAEV4 #Benghazi #BenghaziCommittee
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 22, 2015
.@HillaryClinton – It's not about why Chris Stevens was IN #Benghazi, it's about why he wasn't rescued OUT!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 22, 2015
Rep. Cummings quoted me. Yes, I did say "warning calls from dying Americans" in #Benghazi were ignored. Glad it's now in the record!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) October 22, 2015
