David Hogg posted a viral tweet Thursday morning claiming that Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, was afraid to satisfy him and can be “triggered” by the school pupil’s presence.
That was unfaithful.
In response to exchanges on social media compiled on the Day by day Wire and elsewhere, Mr. Hogg not solely had been set to satisfy with Mr. Rubio on Thursday afternoon, however even had press protection scheduled.
“You have to be confused as we had a 2p assembly scheduled with you. Nevertheless, since you’re mendacity and clearly utilizing this all for self-promotion, that assembly is now cancelled,” Michael Needham, Mr. Rubio’s chief of workers, instructed Mr. Hogg on Twitter.
“Don’t lie once more — we’ve got receipts,” he warned.
Mr. Hogg, a liberal gun-control activist who survived a 2018 college capturing, had talked trash Thursday morning about Mr. Rubio’s concern of him.
“Rubio workers stated I can’t meet with him or his workers as a result of I ‘set off’ him,” he claimed in a tweet that tagged Mr. Rubio and received greater than 5,000 retweets and quote-tweets.
“Nobody stated such a factor,” Mr. Needham replied.
As for the assembly, Mr. Needham not solely instructed Mr. Hogg that the assembly was off, however stated there have been impartial witnesses to its having been scheduled.
“The reporter doing a profile of you is aware of the assembly is actual since she was emailing yesterday with our comms crew about it,” he instructed him earlier than giving the “receipts” warning.
Mr. Hogg apologized for calling Mr. Rubio a coward as “an trustworthy mistake.” He deleted the false tweet and blamed his staffers.
“An trustworthy mistake, received our conferences confused within the flurry and my workers misinformed me. I apologize,” Mr. Hogg wrote Friday afternoon after the cancellation.
Nevertheless, he added in a tweet that tagged Mr. Rubio, “we’d nonetheless love to satisfy with you and have an trustworthy, respectful dialogue.”
