Day 2: Rubio Enters a Hostile Clown Show, and... Well, You Just Have to See This
Secretary of State Marco Rubio faced a chaotic hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the FY27 Department of State Budget Request. The session was marked by confrontational questioning and distractions, with members of Congress focusing on unrelated topics. Rubio described the atmosphere as more of a circus than a serious hearing.
- ▪Rubio's testimony was characterized by hostile questioning from committee members.
- ▪One representative criticized Rubio for not mentioning Ukraine in his opening remarks.
- ▪Another congressman played videos of Donald Trump during the hearing, which Rubio found incredulous.
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Day 2: Rubio Enters a Hostile Clown Show, and... Well, You Just Have to See This Sarah Anderson | 1:35 PM on June 03, 2026 AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana "Is this the Foreign Affairs Committee, or is this a circus?" That quote from Secretary of State Marco Rubio pretty much sums up what happened on Wednesday morning when he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the FY27 Department of State Budget Request. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); In case you missed it, this is Rubio's second day of hearings on Capitol Hill, and what he's had to deal with so far today makes yesterday look tame. These Congress critters aren't serious people.
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