‘Washed Up’ MSNBC Political Strategist Owned For His Offensive Remarks To Senator

As the Democratic National Convention dragged on a fight broke out between Sen. Marco Rubio and MSNBC contributor Steve Schmidt.

The feud began on Twitter Monday night after Rubio poked fun at Eva Longoria for being the first master of ceremonies at the convention.

“Brilliant move!” said the senator.  “No one is more in touch with the challenges & obstacles faced by everyday Americans than actors & celebrities.”

This jab set Schmidt off and he decided to go after Rubio by citing his father, a Cuban immigrant.

“I was just thinking about you. Your Father fled Castro’s tyranny with nothing but the clothes on his back. He tended bar in the back of the room and watched you rise to the heights of political power within one generation. Only in America,” Schmidt shot back, “Of course, the origin story was an embellishment. Your parents came in ‘56. They weren’t fleeing communism. They were just looking for a better life like the hard working immigrants you have abandoned because you fear Trump and love your position. We are living in a moment where our institutions are under assault and Trump is attacking our 231-year-old tradition of free and fair elections.”

“At long last we know the type of man Marco Rubio is. He is no friend of liberty. He is an apparatchik at heart,” he continued. “A self-interested enabler and a collaborator with the indecency he once denounced. Rubio is the type of man who would have stayed in Cuba in 59. He is the type of ambitious young man who would have sensed new opportunities. He is the type of man who would have gladly held Castro’s coat if it helped him rise, just a little.”

On Tuesday, Rubio retorted, “Schmidt is the type of man who turns to political prostitution. The type of washed-up man who sensed new opportunities to make some $. The type of man who gladly supports a party with prominent members who sympathize with Castro because it helps him be relevant, just a little.”

Schmidt then called Rubio a “timid and frightened man” and accused him of being “silent” while President Trump “wrecked the country with his incompetence and malice.”

That’s when other GOP senators joined in and blasted Schmidt’s remarks.

Rick Scott wrote, “Marco is right. Steve Schmidt has always hated conservative. His opinion is meaningless. Telling a Cuban-American leader like @marcorubio that he would have supported Castro is offensive and idiotic.”

Even Senator Ted Cruz spoke up to defend his colleague, “Marco and I haven’t always agreed but to see him slandered by this oleaginous creating is shameful. Schmidt wouldn’t understand – he’s spent his life serving, and then betraying powerful men – but for those whose families suffered and bled under Castro’s tyranny, this is beyond the pale.”