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Rubio’s MAGA Makeover: From MarcoPhones to Butterworth’s Barfly

Rubio’s MAGA Makeover: From MarcoPhones to Butterworth’s Barfly

Once torched by Bannon’s Breitbart brigade, Marco Rubio now cozies up to the very crowd that tried to knife him. Turns out, political reinvention just takes a short memory — and a stiff drink.

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May 14, 2025
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A story in today’s Washington Post caught my eye. Marco Rubio, once the clean-cut crown prince of Reaganism, now shamelessly basking in the warm, sticky glow of MAGA adoration.

As The Post reports, Rubio

attended a party last month at the Trump-friendly restaurant Butterworth’s on Capitol Hill, an event that was hosted by [Steve] Bannon’s podcast.

Rubio, …

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