Marco Rubio is receiving an avalanche of tweets today pushing back on his criticism of Joe Biden’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon. He was apparently offended by something the incoming deputy chief of staff told Glamour magazine. This was reportedly the passage in question:

The president-elect was able to connect with people over this sense of unity. In the primary, people would mock him, like, “You think you can work with Republicans?” I’m not saying they’re not a bunch of fuckers. Mitch McConnell is terrible. But this sense that you couldn’t wish for that, you couldn’t wish for this bipartisan ideal? He rejected that. From start to finish, he set out with this idea that unity was possible, that together we are stronger, that we, as a country, need healing, and our politics needs that too.

Rubio took note of Dillon’s use of the f-word.

Biden talks about unity and healing, but you want to know what they really think?

Read how the person he wants as the next WH deputy chief of staff called Republicans in Congress a bunch of f***ers

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 17, 2020

Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty writes:

Rubio was joined in his outrage by many other Republicans, who apparently are unaware that among the things that President Trump has achieved in his single term is bringing swearing into the mainstream. On just one day in 2019, this newspaper used the word “bullshit” five times in quoting Trump’s rants about his impeachment. Trump cusses liberally at his rallies, knowing it brings cheers from his devoted supporters. They see it as evidence of his toughness and willingness to call things the way he sees them.

And people aren’t hesitating to remind Rubio that he too was vulgar in his description of the president.

Marco Rubio ended his embarrassing failure of a Presidential campaign talking about the size of Donald Trump’s penis so perhaps he shouldn’t be taken seriously as an arbiter of decorum in American politics. https://t.co/k04EsLmvsn

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) December 17, 2020

Are we really talking about the f word in any context other than the f-ing people who stood by Trump as he boasted about “grabbing women in the pussy”, smeared “shit hole countries” called black NFL players “sons of bitches” and assaulted our democracy while ignoring covid?

— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) December 17, 2020

>@marcorubio , what would you call a group that does nothing about a pandemic that has killed 300,000 & refuses to stand up for Democracy? A group that is holding hearings suggesting the election is not over while Russia just attacked us? Fuckers or Republicans? https://t.co/sUhehJHtRP

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 17, 2020

Perhaps there is some sexism on display here too if Rubio is offended because profanity came from a woman.

What hypocritical hogwash. You have supported to the ends of the earth the most foul-mouthed racist ever to hold the presidency. And a single remark from a female aide offends you?! Spare me.

— Jennifer Truth Over Phony Balance Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) December 17, 2020

Marco spent the last four years showing everyone what a weak little chickenshit he is. Now he wants us to believe he’s offended by a woman using profanity. Pathetic.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) December 17, 2020

https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1339568922501242881

Meanwhile New York Magazine points out:

If you read the actual interview, which was mostly about how Dillon personally navigated the perils of a presidential campaign while dealing with three kids and other family issues, it is abundantly clear that she fully endorses Biden’s outreach to Republicans. Indeed, the point she was making is that it’s critical in government to work with people you have no reason to trust or even respect: