Secretary of State Marco Rubio has sparred with CBS host Margaret Brennan about Vice President Vance's speech in Munich.
Rubio Participation Brennan from “Face the Nation” on Sunday. There, when asked what Vance achieved by meeting with leaders of far-right political groups, he says that censorship is the biggest threat to Europe.
“Why are we irritated by our allies or someone who is free speech or someone expressing their views?” Rubio asked. “At the end, we are democratic.”
Rubio highlighted the countries involved in the security conference in Munich. There, Vance accused European officials of censoring speeches they opposed.
“The Munich Security Conference is primarily a conference of democracy, and one of the things we cherish, and values are our ability to speak freely and provide your opinion,” Rubio said. Ta.
Rubio argued that no one needs to agree with Vance's comments, but that his speech was “historical.” The Vice President's actions sparked sharp criticism.
“I thought it was actually a rather historic speech, whether you agree with him or not,” Rubio said. “The effective points he does for Europe are the true values we share, the values we associate with Europe with freedom of speech and democracy, and our shared history of winning two world wars. I think you're worried that it's something like that.”
Brennan pushed Rubio back, claiming that Vance's comments had been criticized for being in Germany, a country with difficult history, and had taken controversial actions.
“I have to disagree with you,” Rubio said. “Free speech was not used to implement genocide. Genocide was carried out by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to arise by coincidence, as Jews disliked minorities.”
