Marco Rubio: New York Times Pushes Castro Propaganda

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says that The New York Times is doing nothing more than pushing the "Castro regime's propaganda" with its latest story on what Cubans think of the presidential hopeful.

The Times published an article Sunday titled "Marco Rubio Is Cuba's Least Favorite Son," citing Cuban residents who say they fear a Rubio presidency because "he's against Cuba in every possible way" and that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton "understands much more the case of Cuba." 

The Florida Republican responded with a series of Tweets:

NYT follows up traffic tix & "luxury speedboat" stories with expose of Castro regime's propaganda on me. #nicetry

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 6, 2015

For the record, I'm proud that the Castro regime feels threatened by us. They fear freedom and democracy.

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 6, 2015

My goal is a free Cuba. Lifting the embargo with no meaningful reforms will only strengthen Castro regime

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 6, 2015

The article comes after the Times attacked Rubio for racking up traffic tickets from red light cameras and for purchasing what it called an $80,000 luxury speedboat, which was really a modest fishing boat.

The Times was harshly criticized for the expose on Rubio's finances, which helped him raise $100,000 in the five days following the publication of the article.

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