Florida Senator Marco Rubio received a great deal of backlash on Saturday morning after tweeting out a plea to God to keep him "safe' which was preceded by two tweets making fun of the CDC after they provided COVID-19 guidance for pregnant people.
Prior to Rubio's quoting Scripture, he linked to the CDC advisory and wrote, "The @CDC today urged pregnant & recently pregnant men to get vaccinated because they are more likely to get severely ill with COVID-19 compared with non-pregnant men," before adding, "Also according to the CDC, recent reports have shown that breastfeeding men who have received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have antibodies in their breastmilk, which could help protect their babies."
While the Florida Rep[ublican was lambasted for his awkward stab at humor over vaccinations, his Saturday tweet, where he wrote, "Keep me safe, O God; in you I take refuge. Psalms 16:1" provoked its own backlash as you can see below:
Yeah, that's the prayer of every Florida school child and teacher, who needs protection from people like you.— Mark Sumner (@Mark Sumner) 1628949930
\u25c4 Exodus 20:7 \u25ba\n\n\u201cYou shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.\u201d— Lula Rodriguez (@Lula Rodriguez) 1628946244
pic.twitter.com/zlrtviG8RJ— Robert.Southwell (@Robert.Southwell) 1628946567
I\u2019m sure that the families of your constituents who die from what is, at this point, an almost entirely preventable disease will take solace in knowing that you\u2019re doing everything in your ability to help them.\n\n#GOPDeathCult— \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8TrashRat\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8TrashRat\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1628950806
God: Use the brain I gave you. Wear a mask. Get the vaccine. Otherwise you will reap what you sow.— \ud83c\udf78 Blondish \ud83c\udf78 (@\ud83c\udf78 Blondish \ud83c\udf78) 1628951379
You picked a good one this time, @marcorubio . Now it\u2019s time to start acting like you believe in God and the Bible, not using talking about it as a cheap misleading substitute.— Greg Mercer (@Greg Mercer) 1628947684
\u201cWhere there is no guidance, a people falls, but in abundance of counselors there is safety.\u201d Proverbs 11:14\n\n\u201cOur Gov & Senators refuse to listen to doctors & educators. They put our children at risk of disease. To be safe, we must vote them out in 11/22\u201d\nFloridians 8:22— Marty (@Marty) 1628947836
Keep you safe? What about our teachers and Children? It's not all about you.— CLPitsallgood (@CLPitsallgood) 1628946066
"If you want to be protected, wear a mask and get vaccinated, you ignoramus." - God— Dr. Ward Q. Normal (@Dr. Ward Q. Normal) 1628956144
"Keep me safe" as in vote "No" on an infrastructure bill that would spend \n\n- $13 billion for SAFER highway projects\n- $245 million replacements of UNSAFE bridges\n- $2.6 billion for SAFE public transportation\n\nin Florida!\n\nAmen & Hallelujah!pic.twitter.com/GNSJHUZ7yV— Walpurga M\u00fcller-Schm (@Walpurga M\u00fcller-Schm) 1628947234
Outtakes from Jan 6th while you were hiding in a bunker?— Brian Rosenworcel (@Brian Rosenworcel) 1628945828
Resign 16:1— Happiness is Here Again \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a (@Happiness is Here Again \ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udf0a) 1628945688
