Rubio sends cryptic tweet about villains, 'crooked talk'

Some saw Rubio’s cryptic tweet as being in response to Trump’s statements

Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio published a cryptic message on Twitter on Friday, leaving many to wonder whether it the lawmaker’s way of weighing in on the recent discourse around the 2020 election race. 

“Scoundrels, villains, are they who deal in crooked talk,” Rubio tweeted on Friday morning, citing. “Proverbs 6:12”.

Rubio is known to tweet a Bible verse each day. However, his tweet came just a day after President Donald Trump delivered a speech in which he lashed out at Democrats, making baseless accusations that the party had tried to “steal the election".

“If you count the legal votes, I easily win," Trump said from the White House on Thursday, as ballot counting put Democratic challenged Joe Biden ahead.

The president suggested that Biden’s lead was due to “illegal votes”, without offering any evidence to support his claim.

"If you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. If you count the votes that came in late, we’re looking at them very strongly,” Trump said. 

Some saw Rubio’s cryptic tweet as being in response to Trump’s statements, with journalist Helen Kennedy responding to the post with: "Welcome to the resistance."

While it is unclear whether Rubio’s tweet was in reference to Trump’s comments, in another post, the GOP senator wrote: “Faith in our election is as important as the outcome."

“Preserving it requires not allowing the outcome to be decided by either the media or a candidate,” he wrote.

“Transparently count every legally cast vote & allow courts to decide claims of irregularities or fraud on the basis of evidence,” he further said.

Other GOP senators have weighed in more directly on Trump’s remarks, with Republican Sen. Rick Santorum asserting that it is “dangerous” for a president to “claim fraud without any evidence”.