Republican Senator Marco Rubio was in a heated clash with Inforwars' Alex Jones and threatened to 'take care of you myself' after the conservative commentator crashed his TV interview to question him on social media bias against conservatives.
Rubio had stepped outside of Wednesday's Senate Intelligence Committee where executives from Facebook and Twitter were testifying about their companies' responsibility against fake accounts and perceived bias on their platforms.
The Republican senator from Florida was talking to a reporter from CNBC when Jones, a radio host who promotes conspiracy theories and has been banned from multiple social media platforms, confronted the lawmaker.
Sen. Marco Rubio and Inforwars' Alex Jones had an extraordinary confrontation in a Senate hallway
At one point, Jones touched Rubio's shoulder
'Get your hand off me,' Rubio said. 'I'll take care of you myself'
Jones interrupted Rubio's interview to ask him about social media bias against conservatives
Several social media users posted video of exchange, which happened in the hallway of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
The extraordinary back-and-forth showed Jones getting into Rubio's space, touching him at one point, which led the senator to threaten him back.
The two men also exchanged in name calling with Jones calling Rubio a 'snake' and a 'frat boy' while Rubio referred to Jones as a 'clown.'
Jones walked up to Rubio mid-interview to ask about social media companies bias against conservatives, an issue he has repeatedly promoted and President Donald Trump has tweeted about.
Rubio initially brushed him off, saying: 'My broader concerns is about what foreign governments are trying to do in elections.'
Jones pressed his case while Rubio continued to speak to the CNBC reporter.
'He's not answering,' Jones said of the senator.
'He's a weird one,' Rubio muttered. Then he said he didn't know who Jones was. 'Is that a heckler? … I Don't know who you are man. I don't know your website.'
Jones snapped back: 'That's why you didn't get elected. You're snake-like. Marco Rubio is a snake. A little frat boy there.'
'Alright man, who are you? I swear to God, I don't know who you are,' Rubio responded.
'Info wars,' a reporter tells Rubio.
Jones jumped in: 'He knows who Infowars is.'
He then pats Rubio on the shoulder.
Rubio flinches. 'Get your hand off. Don't touch me again man. I'm asking you not to touch me.'
Jones asked if Rubio was going to get him arrested.
Rubio said he'd take care of Jones himself. 'I don't know who you are man. You're not going to arrested. You're not going to get arrested. I'll take care of you myself,' he said.
Jones responded: 'Oh he'll beat me up.'
'I didn't say that.' Rubio laughs.
'You're not going to silence me,' Jones said 'You are literally like a gangster thug. Rubio just literally threatened to take care of me.'
Rubio concluded talking to reporters and said he had to return to the hearing, adding: 'You guys can talk to this clown.'
'Go back to your bathhouse,' Jones yelled after him.
Google, Facebook, Spotify, and Apple banned Jones from their platforms. Earlier in August, Twitter banned Jones and his website Infowars from tweeting for seven days, saying their tweets violated company’s rules against abusive behavior.
Jones, an avid Trump supporter, appealed directly to the president to put an end to 'censorship' after his content was pulled.
Since then, Trump has tweeted multiple times about the issue, including on August 18 when he accused social media of 'totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices' and vowing: 'We won't let that happen.'
Trump charged social media companies with 'trying to silence conservatives.'
Rubio said he didn't know who Jones was
The exchange featured Rubio and Jones calling each other names
Donald Trump claims that social media companies are 'trying to silence conservatives,'
Jones had been in the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday, sitting in the front row
'I think that Google, and Facebook and Twitter, I think they treat conservatives and Republicans very unfairly,' he told reporters in August.
Jones had been in the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday, sitting in the front row as Facebook Chief Operating Office Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey faced questioning from senators concerned about an outside meddling in the upcoming midterm election.
Rubio sits on the committee.
The Florida Senator has a security detail with him on Capitol Hill after concerns Diosdado Cabello, the influential former military chief in Venezuela, may have put out a hit order on Rubio, the Miami Herald reported.
Rubio has frequently attacked Cabello, calling him 'the Pablo Escobar of Venezuela.'
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Main photo article Republican Senator Marco Rubio was in a heated clash with Inforwars’ Alex Jones and threatened to ‘take care of you myself’ after the conservative commentator crashed his TV interview to question him on social media bias against conservatives.
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