Sen. Marco Rubio Goes After Salt Bae For Feeding Venezuela’s Dictator

We millennials are ALL about funny memes. You can find one for virtually every situation.

Some examples:

This brings me to #SaltBae. This guy. Nusret Gökçe.

Here’s the video that made him famous:

Then came the memes. They’re actually some of my favorites.

There. Now you’re sufficiently familiar with #SaltBae.

WELLLLLLLLLL. Salt Bae is under fire for posting videos of himself feeding Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. You know. While the remainder of the country STARVES.

Salt Bae originally posted the clips on Twitter but deleted them. But no worries– we have it for you here!

I know things are wild lately, but I never expected to see Salt Bae serving a feast to Nicolas Maduro pic.twitter.com/ao6dmLqRZe

— Jesus Rodriguez (@jesusrodriguezb) September 17, 2018

That is NOT a good look, Salt Bae.

Sen. Marco Rubio went OFF.

I don’t know who this weirdo #Saltbae is, but the guy he is so proud to host is not the President of #Venezuela. He is actually the overweight dictator of a nation where 30% of the people eat only once a day & infants are suffering from malnutrition. https://t.co/sSNPK9cAAx

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018

This guy @nusr_ett who admires dictator @NicolasMaduro so much actually owns a steakhouse in, of all places, #Miami. It’s called NUSR-ET STEAKHOUSE MIAMI located at 999 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131
The phone number is 1 305 415 9990 in case anyone wanted to call. https://t.co/7CDkgHVZWh

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018

While some like @nusr_ett feed dictators like Nicolas Maduro, others are helping to feed innocent children being starved by the Maduro regime in #Venezuela. https://t.co/mCAUd2gJ65

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018

I’m really disappointed in Salt Bae. The Venezuelan people are STARVING. They’ve resorted to eating zoo animals. Many only eat once a day, if at all. Nearly one-third of Venezuelans say they eat “nothing or close to nothing.” People have lost so much weight that they joke about being on the “Maduro diet.”

Anyway, people are now accusing Rubio of doxxing, because he published this guy’s restaurant’s info with negative intentions.

This guy Marco Rubio is a US Senator. Maduro may be a filthy dictator ruining his country…. but this is doxxing and incitement to harass https://t.co/ZPrlrYFhB4

— Giles Dilnot (@reporterboy) September 18, 2018

Government officials doxing people is straight out of the Donald J Trump playbook and it’s never good. Though seeing someone so self-righteous do it is kind of amazing. https://t.co/IYlFyIQ6Yn

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 18, 2018

Is Marco Rubio trying to incite a hate crime? https://t.co/PrO8OWeIae

— David Klion🌹🔥 (@DavidKlion) September 18, 2018

Please report this loser to Twitter for targeted harassment.

I vehemently oppose Maduro’s dictatorship, but @marcorubio can’t make a right with two wrongs and needs to be sent to Twitter jail for a while.

As a public official, he should know this is wrong.#TuesdayThoughts https://t.co/Q0zbeqs7Cf

— Grant Stern (@grantstern) September 18, 2018

There you have it. This is happening. This is the Salt Bae v. Rubio drama.

Sadly, I will never look at that meme the same way again.