Macro Rubio Hired a Neo Nazi to Canvas for His Campaign | Christopher Monzon

<p>Hey Identifier,&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://floridapolitics.com/archives/567265-democrats-call-on-marco-rubio-to-fire-christopher-monzon/</p> <p><br></p> <p>#macrorubio #christophermonzon #nazi</p> <p><br></p> <p>Violence should never play a part when campaign canvassers are out doing their job, but Florida Democrats say a Republican canvasser — with a violent arrest in his past — should not have had that job.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The political press has been awash with stories since Christopher Monzon was attacked while canvassing for U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in Hialeah Sunday night. The Senator went viral with a tweet showing pictures of Monzon battered and bloodied in a campaign T-shirt. Rubio said that the attack was politically motivated.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Now, though, Democrats have questions for Rubio about why Monzon was hired to canvas for the GOP in the first place. Monzon pleaded no contest in 2017 to assault with a deadly weapon and inciting to riot as protesters asked for Confederate street names in Hollywood to be removed and was photographed at the fatal 2017 Charlottesville protest reciting an antisemitic sentiment.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>At a virtual press conference Friday, Democrats called for Republicans to fire Monzon from the job for which he earned $10,000 between June and August, which the Huffington Post first reported.</p> <p><br></p> <p>“Marco Rubio, Senator, please fire Christopher Monzon,” said Rabbi Mark Winer, president of the Florida Democratic Party Jewish Caucus. “Our society can’t afford to play footsie with racist, antisemites, White supremacists. We can’t give them any room to work their poison, to inject it into the system.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>Rachelle Litt, Vice President of the Florida Democratic Party Jewish Caucus, said that it’s disturbing that Republicans have hired someone with a past as well-known as Monzon’s.</p> <p><br></p> <p>“Rubio and the Republican Party are fostering the spread of antisemitism and hate by allowing and including right-wing extremists and s