Marco Rubio: Everything You Didn’t Know About His Sh*tty Past
In our 49th episode of This F*cking Guy, Crooked’s Alex Wagner joins Erin to dive deep into the past of Trump’s Executive Task Rabbit, Marco Rubio. From fudging the truth about being the “son of Cuban exiles”, to his gross hypocrisy on immigration, to befriending sleaze bags and corrupt world leaders like it’s his job, to cosplaying as Viceroy of Venezuela, this may be our most two-faced guy, yet!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
01:52 – Being the “son of exiles” & his hypocritical views on immigration
08:28 – Ties to drug cartel members Orlando Cicilia and Mario Tabraue
13:07 – Education, meeting his wife Jeanette Dousdebes & early political career
24:01 – Ad break
27:05 – Affiliations with sleaze bags David Rivera and Alan Mendelsohn
33:29 – Time as a senator
37:14 – 2016 presidential run
42:17 – Role in Trump’s first and second administration
55:38 – Outro/matrix rating
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cN4ib8H7wU97M_Z6-YUSETQXu5Sb5m0N61nEqEUrYkI/edit?usp=sharing
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@elfaraon383
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Little marco
@jamesroby6152
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
I could never be a F*cking Guy…I'm too boring
@glenluders4366
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
this is one of my fav podcasts. the info i take away from each episode is an awesome way to start my day. so well researched and delivered with cuts like a surgeon would make. thanks to everyone involved. also, so often what i pick up here, i often hear later on Mahers show. 👏👏
@falsemcnuggethope
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Make America Fully Insane Again
@fkeyvan
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Why do lefties all have smirks ?
@ineswexler6171
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Rubio's family fled Batista, not Castro.
@MrTegvirjagbir
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Very well
@FrankBriggs
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Rubio has no moral center
@jade4228_1
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Omg they're so sick I can't even stand to hear his lying voice.
@jade4228_1
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Rubio is such an effing traitor
@PeterBovold-z5j9v
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Everything about Rubio screams scuzball. And always has. He's Republican. That tells you that this handlers hoped for extinction for his customer right off the bat. Yes, not a winner.
@donnajensen5486
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Thank you. Enjoyed that. Learnt alot about rubio. Didnt realise he was just soo corrupt as he presents as a dumb blushing incel who does his master's bidding.
@Orlok1970
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
And that terrible hair piece 😂
@NoThanks-bm2ee
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Erin beat me to the punch at the very end of the pod. If Marco can't figure out to by some florsheims that fit, how can he be POTUS?
@erichkaanikin3555
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Erin is absolutely GORGEOUS! Can’t even focus on the content of her presentations. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@duanearnold9220
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Jeb Bush’s biggest crime, cringe.
@bobgrabau
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
You forgot about his arrest in a Miami Beach park trolling for men. He solicited the cop…..
@jehugo66
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
“Oranges” Story
@Arky101b
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Marco is a weasel, but compared to Rick Scott.
@RenegadeDesigner-c3y
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Nothing about Republicans surprises me. His criminal adjacency is not surprising.
VOTE 100% DEMOCRATIC IN NOVEMBER MIDTERMS.
@danparolla
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Honduran horizon? Don’t you mean Salvadoran?
@MrJA-26
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Marco Napoleon Rubio? 5’7” peep squeak!
@pamelalahti2657
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
I think Alex is your perfect compliment co-host. I hope you pair up often!
@ellegaunt
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Cuba experienced horrific violence throughout the 50s including a massacre led by one of Castro's financiers earlier in 1956.
@rodneysmart9774
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Blue Ribbon episode.
OCTOBER 17th is a national anti-trump protest !
@tommiller360
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
this was very good. lot's of dug up shit I've never known.
@PatriciaWoodhead-rv2cq
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
My bad. I assumed Marco formerly had integrity.
@PolymathBricoleur
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Rubio is a disgrace for all Latin America
@usuckthereturn
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Thanks for the deep dive…didn’t know a lot about this guy!
❤❤Erin❤❤
@Jeff-y8e9p
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Little big ears
If the shoes don't fit, wear them
@onthecool
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Alex is never not smiling. ❤
@garyjedlicka5394
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
Rubio is an absolute jerk, but your belittling of anyone who cared to grow up poor or went to a 'lesser" college is getting annoying. Stop playing the entitled asshole.
@bobpenny8011
October 12, 2026 at 10:47 pm
9:50 should have had Al Pacino holding a tiny Little Marco