GOP hate alert: Sen. Marco Rubio's statement on Manning pardon doesn't include 'Chelsea'

Brett T. | 8:04 PM on January 17, 2017

As Twitchy reported, President Obama on Tuesday announced that he was commuting the sentence of former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, who in 2010 leaked a huge cache of American military and diplomatic activities to WikiLeaks. Manning, originally sentenced to prison until 2045, now is set for release this May.

That’s big news, but it’s not the idea of President Obama springing a traitor from prison on his way out the door that is giving some the vapors Tuesday night; it’s not even Sen. Marco Rubio’s condemnation of the commutation. No, it’s … it’s … it’s almost too terrible to say.

In written statement, Sen Marco Rubio R-FL does not use "Chelsea," only "Private Manning" pic.twitter.com/0ycJxG8JyC

— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 18, 2017

Rubio doesn't use a pronoun- or the name "Chelsea" in his entire statement condemning Manning commutation decision: https://t.co/3JOZIrh4Xu

— Amir Nasr (@amir_anasr) January 17, 2017

We can’t be hearing that correctly. One more time?

Rubio statement pointedly avoids the first name "Chelsea" in condemning Obama's commutation of the trans soldier's sentence pic.twitter.com/8rc5gpU9CY

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) January 17, 2017

Or any mention of gender. Which actually I appreciate, given the people using Manning's former gender in tweets etc

— Kate (@juliansinger) January 17, 2017