Sen. Rubio Blasts Tone Deaf Video Of Celeb Chef Hosting Venezuela's Maduro
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Senator Marco Rubio has added his voice to those who are outraged after a celebrity chef prepared an expensive meal for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe, also know as Salt Bae, posted videos to Twitter and Instagram showing him preparing a meal for Maduro at his Istanbul restaurant.
Rubio took to Twitter to blast the videos, calling them tone deaf as Venezuelans struggle to get enough to eat.
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
He also posted that Gökçe has a restaurant right here in Miami.
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
The videos have since been deleted from Gökçe's social media accounts.
#Salt Bae @nusr_ett deleted the tweet with the video of him lavishing dictator Maduro with a steak dinner while the people of #Venezuela starve. Fortunately @miamiherald downloaded it before he deleted it. Watch here:https://t.co/AC9qkFWyOw
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 18, 2018