Top State Dept. Official Darren Beattie Spread Rumors In Tweets Mocking Secretary Of State Marco Rubio’s Sexuality & ‘Low IQ’

Alessio AtriaMarch 11, 2025, 1:11 pmNews >

Darren Beattie, a top acting State Department official, circulated false rumors in now-deleted tweets about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s sexuality and intelligence.

Beattie stated in a post on January 7, 2021: “Forget Wainwright Park, forget the foam, forget the war promotion and the neocon sugar daddies, forget the low IQ, forget the 2016 primary, Rubio is TOUGH ON CHINA (and good for military industrial complex) So be a good DOG and vote for him!!!”

This post alludes to a far-right conspiracy theory about Rubio from a past curfew violation when he was a teenager that later became an unfounded claim that he is gay.

In this post, he also claimed that Rubio used to attend foam parties at gay nightclubs.

“What happens in the Cabana stays in the Cabana #Rubio,” Beattie stated in a follow-up post.

These two posts were made after Rubio, as a senator, voted to certify the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden. However, Beattie seemed to attack Rubio online many times over several years.

“If a bunch of DC wonks try to reinvent Marco Rubio as a nationalist, but a ‘respectable’ one who promises tax credits to BLM supporters and is ‘TOUGH ON CHINA,’ will you be a good dog and vote for him?” the top acting State Department official asked in another post.

While Beattie deleted some of these posts, his other attacks against Rubio were left online.

In response to the report, the State Department official told CNN that Rubio is “100% America First, and it’s a tremendous honor to work for him in advancing President [Donald Trump’s] world historical agenda.”

In August 2018, Beattie was fired as the White House speechwriter for Donald Trump after he appeared at an event with well-known white nationalists.

As of last month, he was appointed as acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, putting him in a position working for Rubio. This senior role also represents American foreign policy to the world.

The secretary of state refused to comment on Beattie’s previous attacks online, but he mentioned that his role would center around perceived online censorship.

Rubio also mentioned Beattie would not be nominated to a full-time position requiring Senate verification.