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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones unloaded on Senator Marco Rubio, calling him a “frat boy” as he ranted and raved his way through the halls of Congress Wednesday ahead of Senate hearings on social media.
In response, Rubio said he wouldn’t need security’s help if Jones kept touching him, saying “I’ll take you out myself”.
Jones, a radio host who has been banned from several social media platforms for spreading hate speech, crashed a Rubio interview and berated the Florida Republican.
Jones mocked the lawmaker’s laugh after Rubio said he didn’t know who Jones was before the back-and-forth quickly escalated.
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“I don’t know who you are, man,” Rubio said as Jones repeatedly interrupted him.

Much as I enjoyed watching Marco Rubio send Alex Jones into a rage, in a fight between them, I'm rooting for a sinkhole. pic.twitter.com/O1t9NnR7Ji
— shauna (@goldengateblond) September 5, 2018

When Jones reached out to touch Rubio’s shoulder, a security officer pulled his hand away, and the senator warned Jones to stop.
“I don’t know who you are, man,” Rubio said. “I don’t really go on your website.”
“That’s why you didn’t get elected. You’re a snake,” Jones responded, touching the senator’s shoulder to keep his attention. “Marco Rubio the snake. A little frat boy here.”
The heated exchange escalated as the senator told Jones to “get your hand off me, don’t touch me. … I’ll take you out myself, I don’t need security.”
Jones – who has argued that 9/11 was an “inside job” and that the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged – continued to lash out at Rubio.
“You are a little gangster thug,” he shouted. “The Democrats are raping the Republicans! The Democrats are raping Infowars! Poor Rubio!”
Jones, who runs the facts-challenged Infowars website, told reporters he was at the Senate Intelligence Committee’s hearing to “face my accusers.”
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday about their companies’ alleged anti-conservative bias and foreign governments manipulating social media platforms to influence US politics.
Jones was recently banned from Twitter for a week, Facebook took down several of his pages for violating “community standards,” and his videos were stripped from YouTube last month.
On Wednesday, he accused members of the media of being “mercenaries for the globalists” and said tech platforms are working to silence conservatives and independent media organisations.


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‘I’ll take you out’ US Senator Marco Rubio tells InfoWars conspiracist Alex Jones in hallway clash

US Senator Marco Rubio (left) rounds on InfoWars host Alex Jones right in the halls of the US Senateafter Jones clapped him on the shoulder, in this still image obtained from social media. Photo: Cassandra Fairbanks / The Gateway Pundit/via Reuters

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Alex Jones are seen in halls of Senate outside social media hearing in Washington, U.S., September 05, 2018 in this still image obtained from social media. Cassandra Fairbanks / The Gateway Pundit/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

epa06998913 Radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media outside of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey and COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, 05 September 2018. Jones claimed that the White House woulds soon issue executive orders limiting social media. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

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Alex Jones in 2016. Facebook says it has taken down four pages belonging to the conspiracy theorist for violating its hate speech and bullying policies. Photo: Philadelphia Inquirer

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Alex Jones of InfoWars. Photo: The Alex Jones Channel via YouTube

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Alex Jones, a right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist, arrives for a child custody trial at the Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. Photo: AP

FILE - In this file photo made Tuesday, July 19, 2016, Alex Jones, center right, is escorted by police out of a crowd of protesters outside the Republican convention in Cleveland. A lawyer defending Jones, a the right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist, in a child-custody dispute said Jones is a "performance artist" whose on-air persona differs from the private man. The Austin American-Statesman reported that Kelly Jones described her ex-husband at a recent pretrial hearing in Austin as "not a stable person." (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Jones repeatedly berated Rubio before grabbing him by the shoulder, prompting the senator to warn the radio host to back off


InfoWars conspiracist Jones repeatedly berated Rubio before grabbing him by the shoulder, prompting the senator to warn him to back off.


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‘I’ll take you out’ US Senator Marco Rubio tells InfoWars conspiracist Alex Jones in hallway clash

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Jones repeatedly berated Rubio before grabbing him by the shoulder, prompting the senator to warn the radio host to back off