State department official reportedly deleted abusive tweets about Rubio

A top official in the US state department deleted abusive tweets in which he said the then Florida senator Marco Rubio - who is now secretary of state - had a "low IQ" and spread unsubstantiated rumors about his sexuality, CNN reported. In tweets from 7 January 2021, Darren Beattie referred to scurrilous online rumors and added: "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!!!" The day before, Donald Trump had…