Protests outside Sen. Marco Rubio’s offices in Tampa haven’t succeeded in getting the Florida Republican to hold a town hall meeting with constituents. But they did have one unintended consequence: The staff have been kicked out of their offices by the landlord.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/rubio-is-asked-to-leave-tampa-office-over-disruption-from-weekly-protests/2314829" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times</a>, Rubio’s office was notified on Feb. 1 that its month-to-month lease tenancy would be terminated over the continued demonstrations outside the nine-story Bridgeport Center." data-reactid="23">According to a report from the Tampa Bay Times, Rubio’s office was notified on Feb. 1 that its month-to-month lease tenancy would be terminated over the continued demonstrations outside the nine-story Bridgeport Center.
http://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2017/02/rubio-skedaddles-from-demonstrator-over-skipping-town-halls-109833" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">videos of him dodging questions in airports. </a> Constituents in Tampa held an event without the two-term senator last week, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/resistance-report-activists-holding-town-halls-with-a-cardboard-cutout-and-empty-suits-gabby-giffords-tells-gop-to-have-some-courage-145536378.html">bringing along a cardboard cutout of Rubio</a>. Demonstrators said they planned to gather in front of the Tampa office every Tuesday for the <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/local/trump-protesters-at-rubio-office-every-tuesday-for-the-first-100-days/2311527" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">first 100 days of the Trump presidency</a>." data-reactid="24">Since President Trump’s inauguration, Rubio has declined to hold a town hall, leading to demonstrations and videos of him dodging questions in airports. Constituents in Tampa held an event without the two-term senator last week, bringing along a cardboard cutout of Rubio. Demonstrators said they planned to gather in front of the Tampa office every Tuesday for the first 100 days of the Trump presidency.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/rubio-is-asked-to-leave-tampa-office-over-disruption-from-weekly-protests/2314829" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">said Jude Williams</a>, president of America’s Capital Partners, which owns the property Rubio’s office was renting. “I understand their cause, but at the end of the day, it was a security concern for us.”" data-reactid="25">“A professional office building is not a place for that,” said Jude Williams, president of America’s Capital Partners, which owns the property Rubio’s office was renting. “I understand their cause, but at the end of the day, it was a security concern for us.”
“It’s not political. It’s for no other reason than good office management. Our duty is to keep a good, peaceful office building environment for our tenants, and that’s not what they bargained for.”
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/02/26/facing-south-florida-one-on-one-with-sen-marco-rubio/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In an interview with CBS4 in Miami</a>, Rubio said he didn’t want to attend the town halls because demonstrators wanted to “heckle and scream at me in front of cameras.”" data-reactid="27">In an interview with CBS4 in Miami, Rubio said he didn’t want to attend the town halls because demonstrators wanted to “heckle and scream at me in front of cameras.”
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