Just when you think Marco Rubio can't go any lower he stoops to this, defending Russian shills against the interests of the United States. just innocent victims taking their $100k a week and not asking questions. History will look back on this era as one of the most perverse in American political history. Source: New Republic Senator Marco Rubio doesn’t think that Russia paying off right-wing influencers is a big deal. The ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was asked on Fox News Thursday about the Justice Department revelation that several conservative commentators were paid by assets of the Russian government to produce propaganda and disinformation.