NEW YORK – The president of the White House Correspondents' Association on Monday called on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to apologize for a tweet saying some media members “can't contain their delight” at reports of Americans getting the coronavirus.
Jonathan Karl, who is ABC News' White House correspondent, said Rubio's tweet was outrageous, wrong and hurtful. There was no immediate response by the Florida Republican by social media or through a query to his Senate staff.
On Sunday, Rubio tweeted that “some in our media can't contain their glee and delight in reporting the the U.S. has more coronavirus cases” than China.