business. we are also daughters,wise, mothers, sisters and human beings. we come in peace but we mean business. the me too movement prompting accountability in politics. marco rubio has fired his chief of staff over misconduct allegations with a subordinate. he didn t provide any more details or mention his chief of staff by name but he has been identified and confirmed as the clint reed. with me to talk about that is politics reporter mj lee. kudos to the senator for acting like this. do you think he is sending a message to his other republican colleagues? i think it is notable how quickly we saw there happen. rubio said he found out friday afternoon biffle saturday evening he had put out an announcement saying his chief of staff was gone within one day he
women should, we deserve to be heard. and senator marco rubio has fired his chief of staff after reports of improper conduct with staffers. rubio said he traveled from florida to washington on saturday night to fire top adviser clint reed after learning about about those claims. rubio said he was made aware of the allegations for the first time on friday and immediately began investigating the matter. adding, quote, i had sufficient evidence to conclude that while employed by this office, my chief of staff violated office policies regarding proper relations between a supervisor and their subordinates. i further concluded that this led to actions which, in my judgment, amounted to threats to withhold employment benefits. reed began working for rubio in 2015 as the iowa state director for his presidential campaign and stayed on to run his senate re-election campaign. nbc news was not immediately able to reach reed for my comment. still ahead, do they have
now we already see a chief of staff removed, so what kind of message is this sending to his perhaps congressional colleagues? i think it sends the right message that we have to draw the line. and when you hear of something like this, you have to take swift and decisive action. let me say this, fred. i know clint reed. i ve known him for more than a dozen years from living and working in arkansas. we worked on a senate campaign together. to me he was always respectful. but look, he is driven, he is hard-working, and some view him as extremely aggressive. in this case we have a subordinate in rubio s office that found him to be engaging in improper conduct. and i think that has to be the final straw. more than anything, we should commend senator rubio for listening to this woman, hearing her out, investigating this matter and taking action. i think this should serve as the poster child case for how to deal with these type of allegations and following through, and the me too movement
all right, welcome back. senator marco rubio taking quick action to fire his chief of staff over what he called improper conduct with a subordinate. the employee wasn t mentioned by name, but rubio s chief of staff has been identified as clint reed. in a statement rubio said he became aware of the allegations for the first time on friday. by saturday afternoon, rubio had fired the chief of staff, saying he had sufficient evidence that the staffer violated office policies regarding proper relations between a supervisor and their subordinates. joining me right now to discuss this, alice stewart is back, cnn political commentator and former communications director for senator ted cruz, and jim kessler also back, a former legislative policy director for senator chuck schumer. alice, you first. rubio didn t waste any time dealing with this after being told about it on friday and then
staff has been identified as clint reed. the senator says reed allegedly engaged in improper conduct and threatened to withhold employment benefits from this subordinate. rubio said the allegations were reported directly to him and that he then immediately began an investigation with his general counsel. it moved very quickly. skans mogul steve wynn has stepped down from his post at the rnc. so far silence from the white house on the whole issue. should we expect the white house to weigh in? we have got a look at the plans that they are touting on robert mueller. jay-z gets political. why he says reaction to president trump s remarks about african countries is an expression of pain that has been brewing for sometime. everyone feels anger but after the anger is really