In 2009, when he was a fledgling Senate candidate, Rubio loved angry town hall protesters who hated health care reform.
memo to establishment (in both parties): the angry folks at health care townhalls are REAL & their views are shared by a growing majority.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 11, 2009
Now that the angry protesters are his constituents, he takes a different view. But only because they’re protesting him and his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Rubio knocks town halls: They're designed to "heckle and scream at me in front of cameras"https://t.co/UaBrxHzLbP pic.twitter.com/4itCIR7gv5
— The Hill (@thehill) February 26, 2017
As the saying goes, life comes at you over the course of one term in the Senate, a failed presidential primary campaign, and million-or-so constituents getting health insurance.