Sen. Rubio slams networks not carrying Trump remarks: It's what 'state-run media' of authoritarian regimes do

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., blasted liberal networks that chose not to air former President Trump's full remarks following his historic victory from Monday's Iowa caucuses, linking them to "state-run media" from authoritarian regimes.

Rubio, who offered his endorsement to the former president ahead of the first GOP primary contest, appeared Wednesday on "Hannity" and sounded off on news organizations like MSNBC and CNN over their ideological snub.

"It's not about bias anymore. There's always been liberal bias in the media. Human beings are biased. They're partisan," Rubio told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "They are now extending that to not just attack Trump as a candidate, as a former president, future president, but also to attack the people who follow [him]."

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"What's really changed is not just a partisan tone of the coverage, but now this effort to say 'We're not gonna carry a speech, we're not gonna let you hear what he has to say. We will interpret it, and we'll put up the snippets we want you to hear, but we've made the decision to no longer carry it," Rubio later continued. "This is exactly how state-run media is used by authoritarian governments to delegitimize, to discredit to basically make people believe that there is no alternative but to the regime and to their rule."

"It's destroying the media in this country. It's why at this point, you know, no one believes anything they see or hear anymore," he added.

Trump shattered records in the Hawkeye State with the widest margin of victory in a contested GOP primary, earning more than 50% of the vote.

While Fox News Channel aired his victory speech in full, neither MSNBC nor CNN did