The recently appointed acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy has been busy deleting posts on social media where he questioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio's sexuality and cast aspersions on his IQ.

A top acting State Department official deleted at least half a dozen tweets that ridiculed his new boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, including ones calling him “low IQ” and repeating a false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality.

Darren Beattie, the new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, insinuated his boss was gay by referencing a baseless rumor from Rubio’s teenage years and boosted an unfounded claim that Rubio used to attend foam parties at gay nightclubs.