Marco Rubio is refusing to go to South Africa for G-20. (iStock / Getty)
"South Africa is doing very bad things," Rubio's X post read. "Expropriating private property. Using G20 to promote 'solidarity, equality, & sustainability.'"
"In other words: DEI and climate change," the Republican added. "My job is to advance America’s national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism."
President Donald Trump's administration has been vocally critical of the land seizure bill. In a Truth Social post, Trump called the situation a "massive Human Rights VIOLATION, at a minimum."
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, and President Donald Trump, who has criticized the country's new land laws. (Evan Vucci/AP/Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images)
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"President Trump's recent comments on land seizures in South Africa cannot be divorced from his past comments on violent attacks directed at the country's farmers," Cronje said. "Whilst these comments have often been dismissed as false, the latest South African data suggests that the country's commercial farmers are six times more likely to be violently attacked in their homes than is the case for the general population."
Fox News Digital's Paul Tisley contributed to this report.
Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Readers can send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
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