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 acting under secretary of state for public diplomacy, spread a false rumor insinuating that his boss, Marco Rubio, is gay. The post Top State Department Official Spread False Rumor Marco Rubio Is Gay: ‘What Happens in the Cabana Stays in the Cabana’ first appeared on Mediaite.

The deleted tweets from Darren Beattie, the acting under-secretary of state for public diplomacy, were uncovered by CNN.