India, May 24 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday asserted that stupid people exist in every country. He was defending the United States over racist comments against Indians. At his joint press conference with India's external affairs minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi, Rubio was asked a question on a "racist remarks from the US against Indians".

When asked by Rubio pointedly, "Who made those comments?", the reporter from a TV channel did not name specify but noted that such a post had been "endorsed" and "we all have seen it". US President Donald Trump had recently reshared a social media post that called India a "hellhole", but later sought to clarify by praising India and PM Narendra Modi.

Rubio, when told the racist post ...