Secretary Rubio’s Sanctions on Francesca Albanese Are a Patriotic—and Necessary—Step

Secretary Marco Rubio deserves credit for doing what too few are willing to do: calling out the United Nations for its moral hypocrisy and taking concrete action by sanctioning UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese. For years, the UN has served as a platform for demonizing Israel (a topic frequently spotlighted at CPAC, like here), and Albanese has taken that to new depths—abandoning even the pretense of objectivity in favor of anti-Israel agitation that veers into outright antisemitism.

This move isn’t just political theater—it’s principled. It’s also in line with the clear policy direction charted by President Trump: stop giving legitimacy to international institutions that are openly hostile to American allies and values. Rubio, echoing that approach, is reminding the world that U.S. foreign policy doesn’t need to bow to broken systems or repeat failed habits. Sometimes the most honest thing America can do is draw a red line and enforce it.

Albanese has used her UN role to legitimize terrorism, minimize Jewish suffering, and inject venom into international discourse. When someone abuses a human rights post to advance hatred and lies, there has to be a cost. Sanctioning her doesn’t silence anyone—it simply refuses to subsidize those who use their platform to undermine peace and rewrite history.

Rubio’s action is a reminder that real leadership means standing with allies when it’s uncomfortable, not just when it’s easy. This is about more than foreign policy—it’s about moral clarity.

By holding the UN accountable and standing against figures like Albanese, Secretary Rubio is doing what any serious American leader should: defending truth, supporting our allies, and sending the message that the U.S. won’t be complicit in the UN’s erosion of its own principles.