Posted on 11/04/2015 12:29:50 PM PST by jimbo123
As Marco Rubio rises in the polls, his financial past is coming back to haunt him - namely two years of credit card transactions from his time as speaker of the Florida House, the details of which remain a mystery.
During the GOP presidential hopeful's 2010 Senate race, the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald obtained his 2006 and 2007 credit card statements, which allegedly showed that he regularly charged personal expenses - including a four-day, $10,000 family reunion and repairs to his family minivan, according to the Times.
The investigation also found he failed to disclose $34,000 in expenses, including $7,000 he paid to himself and $5,700 he paid his wife, Jeanette, as reimbursement for "gas and meals," Politifact reports. (Jeanette was treasurer of one of two political committees he created in order to accept contributions toward his travel and other political expenses.) Plus, Rubio reportedly gave family members an additional $14,000 and racked up $51,000 in travel expenses on his own credit cards.
When asked at the time to release additional records, the Florida senator declined, per the Tampa Bay Times - but now that he's emerging as a top contender for the GOP nomination, he's back in the hot seat.
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I refuse to vote for a politician who cannot control his personal finances.
First and foremost it speaks to character.
Anyone who uses money that is not theirs for personal purposes can *not* be trusted with the public purse.
It does not matter if the amounts seem small compared to what others do.
A persons actions are either right or wrong. There are no degrees, either right or wrong.
Secondly, if Rubio were to get the nomination the MSM would beat him to death with this information.
Every left wing rag and news channel would be flogging it so hard the low info crowd would begin to see Hillary! as a poor, persecuted saint in waiting.
The former governor of VA and his wife have been convicted of several financial crimes.
That may have given the Governors office to McAwful, and that is working out just peachy for us here in VA.
His financial history and his complete tone deafness on amnesty for illegals makes him RubiNO for me.
Stick a fork in him Trump, he needs to go.
Rubio has a screw loose. He’s kinda spooky.
They can have Rubio. He needs to be destroyed.
They are not going to find any dirt on Ted Cruz. And Trump is immune to efforts to destroy him.
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