Marco Rubio once "arrested for drinking beer in public park"

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[Sub-Driver]

Marco Rubio once "arrested for drinking beer in public park" By Robert Tait, Los Angeles 3:23AM GMT 22 Jan 2016

Marco Rubio, the Republican presidential contender who has been touted as a possible choice of the party's "establishment", was once arrested in a Miami park notorious for gang violence, drug-dealing and prostitution, a newspaper profile has revealed.

He was detained along with two friends while going through a wayward late teenage phase for drinking alcohol in his home city's Alice C Wainwright Park after it had been closed to the public for the night.

Mr Rubio, a United States senator for Florida, was not charged after the arrest and the case was eventually dismissed.

Todd Harris, a spokesman for the candidate, said he had been arrested for breaking a municipal code by drinking beer but added that Mr Rubio had not been held in custody or appeared in court.

But the May 1990 incident - which occurred five days before his 19th birthday - marked an important turning point in Mr Rubio's development, according to an investigation by the Washington Post, which uncovered the episode.

[dadfly]

underage drinking!?

wow. being a liar and traitor to our nation pales into insignificance.

[TomGuy]

... was not charged after the arrest and the case was eventually dismissed.

So, the purpose of this news release was to smear for a non-incident.

[The Toll]

You just know he was the narc that got all the other kids busted. They just arrested him to keep from blowing his cover.

[o-n-money]

As long as it wasn’t Coors or Coors lite...
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That wouldn’t be considered drinking.

[The Iceman Cometh]

I touched a boobie once in a park.

Am I disqualified? lolz

[Fungi]

And your taste is.....

[ConservativeTeen]

I’m a Cruz supporter, but this is dumb.

[The Iceman Cometh]

has never smoked cigarettes

I've never smoked either....except for the times I would bowl in a league. Then I had no choice but to inhale about ten packs worth a night.

[M1911A1]

Actually, this is the only thing I’ve ever read about Rubio that makes me more likely to vote for him.

Now if they can only dig up a few million more humanizing anecdotes to mask the GOPe smell...

[The Toll]

Your own boobie doesn’t count wise guy!

[windsorknot]

Did he urinate on the grass?

[Eccl 10:2]

"In public !!!"

[driftless2]

If they arrested everyone here in Wisconsin for public consumption of beer, even the infants would be in jail.

[bigbob]

Beer in the park, bottled water on national TV...

See, beer IS the gateway liquid!

[Frank_2001]

“It is rumored that Donald Trump has never smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol or done drugs.”

The press will spin that as: “Trump is completely out of touch with the average American” /s;)

[Kirkwood]

It is not only completely legal, but encouraged that you drink in public in New Orleans. So you committed no crime even if you felt naughty doing that.

[Beowulf9]

The hit pieces they are coming up with. How ridiculous.

Our country is being run into the ground by a traitor and this is what they are reporting on?

[Ken H]

Sounds more like an attempt to bolster Rubio's less than macho image after the flap over those cute little boots he was caught wearing.

[OldSmaj]

Well, that does it...he'll never get my vote.

Sheesh!

I wasn't going to vote for him anyway...but this is low stuff...and senseless to dig out and expect anyone to care about.

I'd be more interested in why he wears a toupee...is his vanity so overwhelming that he thinks he has to attempt to fool the voting public?

[PGR88]

I can do better than that - Some friends and I once got arrested for trying to steal this sign, after drinking there.