Posted on 05/14/2015 3:54:05 PM PDT by jimbo123
How Marco Rubio charged thousands in personal expenses on his Republican Party credit card including $4,000 flooring for his Miami home – and hired his ex-Dolphins cheerleader wife
Republican presidential front-runner Marco Rubio charged thousands of dollars of personal expenses on a party-issued credit card, used his home as the base for his political committee and hired his wife, who billed $5,700 in 'gas and food' expenses, a Daily Mail Online investigation into his finances has revealed.
Car repairs, fancy dinners and even a $134 haircut were among the items he charged on the American Express card, which was supposed to pay for only Republican Party-related expenses.
One former supporter even revealed the Florida senator confided to him that he charged more than $4,000 to the card to pay for new flooring in his Miami-area home.
'We were in a Starbucks in Tampa and we sat down to get to know one another,' former political consultant Chris Ingram told Daily Mail Online. 'I asked him if there was anything that might be a problem in his upcoming campaign. He told me "I have this issue with an American Express card where we accidentally charged $4-5,000 for home flooring."'
Rubio's history of mingling of personal expenses with those of his political party - he says he's paid them all back - are bound to come up during what promises to be a hard-fought primary battle and, if he is successful, to become a major part of next year's race for the White House.
'What worries me is if Marco Rubio were to win the party's nomination, you can be sure that Democrats will make a big deal of it in the general election,' said Mike Fazano, a former Majority Leader in the Florida House of Representatives,
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“I just came here to read the article.”
Sure you did. :o)
You ALWAYS catch me when I post that. LOL
God bless you, girl.
“A candidate cannot use political contribution money for personal expenses, it’s a law.”
This sounds like an “operating fund” from the RNC or RSCC, or some such group. It’s not strictly a political contribution to his campaign. Sounds more like ‘soft’ rather than ‘hard’ money. His political campaign committee has to account for every dime in and out.
Myself as well. Gators are high brow people...
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