"I take crime very seriously, but I don't think Mark has a history of doing that," Rybak said. "Mark has a long history of saying outlandish things for his financial gain."
and the problem with that is?
"...has a long history of saying outlandish things for his financial gain."
or could read, "our state senators have a long history of saying outlandish things for financial gain."
or "our government unions have a long history of saying outlandish things for financial gain."
the list could go on and on