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Report: Rubio used whip position to help brother-in-law
The Hill's Ballot Box ^ | December 30, 2015 | Lisa Hagen

Posted on 12/30/2015 8:24:22 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) helped his brother-in-law, who was convicted for cocaine trafficking, receive his real estate license while the GOP presidential hopeful was serving as majority whip in the Florida House of Representatives, according to a report by The Washington Post.

Rubio penned a letter on Statehouse letterhead to the Florida Division of Real Estate in 2002, recommending Orlando Cicilia "without reservation" to receive his real estate license.

The brief letter said Rubio knew Cicilia for more than 25 year without mentioning that Cicilia was married to Rubio's sister. His brother-in-law had been released from jail about a year and a half prior to the recommendation.

Todd Harris, Rubio's campaign adviser, sent an email to The Post defending Rubio's letter: "Marco has recommended scores of Floridians for various professional positions and after Orlando paid his debt to society, Marco was happy to recommend him as well."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; canadian; corruption; election2016; florida; ineligible; marcorubio; newyork; rubio; rubioandcoke; trump
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1 posted on 12/30/2015 8:24:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cronyism


2 posted on 12/30/2015 8:27:06 PM PST by American Constitutionalist (Trump is the pawn and creation of the Media and Political Establishment)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am sure the GOPe will check this out to make sure "their boy" is snow white clean on this matter.

I assume the media will do the same .

3 posted on 12/30/2015 8:28:33 PM PST by TYVets
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This reminds me how much Rubio sweats and licks his lips. Many things could cause it such as medications, certain illegal drugs, health issues, nervousness, fear.


4 posted on 12/30/2015 8:35:34 PM PST by Jane Austen (Boycott New Orleans.)
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To: Oceander

Your boy has some issues.


5 posted on 12/30/2015 8:38:29 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
When did he whip his brother-in-law? I didn't hear anything about that.

 

6 posted on 12/30/2015 8:45:09 PM PST by Bronzewound (2016 GOP. A Timid Little Division Of The Democrat Party.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oops, some one’s leaking all over Mr. Betrayal.


7 posted on 12/30/2015 8:46:29 PM PST by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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[cocaine trafficking]

Well, well, well.

Insert picture of Rubio gulping water.


8 posted on 12/30/2015 8:49:58 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: TYVets

Sounds like the brother-in-law was Snow White.


9 posted on 12/30/2015 8:50:48 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Jane Austen
This reminds me how much Rubio sweats and licks his lips. Many things could cause it such as medications, certain illegal drugs, health issues, nervousness, fear.

Had a coke head roommate for 2 weeks in college. He did exactly that.

10 posted on 12/30/2015 8:55:39 PM PST by montag813
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To: TYVets

“I am sure the GOPe will check this out to make sure “their boy” is snow white clean on this matter. I assume the media will do the same.”

LOL. But Trump’s people likely already have this documented.


11 posted on 12/30/2015 9:02:11 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Corrupt politician. Billing mistress to the the party and/or state credit card, getting his druggie family out of jail and into programs, sweetheart real estate deals, and more. Wonder how GOPe and Rubio thought they could slip all this by.


12 posted on 12/30/2015 9:27:53 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: Bronzewound; 2ndDivisionVet

LOL! THAT is exactly what I wondered? I had already typed out “what is the whip position”, to ask Vet, so I didn’t have to read the article? ROTFL!

Then I was afraid Vet would think I was being too risqué, so I deleted it, but found YOUR take as well!

There is much to be said *for* capitalization of “Titles”.


13 posted on 12/30/2015 9:33:24 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
WOW!!!

He wrote a letter of recommendation!

Talk about hugh and series.

14 posted on 12/30/2015 9:37:22 PM PST by Michael.SF. (This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This guy looks more and more like he’s not just a questionable conservative ... he’s actually nothing. Which is eerily like Obama.


15 posted on 12/30/2015 10:21:01 PM PST by tinyowl (A equals A, And C Edmund Wright thinks I am an idiot and a Trump Sycophant)
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To: tinyowl
By that I mean 'in form like Obama' ... that is, no core values that actually relate to what they are claiming as core values. But whereas Obama is a slave to his resentment of the west, Rubio is a slave to his ego's demands of what he accomplish.

But ultimately either/both visits suffering on the fools who don't see it in time.

I'm not totally sure of this ... but he's beginning to smell an awful lot like a shell.

16 posted on 12/30/2015 10:25:26 PM PST by tinyowl (A equals A, And C Edmund Wright thinks I am an idiot and a Trump Sycophant)
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To: tinyowl

[[But whereas Obama is a slave to his resentment of the west, Rubio is a slave to his ego’s demands of what he accomplish. ]]

He is a typical south Florida politician.
You don’t want him in the White House.
Everything is crooked down there and everyone has their hand in the cookie jar when anything is done.


17 posted on 12/30/2015 11:21:48 PM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
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To: Lera

From what you say ...

FL is essentially a soft version of Chicago. (Age and Heat I guess being the difference.)

That’s kind of funny because I was 20 years in Boston - (and 30 in MA) ... Boston is basically a bumbling version of Chicago.


18 posted on 12/31/2015 12:02:06 AM PST by tinyowl (A equals A, And C Edmund Wright thinks I am an idiot and a Trump Sycophant)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

As compared to the Neanderthal with the mongoloid comb over? Whatev.


19 posted on 12/31/2015 5:46:34 AM PST by Oceander
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, my! He wrote a letter.


20 posted on 12/31/2015 7:03:18 AM PST by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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