In the last week, there has been a raft of charges by some Republicans (like Donald Trump) and some Democrats (like the DNC) that Marco Rubio had misused his credit cards a decade ago. The media picked these up and repeated them. The story goes that Rubio had a card issued by the Florida Republican party to use for party expenses. (Rubio was the Speaker of the Florida House at the time.) According to the charges, Rubio used the party card to pay for personal expenses. Rubio's response is that he did, indeed, use that card for some non-party expenses but that he paid for those himself each month as the bills came in. Trump says that Rubio's cards are "a disaster". Now we have the Fact Checker column at the Washington Post which has reviewed the matter. Fact Checker awards statements between one and four Pinocchio's depending on how dishonest they are. According to the Fact Checker at the WaPo, Rubio's statement does not merit even one Pinocchio.
Now let's step back for a minute. The Washington Post is certainly no fan of Marco Rubio. Even the Post, however, has admitted that Rubio's explanation is correct. The senator has done nothing wrong.
The Post even points out that there was an independent audit of these credit cards a few years back and the auditors found nothing wrong with how Rubio used the card.
It is funny to think that the media is now focused on a non-event by Rubio, but there is almost no coverage anymore of Hillary Clinton's use of a private unsecured computer email system to send and receive highly classified information. Hillary certainly seems to have committed a federal crime that put national secrets in danger of being exposed, but the media is worried about the propriety of ten year old credit card charges by Marco Rubio for a tiny amount of money. I bet that even after the Washington Post explains in detail why there is no validity to the charges regarding Rubio, we will see a great deal more of these phony charges in the near future.
Now let's step back for a minute. The Washington Post is certainly no fan of Marco Rubio. Even the Post, however, has admitted that Rubio's explanation is correct. The senator has done nothing wrong.
The Post even points out that there was an independent audit of these credit cards a few years back and the auditors found nothing wrong with how Rubio used the card.
It is funny to think that the media is now focused on a non-event by Rubio, but there is almost no coverage anymore of Hillary Clinton's use of a private unsecured computer email system to send and receive highly classified information. Hillary certainly seems to have committed a federal crime that put national secrets in danger of being exposed, but the media is worried about the propriety of ten year old credit card charges by Marco Rubio for a tiny amount of money. I bet that even after the Washington Post explains in detail why there is no validity to the charges regarding Rubio, we will see a great deal more of these phony charges in the near future.
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