Rubio shrugs off credit card controversy as ‘not a big deal’

On ABC’s “Good Morning America” this week, Rubio defended his use of the card saying it was a “charge card” that had to be paid in full and was secured with his own credit. It included what his campaign acknowledged was more than $7,200 for eight personal expenditures. At the time, he was part of a shortlist of vice presidential candidates for Mitt Romney the Republican nominee. In his 2012 book American Son, Rubio said that a total of 0,000 was charged to the card.

Rubio, a former speaker of the Florida House, had the party-issued card from February 2005 to November 2008.

So did Rubio purposefully change personal items to his corporate card or were they accidental charges?

Rubio, for example, charged more than $5,000 during his seven-night stay at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas in August 2005. The campaign said he made the trip for political business and then extended it to visit family in Nevada. What Rubio was “hiding” were records proving that he spent far less than expected on a charge card used for joint expenses – which was issued under his name and secured on his personal credit – than other party leaders at the time. I can’t say one way or the other; if he was spending the money on his campaign, and he made smart financial decisions, the number would make sense.

“Each time, I identified the charges and paid the costs myself, directly to American Express”, he wrote.

Conant also called Fasano’s argument politically motivated, pointing out that Fasano has supported Bush, who has begun aggressively attacking Rubio over the past two weeks, and that Fasano has declined to support Rubio in previous races.

“Marco paid his personal charges directly to American Express”, the release added.

One Republican who worked closely with Pounder credits him with revolutionizing the way the party does opposition research, ushering in an age where opposition research and rapid response are living, breathing things that move with the news cycle and social media. “It didn’t work then and it won’t work now”.

Critics are demanding the release of credit card statements for the GOP candidate after details about questionable charges were released in the Tampa Bay Times. Nine years later, there remains no evidence that he paid for them immediately. Charlie Crist, with leaking the documents to the newspapers.

In the end, the Fact Checker found that there was no reason to disbelieve Rubio’s explanation of what happened. I would think that when you take a look at it, you’re going to find that, but his credit card debt and his problems with credit cards and what he did when he was running the party apparatus with credit cards – I’ve heard about it for years.

The prospect of two Republicans who are both under 50 and who are children of Cuban immigrants battling it out would be an excellent development for those Republicans who believe that the party needs more Latino support to be competitive at the national level. On Face the Nation, Bernie insisted that his finances were under control, which it’s possible they are, and that he and his wife were just average Americans looking to claw their way to the top using other peoples’ money.

Since the third Republican Debate on October 28, Republican Presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump has been strongly against his conservative counterparts, in particular Florida Senator, Marco Rubio.