That amounted to 1,307 charges in that period, for a total of $182,072.55, in total.
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His personal charges numbered 73, amounting to $22,003.19.
The Rubio campaign said the statements did go to his home for the first two years and then for the next two years they were sent to Republican Party headquarters. “We are releasing them now because Marco has nothing to hide.”… Rival candidate Donald Trump criticized Rubio for the position Tuesday, saying that his statements disqualified the senator from being president.
Florida U.S. Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio approaches the podium to give his keynote address at the Prescott Bush Dinner at the Crowne Plaza in Stamford, Conn., on Thursday, June 4, 2015.
‘I pulled the wrong card from my wallet to pay for pavers, ‘ Rubio explained in An American Son, according to NBC. “It doesn’t say who they belong to but every expense is on there”, said Rubio. “He has a disaster on his credit cards”. “It wasn’t a credit card”. Rubio paid American Categorical directly for these personal charges, the marketing crusade stated in a press release. “What I’ve said is what I would do differently is I just wouldn’t have done any personal things on it because I would have avoided all the confusion that it’s created in the minds of a few”. Chris Ingram, a Florida Republican consultant, told Politico that Rubio claims shouldn’t be accepted at face value unless there’s evidence to back them up.
A page of one of the card statements released by the Rubio campaign on Saturday.
It’s more like a tempest in a teapot, argue campaign strategists who spoke with FoxNews.com on Friday. The card is supposed to be used for official party business, primarily fundraising and other political travel.
The new records show Rubio’s spending from the two years before he became speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
In addition to the $8 million it had spent on Rubio-centric commercials through this week, Conservative Solutions Project has reserved almost $2 million worth of advertising time on satellite television to begin airing next month and continue through the first three primary elections next year, information provided by CMAG shows.
Hotel charges in Rubio’s hometown of Miami, including $308.98 from a stay in February 2007, with a $260.91 food and beverage charge. In the days since the debate, his rivals have begun to hammer Rubio on the issue-and it’s no surprise who’s leading the charge. The records released Saturday show a payment to American Express in November 2005 in the exact amount Mr. Rubio was charged by Iberia Tiles. The trips occurred in October 2007.
The next month, Rubio charged $723.60 on United Airlines for his wife to fly from Miami to Denver to Aspen. In 2012, the Florida Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint that was brought against him by a Democratic state politician in 2010.
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In New Hampshire to file himself on Wednesday, Trump said Rubio had “a disaster” on his financial record and credit cards.
