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Marco Rubio spent over $1.2m of taxpayer money traveling to son’s football games
Headline from The Guardian
Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so often Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, has emerged as a superfan of the University of Florida’s football team, spending more than $1.
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Ethics watchdogs question necessity of the US secretary of state flying between DC and Gainesville so often Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, has emerged as a superfan of the University of Florida’s football team, spending more than $1.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been going to college football games on the taxpayer’s dime. The Washington Post reports that Rubio almost never misses a University of Florida Gators football game, as his son Anthony is a walk-on running back for the team.
A Washington Post report found the secretary of state has flown to at least 10 University of Florida football games to watch his son play since being sworn in.
