Marco Rubio Took Almost $100,000 From Betsy DeVos' Family Before Confirming Her

[DonViejo]

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2017 AT 1:47 P.M. BY TIM ELFRINK

Remember over the summer when Marco Rubio waxed eloquent about how he and his fellow U.S. senators would be a strong "check and balance" on Donald Trump? Hahahaha! That was a funny one, Marco.

Rubio now has a sterling 100 percent voting record backing all of President Trump's nominees and plans, according to FiveThirtyEight's Trump tracker. He did his latest solid for the Don today by voting to confirm Betsy DeVos as secretary of education over protests from basically every public school teacher in the nation.

But Rubio's help in DeVos' razor-thin approval is especially unsurprising. It turns out DeVos — a multibillionaire with zero educational experience — and her family have been especially generous donors to Rubio's campaign coffers. In fact, Rubio accepted more DeVos cash than any other senator who backed her nomination today.

Rubio has taken a total of $98,300 from DeVos and her family members, according to Federal Election Commission reports crunched by the Center for American Progress (CAP).

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-rubio-took-almost-100-000-from-betsy-devos-family-before-confirming-her-today-9123691

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. The dickens you say!

[FSogol]

2. Corrupt to his very core.

[MyOwnPeace]

3. Shrewd negotiator - like Drumpf himself!

Our own Toomey sold out for only $60,050. You obviously have a much better senator!

[ProudLib72]

4. But think of all the money

she'll save on textbooks when all science classes are taught by special minister guest lecturers. "Bring your family bible to class children, and we will get right down to discussing where humans and animals come from."

Scopes trial part II...

[Initech]

5. And they accused Hillary of taking money from a terrorist sect.

These people are terrorists - economic terrorists at that.

[DFW]

6. At least no one has to ask what Rubio's price is

Now, you, too, for a mere $98,300................

[gratuitous]

7. So now that we know what his profession is . . .

Let's see if we can haggle down the price for a U.S. Senator.

[world wide wally]

8. Not bad for 5 minutes work