Rubio Campaign Press Release - Hearing about Marco Rubio's Credit Cards? Here's What a Nonpartisan Fact Checker Had to Say

Washington Post, November 6, 2015

"People need to understand what they're talking about. It wasn't a credit card. It was an American Express charge card secured under my personal credit in conjunction with the [Republican] Party. Bills would be mailed to me at home. Every month I would go through it. If there was a personal expense, I paid it. If it was a Party expense, the Party paid it. Now I recognize in hindsight I would do it different to avoid confusion. But the Republican Party never paid a single personal expense of mine — personal expense. This is unfortunately when this was initially reported in the press, it was made into something bigger than it actually is. I wouldn't do it the same way again to avoid all these stories but the Republican Party never paid any of my personal expenses."  

— Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), interview on "Good Morning America," Nov. 4, 2015

Rubio's handling of his state Republican Party-issued corporate card is under renewed scrutiny, as he emerges as a leading candidate for the GOP nomination. In a recent appearance on "Good Morning America," Rubio addressed questions over his corporate card usage.

His answer gave us pause. His explanation seemed to rebut many of the claims we have read in recent media coverage of the credit card controversy. Was he rewriting history? We decided to dig into his explanation and the series of events that unfolded since the story broke in February 2010. And we found, for the most part, his story matches up.

Read the rest of the Washington Post piece here.