Rubio: ‘Having Four Tickets in 17 Years Is Not Considered Bad’

MSNBC Reporter Asks Rubio About Traffic Tickets: ‘Do You Have A Lead Foot?’ (NewsBusters)

Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, the network’s political correspondent Kasie Hunt touted a clip of her pressing Florida Senator Marco Rubio over a handful of traffic tickets: “I have to ask you, there was a New York Times report about your collection of speeding tickets. Do you have a lead foot?”

Rubio brushed aside the hyped story: “They weren't speeding tickets alone. You know, I'll let people read into it what they want. It is what it is. I mean, and I know when you run for president, that's going to happen, people are going to look at every aspect of your life and talk about it. I can tell you being from Miami, where you drive everywhere, having four tickets in 17 years is not considered bad.”