Rick Maese on Sec. Rubio’s Taxpayer Funded Jet to Football Games: It Adds Up to $1.2M Since He Took Position Last Year

RUSH EXCERPT:
MEASE: "Yeah, it’s an interesting story. And I think it’s kind of nuanced. You know, there’s a handful of top government officials that are called required use passengers and they have to fly on military aircraft. They need to, you know, certain kind of safety safety measures in place. They need a certain kind of comms available to them at all times. So Marco Rubio doesn’t actually have the option of flying commercial if he wants to see his son playing football. Now, what that means is the taxpayer is their footing. They’re footing the bill. Marco Rubio reimburses the government for the equivalent of a single single seat on an airplane. But the gap between that and what actually costs for these planes to to leave a military base is thousands and thousands of dollars. And in fact, it adds up to $1.2 million since Rubio took the secretary of state position last year."