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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts) Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:19 PM Dec 2015

When Marco Rubio was majority whip of the Florida House of Representatives, he used his official position to urge state regulators to grant a real estate license to his brother-in-law, a convicted cocaine trafficker who had been released from prison 20 months earlier, according to records obtained by The Washington Post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-marco-rubio-helped-his-ex-con-relative-get-a-real-estate-license/2015/12/30/a1d96816-ae7f-11e5-9ab0-884d1cc4b33e_story.html?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_evening

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How Rubio helped his ex-con brother-in-law acquire a real estate license (Original Post) UCmeNdc Dec 2015 OP

+10,000 nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #2

(16,286 posts)

1. I am of two minds here, one of course Rubio would do this, the guy is a straight up conman

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:28 PM

Dec 2015

But I think we treat ex-cons far too harshly in many areas when it comes to rebuilding lives

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2. +10,000 nt

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 07:55 PM

Dec 2015

(12,869 posts)

3. Agree. Ex-felons need jobs. If a Democrat did this though it would be hello investigation...forever.

Wed Dec 30, 2015, 09:02 PM

Dec 2015