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Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is being ripped for her defense of Secretary of State Marco Rubio after reports he spent $1.2 million of taxpayer’s money to fly to Florida to see his son’s football games.
A Wednesday report by The Washington Post claimed Rubio regularly uses a military jet to fly to Florida Gators college games, where his son Anthony is part of the team.
The Post added the secretary has made at least five trips to see the University of Florida’s team this fall and 23 in total since taking office, 15 of which were recorded as personal, numbers that “significantly outpace that of his predecessors” and come at a high cost to the electorate.
The secretary defended his travel in a statement to The Post: “I have and will continue to try and make it to as many events that are important to me personally and to my family as possible.”
Taking to X to belittle the story, Leavitt – who left the White House to spend more time with her young children but has since joined Fox News as an on-air contributor – wrote dismissively: “Washington Post confirms Secretary Rubio is a great dad.”
