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C_U_L8R
(47,221 posts)Bottle water stock may be rising.
dem4decades
(12,709 posts)PJMcK
(23,553 posts)Now Little Marco will have 4 jobs for which he is completely unqualified.
Frankly, I've never understood why he got elected as a Senator but he's from Florida so I guess that explains it.
Traildogbob
(11,070 posts)The Keeper of The Anus access. He maintains the traffic coming and going. Like the Club Door Bouncer. A little extra green, the velvet rope will be opened for you to enter.
malaise
(283,560 posts)That is all
johnnyfins
(2,011 posts)newdeal2
(2,411 posts)Whether he is smart enough to realize that, Im not too sure.
Surprised that Lutnut guy isnt on his way out.
malaise
(283,560 posts)Send him this - about water pauses and small businesses😀
cachukis
(3,142 posts)Prairie Gates
(4,972 posts)
S/V Loner
(9,322 posts)tanyev
(46,226 posts)Last edited Thu May 1, 2025, 08:45 PM - Edit history (1)

madinmaryland
(65,384 posts)Midnight Writer
(23,812 posts)republianmushroom
(19,696 posts)Miami Blue
(275 posts)So of course, Little /Awol Marco is
infamous for his desertion.
👇🏻
Austin American-Statesman
Fact-check: Does Marco Rubio have one of
the worst attendance records in the Senate?
Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact.com
Sat, July 16, 2022, at 9:00 AM EDT
Rep. Val Demings:
Sen. Marco Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly True ✔️
Here's why: U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., said her opponent in Floridas U.S. Senate race, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, has a shoddy attendance record.
"For 27 years, I showed up every day to put dangerous criminals away, never knowing Id come home to my family, and when I was chief, we reduced violent crime by 40%," Demings said in a July 13 ad. "But Marco, youve got one of the worst attendance records in the Senate. When Florida needs you, you just dont show up."
Attacks for missed votes are common.
But Rubios attendance record has come under repeated scrutiny from his political opponents.
In 2016, former President Donald Trump said Rubio had the "No. 1 absentee record" in the Senate, and we rated the claim Mostly True.✔️
Since taking office in 2011, Rubio has missed 346, or 9.2%, of 3,744 roll call votes, according to GovTrack, a nonpartisan website that collects congressional data.
On average, members of the Senate miss around 2.3% of votes during their tenure.
Most of Rubios career absences occurred during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. From April 2015 through March 2016, Rubio missed 129 votes.
Still, Rubios attendance record did not immediately improve after his presidential campaign. According to ProPublica, in the 115th Congress, which ran from January 2017 to 2018, Rubio was the eighth most absent member in the Senate, out of 99 senators. (There was one vacancy.)
In 2020, Rubio ranked 12th most absent among senators who have served more than 10 years.
So far, hes missed 41 votes, making him the 27th most absent member of the Senate. He cited "travel difficulties" for three absences, per ProPublica.
Demings said Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate. " ✔️
Looking at the percentage of roll call votes Rubio missed throughout his decade as a senator, the statement is accurate. Overall, Rubio missed more than 9% of votes since 2011 well above the average of 2.3% among members of the Senate. One of the reasons for this is his unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2016.
Rubios attendance record in the 117th Congress is a bit better. So far, he has missed 41 votes, making him the 27th most absent member of the Senate.
We rate Demings' claim Mostly True.✔️
Our Sources
GovTrack, 2020 Report Card, accessed July 13, 2022
GovTrack, Sen. Marco Rubios 2020 Report Card, accessed July 13, 2022
ProPublica, Votes Missed by Marco Rubio, accessed July 13, 2022
Email interview with Christian Slater, Demings communications director, July 13, 2022
Email interview with Elizabeth Gregory, Rubio campaign spokesperson, July 13, 2022
PolitiFact, Donald Trump says Marco Rubio has 'worst voting record there is today,' Sept. 17, 2015
PolitiFact, Donald Trump is right: Marco Rubio
has worst Senate voting record, March 3, 2016
PolitiFact, Mostly True: Marco Rubio has worst voting record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years, Sept. 2, 2016
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Val Demings ad criticizes Rubios attendance record
Miami Blue
(275 posts)So of course, Little /Awol Marco Rubio is
infamous for his desertion.
👇🏻
Austin American-Statesman
Fact-check: Does Marco Rubio have one of
the worst attendance records in the Senate?
Yacob Reyes, PolitiFact.com
Sat, July 16, 2022, at 9:00 AM EDT
Rep. Val Demings:
Sen. Marco Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
PolitiFact's ruling: Mostly True ✔️
Here's why: U.S. Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., said her opponent in Floridas U.S. Senate race, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, has a shoddy attendance record.
"For 27 years, I showed up every day to put dangerous criminals away, never knowing Id come home to my family, and when I was chief, we reduced violent crime by 40%," Demings said in a July 13 ad. "But Marco, youve got one of the worst attendance records in the Senate. When Florida needs you, you just dont show up."
Attacks for missed votes are common.
But Rubios attendance record has come under repeated scrutiny from his political opponents.
In 2016, former President Donald Trump said Rubio had the "No. 1 absentee record" in the Senate, and we rated the claim Mostly True.✔️
Since taking office in 2011, Rubio has missed 346, or 9.2%, of 3,744 roll call votes, according to GovTrack, a nonpartisan website that collects congressional data.
On average, members of the Senate miss around 2.3% of votes during their tenure.
Most of Rubios career absences occurred during his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. From April 2015 through March 2016, Rubio missed 129 votes.
Still, Rubios attendance record did not immediately improve after his presidential campaign. According to ProPublica, in the 115th Congress, which ran from January 2017 to 2018, Rubio was the eighth most absent member in the Senate, out of 99 senators. (There was one vacancy.)
In 2020, Rubio ranked 12th most absent among senators who have served more than 10 years.
So far, hes missed 41 votes, making him the 27th most absent member of the Senate. He cited "travel difficulties" for three absences, per ProPublica.
Demings said Rubio has "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate. " ✔️
Looking at the percentage of roll call votes Rubio missed throughout his decade as a senator, the statement is accurate. Overall, Rubio missed more than 9% of votes since 2011 well above the average of 2.3% among members of the Senate. One of the reasons for this is his unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2016.
Rubios attendance record in the 117th Congress is a bit better. So far, he has missed 41 votes, making him the 27th most absent member of the Senate.
We rate Demings' claim Mostly True.✔️
Our Sources
GovTrack, 2020 Report Card, accessed July 13, 2022
GovTrack, Sen. Marco Rubios 2020 Report Card, accessed July 13, 2022
ProPublica, Votes Missed by Marco Rubio, accessed July 13, 2022
Email interview with Christian Slater, Demings communications director, July 13, 2022
Email interview with Elizabeth Gregory, Rubio campaign spokesperson, July 13, 2022
PolitiFact, Donald Trump says Marco Rubio has 'worst voting record there is today,' Sept. 17, 2015
PolitiFact, Donald Trump is right: Marco Rubio
has worst Senate voting record, March 3, 2016
PolitiFact, Mostly True: Marco Rubio has worst voting record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years, Sept. 2, 2016
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Val Demings ad criticizes Rubios attendance record
tritsofme
(19,130 posts)Bristlecone
(10,697 posts)marble falls
(65,029 posts)WarGamer
(17,004 posts)JanMichael
(25,581 posts)EndlessWire
(7,749 posts)that he was on that phone call, too. He should have known better than to talk war plans on Signal. They are all incompetent. When rump first commented on the leak, he indicated that he would blame Waltz, and now he has. But, they are all to blame. Guess he had nobody to replace his entire cabinet, so he said he didn't care, "Big deal." But, we know.