- [Adam] That's Marco Rubio,
the NRA's thirsty personal wallet.
Marco Antonio Rubio was born to Cuban immigrants
in Miami, Florida in 1971.
Rubio's parents emigrated from Cuba to the US in 1956,
but that didn't stop Rubio from brewing up
his own more politically inspired version of the story.
As a rising force, Rubio claimed his parents
were forced out of Cuba by Castro,
but in reality Castro didn't take over
until three years after his parents had already emigrated.
- I wish I would've known the data,
I would've gotten it right,
I would've said they came before Castro.
- [Adam] Either Rubio is real bad with dates
or he used a fake talking point to cheat respect
with Florida's vast post-exile Cuban population.
After somehow graduating high school with a 2.1 GPA,
Rubio received a scholarship
to play football at Tarkio University,
a school in the middle of nowhere, Missouri.
According to Salon, the century-old college
was on the brink of shuttering
after record low enrollment numbers.
The school admitted everyone who applied
before filing for bankruptcy a year after Rubio dropped out.
Teammates' recall of Rubio's ghostlike presence,
one said, I know he showed up to play football
and I remember him suiting up for the team picture,
but that's about it.
Another said my memory of him
is hanging out in the weight room, sitting on the bench
and ragging on guys for not being able to lift enough.
We used to tell him, get the hell out of here,
if you're not doing anything.
- I was more nervous before my first college football game,
'cause you are actually gonna get hit.
- [Adam] After not even getting the chance
to get hit, he dropped out.
Later Rubio transferred to a community college
and then finished his undergraduate career
at the University of Florida.
In 1996 Rubio got his JD
from the University of Miami School of Law.
After obtaining a law degree, Rubio started working his way
up the ladder of Republican politics,
in 1999 he was elected to the Florida
House of Representatives and held office for eight years.
As Speaker of the House, Rubio frequently used
his GOP credit card for personal expenses,
he used the credit card to repair his family's minivan
for $4,000 and dropped $143 on a men's haircut,
it's unclear why this haircut was so expensive.
- And now I have to spend all my time
explaining how I used the card
instead of talking about public policies.
- [Adam] All in all, Rubio's personal expenses
added up to $16,052,
the party covered the rest on the card,
which was $93,566.
In 2010 Rubio worked his way up to the US Senate
thanks to endorsements from great people
like Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani
and famous war proponent, Dick Cheney.
Rubio's time in the Senate
has been largely spent attacking women's health.
- Roe versus Wade is bad constitutional law.
- [Adam] He sided with pro-life issues 100% of the time
and believes in abortion cases,
there should be no exceptions for rape and incest,
Rubio has time and time again
voted to defund Planned Parenthood.
- I'm gonna vote to defund it
and I have problems with what Planned Parenthood does
and ultimately what the aims of their organization is.
- [Adam] Of course Rubio wouldn't be
in the position of power he's in if it weren't for the NRA,
who has contributed over $3.3 million to him.
Just a year after six adults and 20 children
were murdered in the Sandy Hook school shooting,
Rubio said he doesn't support
expanding background checks for purchasing firearms
and in the wake of the Parkland shooting,
where 17 people were killed in Rubio's home state,
he couldn't say he'd stop taking money from the NRA.
- Senator Rubio, can you tell me right now,
that you will not accept a single donation
from the NRA in the future?
- [Adam] Rubio stumbles and then.
- You have every right to ask that question of me
and I'm here to tell you-- - Okay, I'll ask again,
will you be accepting money from the NRA?
- I've always supported, I will always accept the help
of anyone who agrees with my agenda.
- [Adam] Before Rubio got grilled
by a teenage school shooting survivor,
he decided to run for President in 2016.
His main agenda seemed to take aim
at one former steak salesman, Donald J Trump.
- If he hadn't inherited $200 million,
do you know where Donald Trump would be right now?
- No, no, no.
- Selling watches in Manhattan.
Donald is not gonna make America great,
he's gonna make America orange
and you know what they say about men with small hands?
You can't trust 'em.
Guys, we have a con artist
as the front runner in the Republican party.
- [Adam] Later Rubio endorsed
the con artist with small hands.
- And he referred to my hands,
if they're small, something else must be small,
I guarantee you there's no problem, my guarantee.
- [Adam] It appears Rubio was a Never Trumper,
when campaigning in the 2016 Presidential race primaries,
but now he's all about a guy
he once called an erratic individual,
who can't be trusted with our nuclear codes.
- The time for fighting each other is over,
it's time to come together
and fight for a new direction for America.
- [Adam] Rubio's support for the former steak salesman
continues, in June of 2019, Rubio Tweeted,
"It's official, #KeepAmericaGreat."
To maintain his seat in the Senate,
Rubio will seemingly lean far into Trump's agenda
and help steer it through the Republican controlled Senate
for as long as he's in office.
(cheerful jazz music)