Rubio Defends Voting Against Hurricane Sandy Relief

“What I didn’t vote for in Sandy is because they included a roof for a museum in Washington, D.C., for fisheries in Alaska. It had been loaded up with things that had nothing to do with disaster relief. I voted for every disaster relief package, especially that’s clean, and I’ll continue to do so. When it comes to Florida, we’ll do that again and make sure the package is clean and doesn’t have stuff for other people in there.” – Sen. Marco Rubio, speaking today on CNN.

The 2012 disaster relief package included money to repair the roof of the Smithsonian that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The “fisheries” funding was actually allocated to several states to address marine debris after a devastating tsunami.

DANA BASH: You’re asking for disaster relief money for Florida, but you voted against a relief package after Sandy

MARCO RUBIO: It included stuff like a roof for a museum in DC

BASH: I read the congressional research report and it sounds like the roof was damaged by the storm pic.twitter.com/iZ9zNcFexT

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2022