# Marco Rubio spent over $1.2m in taxpayer money traveling to his son’s football games, report says

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- The Guardian, 2026-11-11 16:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/11/marco-rubio-travel-costs-university-florida-football

> A Washington Post investigation says US secretary of state Marco Rubio made 23 trips to Gainesville on military aircraft, 15 of them personal, and that the flights cost more than $1.2m. Ethics watchdogs questioned the trips’ necessity. Rubio defended them, saying he would keep trying to attend events important to him and his family.