As Twitchy reported earlier Wednesday, Marco Rubio was making some noise about running for the Senate again, and why not? Even though he had said he wouldn’t return to the Senate after his failed bid for the presidency, polling has him ahead of the two Democrats running for his seat.
Those polls might change again very soon as the results of an investigation into Rep. Patrick Murphy by CBS4 News make the rounds on social media.
New CBS investigation on Rep. Patrick Murphy (running for #FLSen) seems pretty explosive: https://t.co/KkUTgA12P3 pic.twitter.com/1US7KCgVRb
— Taniel (@Taniel) June 22, 2016
Investigation too long & detailed to summarize here—but check it out, as it's likely to impact Murphy's race against Grayson & now Rubio.
— Taniel (@Taniel) June 22, 2016
It is a long piece, but this tidbit from CBS Miami sums up the investigation pretty well:
So when Murphy said in 2012, “I got my CPA license and I spent years going to numerous Fortune 500 companies,” the truth is he only spent at most eight months – and not years – with Deloitte & Touche holding a CPA license valid only in Colorado, a state where Murphy has never lived or worked.
A campaign spokesman acknowledged Murphy did not meet Florida’s educational requirements to become a CPA, nevertheless he sought a license in Colorado because “Patrick was excited to start his career.”
The campaign then added: “As a fully-licensed CPA, Patrick is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.”
It took Patrick Murphy NINE TIMES to pass the CPA?! How much was his Dad paying Deloitte to keep him on staff through that?
— Liz Mair (@LizMair) June 23, 2016
Just asked my CPA dad about Patrick Murphy's problems with the CPA exam. His take: Anyone in his firm who failed 4x or more would be canned.
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) June 22, 2016
This is really damning on multiple levels.
— Tyler Dinucci (@TylerDinucci) June 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/simonwillo/status/745759246969495552
Jesus, this is just excellent, brutal reporting. https://t.co/5THXRD7TBX
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 23, 2016
Alan Grayson has to like this https://t.co/zkCDZwqI4l and Marco Rubio has to love it.
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) June 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/745754252056887298
Is it too late for Joe Biden to establish residency and jump in the race?
FL filing deadline is Friday. Wonder if any other Ds consider jumping in. https://t.co/aT4L2efmV2
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 23, 2016
Murphy hasn’t responded to the CBS Miami investigation on his Twitter feed, but he does have a pretty high-level endorsement pinned to the top.
“I am proud to endorse Congressman Patrick Murphy for the United States Senate." @BarackObama #FLSEN pic.twitter.com/9qi8JLomC2
— Patrick Murphy (@PatrickMurphyFL) March 2, 2016
— LaurieAnn ??♂️? (@mooshakins) June 22, 2016
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