Story About the Rubios' Traffic Tickets Sparks Conservative Backlash

The senator and his wife were cited 17 times over 18 years.

Jeanette Rubio, the wife of Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio (R), speaks to the press after voting at an early voting location on October 22, 2010 in Hialeah, Florida.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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By Sahil Kapur

June 5, 2015 at 5:37 PM UTC

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An article published online Friday morning by the New York Times appeared embarrassing for Senator Marco Rubio. The headline read: "Marco Rubio and His Wife Cited 17 Times for Traffic Infractions." Twitter lit up. The Drudge Report picked it up.

The story was more about Rubio's wife, Jeannette. Thirteen of the traffic infractions were hers, while the Republican presidential candidate got four tickets for speeding or breaking other traffic laws over 18 years in Miami-Dade and Duval Counties, the Times wrote. (The couple several times agreed to go to remedial driving school, the article added.)