claim: rubio admitted he "would have accepted the stimulus money."
author: charlie crist
evidence_1: dec 10, 2009 ... ... “ultimately i would have accepted those portions of the money that would not ...  crist for doing exactly what, he now admits, he would have done himself. ...  rubio has criticized crist for supporting the stimulus -- and also for ...
evidence_2: mar 31, 2010 ... ironically, it was also a moment rooted in partisanship, a news conference ... and  this would have been the perfect occasion for tossing some red meat to ... smile  that is his trademark, admitted, "i am terribly biased about my florida. ... i was  forthright and i said we needed it," crist said of the stimulus money.
evidence_3: jun 22, 2016 ... marco rubio has changed his mind and will indeed run for re-election to ... "in  politics, admitting you've changed your mind is not something most people like to  do. ... when we got obamacare, the failed stimulus and a record debt. ... week he  will put in $10 to $15 million of his own money to defeat rubio.
evidence_4: apr 21, 2010 ... crist's woes in florida: can he win as an independent? ... an event last year is a  rubio campaign staple (even though rubio has admitted that had he been  governor, he too would have taken the stimulus money for florida).
evidence_5: mar 31, 2010 ... riding anti-government fervor, rubio has turned crist into the ... “i was truthful  and i was honest and i was forthright and i said we needed it,” crist said of the  stimulus money. he ticks off the numbers and categories of jobs that would have  ... the nearby republican governors who accepted stimulus dollars.