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Billionaire Lifts Marco Rubio, Politically and Personally

MIAMI — One day in the State Capitol in Tallahassee, Marco Rubio
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the young speaker of the House, strayed from the legislative proceedings to
single out a lanky, silver-haired man seated in the balcony: a billionaire
auto dealer named Norman Braman.

This man, Mr. Rubio said in effusive remarks in 2008, was no ordinary
billionaire, hoarding his cash or using it to pursue selfish passions.

“He’s used it,” Mr. Rubio said, “to enrich the lives of so many people
whose names you will never know.” As it turned out, one of the people
enriched was Mr. Rubio himself.

As Mr. Rubio has ascended in the ranks of Republican politics, Mr. Braman
has emerged as a remarkable and unique patron. He has bankrolled Mr.
Rubio’s campaigns. He has financed Mr. Rubio’s legislative agenda. And, at
the same time, he has subsidized Mr. Rubio’s personal finances, as the
rising politician and his wife grappled with heavy debt and big swings in
their income.


Eric D. Schwerin
eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com

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