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Fox News punks Robert Wexler
Fox News' gotcha got Robert Wexler.
A week after a report showing the Florida Congressman was living in Maryland while claiming official residence as being his mother-in-law's house at a retirement community in Delray Beach, comes this statement:
"My wife, Laurie, and I have decided to lease a residence of our own in Palm Beach County. Although I am confident that I have represented my district as well anybody possibly could, I have heard the concerns of some of my constituents and do not want this issue to distract from my advocacy of the important issues facing our community and country."
The fact that Wexler has a home near D.C. is not illegal or unusual;
most politicians do that for obvious convenience and family
considerations. But Wexler got stung because the home in Florida was
not his and his family could not even live there because it in a
community for people 55 and older.
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