After a crowd booed GOP frontrunner Donald Trump for calling fellow Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) a “clown,” Trump took to Twitter to double down on the attacks.
Fresh off an appearance at the conservative Values Voter Summit on Friday, Trump slammed Rubio on his record in the Senate.
.@MarcoRubio is weak on illegal immigration and will allow anyone into the country…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2015
…..Has worst attendance record in Senate- rarely there to vote on a bill! @marcorubio
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 25, 2015
According to the website GovTrack, Rubio has missed 11 percent of roll call votes from January 2011 to September 2015, compared to a 1.6 percent median lifetime record for senators currently serving.
The billionaire real estate mogul also went after Rubio, who is currently polling around 9 percent, for being a member of the so-called “Gang Of Eight,” the bipartisan group of senators who endorsed a path to citizenship in 2013.
Marco Rubio is a member of the Gang Of Eight or, very weak on stopping illegal immigration. Only changed when poll numbers crashed.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2015
“Shut the fuck up, Donny!”
Trump takes dump on chump. Again. Press eats it. Again.
I think Trump getting booed is probably a pretty telling moment in the campaign. Its another data point indicating two things…1) The Trump has probably reached his zenith and doesn’t have a lot of room to grow (but plenty to lose) and 2) Rubio is starting to emerge as the “real” GOP candidate.
The second point needs to be confirmed. Rubio seems to be the big winner in picking over the corpse of Walker’s campaign staff, and will probably be the big winner of his donors as well. He is starting to receive more press, continuing to be good press (Earlier he wasn’t receiving much attention, but was generally receiving positive press). And, in the all important Florida contest, latest polling has him pulling ahead of Bush (though both are still behind Trump)
But…Rubio has also benefited from the fact that it IS a crowded field and he doesn’t receive a lot of attention. Going forward he is going to be pushed beyond his memorized talking points If he flubs one or two off the cuff questions, he joins the pattern of boom and bust that is so familiar in GOP presidential politics. If he does reasonably well, support consolidates around him.
Ah say, ah say, go away boy, ya bother me!
Trump’s “shtick” is getting very, very tired. I hope his grandiose self-righteousness has peaked and will now become an increasing liability for his aspirations. A jackass for a President? Really??