Posted on 02/27/2016 4:16:49 PM PST by mandaladon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from an endorsement by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday accelerated his political slugfest with opponent Marco Rubio, just days before the delegate-rich Super Tuesday contests.
With dueling appearances in Arkansas and Georgia, the billionaire businessman and U.S. senator from Florida continued an onslaught of personal insults that began on a debate stage on Thursday and looks likely to go on for months.
"The majority of Republican voters do not want Donald Trump to be our nominee, and ... they are going to support whoever is left standing that is fighting against him to ensure that we do not nominate a con artist," Rubio told reporters in Georgia.
Trump, speaking in front of his private plane in Arkansas, along with Christie, whose endorsement on Friday shocked Republican leaders anxious about his likelihood of winning the nomination, belittled Rubio and accused him of being fresh.
"I watched this lightweight Rubio, total lightweight, little mouth on him, 'bing, bing, bing' ... and his new attack is he calls me a con artist," Trump said. "The last thing I am is a con man." View gallery U.S. Republican presidential candidate Trump points … U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L) points towards New Jersey Governor Chris Chr …
Their back and forth came while voters went to the polls in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, coming a week after South Carolina's Republican primary.
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"I see him starting to sweat, like I have never seen anything like it. Thank God he has really large ears, the biggest ears I've ever seen, because they were protecting him," Trump said............Funny!!!
“Funny!!!” Thanks for telling us; do you hold up those “laugh” signs for sit com audiences?
Christie was hammering on Rubio today. Brutal and effective. About his no-show Senate record.
“The majority of Republican voters do not want Donald Trump to be our nominee, and ... they are going to support whoever is left standing...”
I don’t know if they actually believe this or if they just hope and say it to see if the carp sticks to the wall.
Trump is approaching a clear majority. Rubio can’t break 25.
I laughed at one of the Freepers calling Rubio a Foam Fairy. Trump should refer to him as the Foam Fairy.
Isn’t being a republican for the last 10+ years the biggest con job of all time?
The insult routine does not fit Marco very well. He’s not a natural at it. His handlers feed him a few zingers and he repeats them and gives his stupid smile. All it does it make the voters who don’t like Trump’s insults dislike Marco as well. I don’t understand the strategy. I think he knows he has no chance in Florida and is going down swinging....like a gay, sweaty, lightweight, midget Cuban anchor baby.
Rubio thinks we will vote for whoever is left standing? What a dumb cluck.
If Trump is libeled off the stage, it’s because the American people are too stupid to see the game play. The game play is that the RNC and the DNC want to continue to destroy the USA.
I will assist with that destruction by voting for the most commi person on the block, an honest one like Sanders. Definitely not the Hildabeast. I will do that because it means the nation deserves it.
In 1991, at the end of Desert Storm, a 19 yr old US Army Cavalry Scout Private who had just spent 8 months at war sat out on a street at Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia. He sat there on his duffle bag with his Battalion around him for 4 days waiting for the buses to come and take him to the King Fahad Airport so he could go home. Unfortunately, the politicians of the day never planned for how to bring so many soldiers home after the war ended so there was a shortage of planes. Politicians are great at talking, but terrible at doing. Finally, the buses came, and took the young man to the airport. The planes waiting were from Tower Air. The owner of Tower Air had volunteered his planes and staff to bring soldiers home for the cost of fuel only. Happily, the young veteran got home just in time for Easter weekend in 1991, and spent that time emotionally healing with friends and family surrounding him. That Private was me. The Airline owner – Donald J Trump. That is why I will vote Trump. Loyalty for loyalty, respect for respect. Any questions?
Written by Ron Knouse
Sounds like the con man is a junior Senator from Florida who presented himself as a conservative, then betrayed everyone who voted him in (see Phyllis Schafly’s denunciation and condemnation of Rubio), and for a guy who doesn’t show up for work but still collects a paycheck, Rubio demonstrates in practice just what a ‘con man’ is.
And giving us nominees who ge 25, 30 percent in the early primaries is the MO of the GOPe. Now the people have 3 candidates of their own, each with different antiestablishment qualities, and they are regularly getting 60 percent or more of the vote, and suddenly, the leader getting 45 percent isn’t enough? Too bad, GOPers.
This story has a headline that leads you to believe you will get from it the back and forth between the two.
Instead, the story is really a puff piece for Rubio.
When you read it, all you see is Rubio, Rubio, Rubio.....
I am sure it thrills you.
There is irony with any DC politician calling anyone outside the beltway a con-man, but with Cruz it rings especially hollow.
Please clap. -- Jeb Bush
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“That Private was me. The Airline owner – Donald J Trump. That is why I will vote Trump. Loyalty for loyalty, respect for respect. Any questions?”
Awesome story!
Thank you for your service.
Ever since his Gang of 8 legislation, disliking Rubio was a given, at least for me.
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