Posted on 09/22/2015 7:50:58 PM PDT by VinL
Donald Trump appears to have a new target: Marco Rubio.
The Florida senator has tried to avoid antagonizing the brash Republican front-runner, but on Tuesday evening Rubio finally landed in Trump's crosshairs.
"Senator Marco 'amnesty' Rubio, who has worst voting record in Senate, just hit me on national security - but I said don't go into Iraq. VISION," Trump tweeted.
"@realDonaldTrumpSenator Marco "amnesty" Rubio, who has worst voting record in Senate, just hit me on national security-but I said don't go into Iraq. "
Trump has a tendency to attack Republicans on the rise -- from GOP presidential rivals Jeb Bush to Carly Fiorina -- and the latest CNN/ORC poll shows an ascendent Rubio on the heels of his widely praised debate performance.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rubio suggested in an interview on Fox News that Trump was not ready to serve as commander-in-chief given Trump's sparse foreign policy knowledge.
But Trump's tweet could indicate that the Florida senator has awoken the elbow-throwing Trump. Rubio has attempted to run an under-the-radar White House campaign that places little emphasis on winning the daily news cycle, and he has expressed exasperation with the media's fascination with Trump's every move. On the whole, however, Rubio has declined to tumble in the mud with Trump.
In return, Trump has largely avoided hitting Rubio on the stump, only chiding him for running against his mentor, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
But the attacks that Trump now seems to have chosen are sharper: Rubio was confronted at CNN's Republican debate about his Senate attendance record, which has suffered since he launched his presidential bid.
It's also no surprise Trump -- who launched his campaign on a cry for tougher immigration policies -- took aim at Rubio on the issue. The Florida senator
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It’s the Don’s MO.
Go for the weak.
Donald knows nothing of national security.
We had Iraq sewn up until PC sound bite jackasses came along
Marco’s Achilles heel.. And The Donald knows how to exploit it.
You would think Donald could have seen the end game on Iraq
Capitalism from Turkey to the Persian Gulf, dividing the ME
Afghanistan was never going to be won gut they needed an ass kicking
Obama turned his back on Iraq and we are still in Afghanistan
We had Iraq sewn up until PC sound bite jackasses came along”
Is that new language to describe Obama?
Big Time
We lost 3/4s of our men while under obama.
Rubio is a no nothing, do-nothing, Chamber of Commerce poster boy attempting to get by on rehearsed answers handed to him by Rove & CO.
Whack-a-mole!
Trump needs to go on offense with Rubio, he needs to dismantle Roves strategy.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/22/understanding-karl-roves-operation-hummingbird/
And Frankly I think Trump has no heart for the troops.
They are cannon fodder.
Sigh, I know this guys gig.
He is just going for free advertising, he changes his positions daily.
He reminds me of the current occupant but richer.
Cruz never waivers, but knows being steadfast requires he stay off the radar.
Fundamentally I hate Charismatic carnival barkers.
I will leave it at that.
Good. I don’t trust Rubio.
“And Frankly I think Trump has no heart for the troops.”
Trump advised against George W Bush invading Iraq.
I think mylife has no heart. They are cannon fodder.
I think we had Iraq won until Obama undid it and set the north of africa on fire then started the syria shuffle.
Now the whole planet is burning.
I think trump likes that because he is a raider out for trump.
Lokk I like trump and he is a strong guy but I think hes is out for himself just like Obama and so many of them.
Trump: “I believe strongly in a very powerful military. Because if you have a really powerful military, you’ll never have to use it. Nobody’s going to mess with us.”
(Speaking at FreedomFest, Las Vegas, July 2015...and has repeated this, often, since)
You my friend, are wrong... Our brave troopers kicked butt, however we would never convert Iraq into a real country, much less a democracy. First... Their MUSLIMS! Second they are not homogeneous.. Numbers of irreconcilable groups, finally they hate America and only want to take what they can get from us before throwing us out of the country... Iraq, like Afghanistan.. Would be an endless quagmire... Ask the British... Ask the Russians... Trump was right. Bomb the hell out of whoever threatens us.. Remember Khaddafi and Reagan... But 100’s of billions and thousands of lives.... You need to rethink whatever you’re thinkin’
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