At the start of the debate, in one of a number of odd moments, Mr Trump defended the size of his hands and then alluded to another part of his anatomy. Mitt Romney, the party’s 2012 nominee, on Thursday made a rare public appearance to denounce Trump as “a phony” who is “playing the American public for suckers”.
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The state had 46 GOP delegates at stake, divided proportionally among the candidates depending on the results. Marco Rubio said early in the debate. Yes, he did it.
Trump kept up the needling when Rubio said the frontrunner wasn’t in the mood to give straight answers: “Don’t worry about it, Little Marco”.
Thursday’s debate, sponsored by Fox News, is the first time Trump will face his rivals since scooping up seven victories on Super Tuesday.
RUBIO:… let’s talk about Donald Trump’s strategy and my strategy and Ted’s strategy and John Kasich’s strategy when it comes to ISIS. Nobody has ever hit my hands. “But I’ve never seen a successful person who wasn’t flexible, who didn’t have a certain degree of flexibility”. Then he spread his palms out.
“Look at those hands”.
Holding up both hands to the audience, the Republican said: “He (Rubio) referred to my hands, “if they’re small, something else must be small”.
Mr Trump disparaged Mr Romney in a series of tweets, including: “I am not a Mitt Romney, who doesn’t know how to win”. That’s the same line of attack Rubio is pushing as he tries to emerge as Trump’s chief rival. “Donald is not going to make America great, he’s going to make America orange”, Rubio said at a Sunday rally, hinting that the real estate mogul used spray tans.
The “Cruz 2016 “Breathe” yoga mat”, as the item is called online, is available for $35 alongside caps, coffee mugs and baby clothes for sale on the Texas senator’s campaign website.
With Trump emerging as the undisputed GOP front-runner, many party leaders and insiders insist he’s not a true conservative.
I think many people have been involved with such organizations or jobs. “You wrote her four checks”.
The New York businessman was forced to explain a civil lawsuit involving the collapse of Trump University.
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He said it was fine that Rubio had negotiated with other lawmakers on immigration policy. “He’s trying to con people into giving them their vote just like he conned these people into giving him their money”.
