It was fight night in Houston on Thursday as the Republican candidates squared off one final time before the big Super Tuesday primary – and Donald Trump didn’t leave unscathed.
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“We are not going to turn over the conservative movement to a con artist who is telling people one thing but has spent 40 years sticking it to working Americans and now claims to be their champion”, Rubio told NBC’s Today show.
Rubio began the day Friday waging a fresh verbal assault against Trump, repeatedly calling the billionaire businessman “a con artist” during a round of morning television interviews.
Collins, who owns manufacturing companies in the Buffalo area, said he and Trump agree government should run like a business. Then, then he asked for a full-length mirror, I don’t know why because the podium goes up to here (gestures to stomach).
He also said Trump went backstage during the debate “maybe to make sure his trousers weren’t wet”.
“You have a guy who is being sued right now for fraud for Trump University”, Rubio exclaimed.
“Lightweight Marco Rubio was working hard last night”, he said in another tweet.
Neither Kasich nor Carson swung at any other candidate; the whopping 35 attacks on Trump were split between Rubio (17) and Cruz (18).
“You all have friends that are thinking of voting for Donald Trump. Great honer [sic]”, with the misspelling of the last word an easy target for Rubio.
Anne Duffy, 60, a health care consultant in Dallas, said she prefers Rubio because he isn’t a “bully” like Trump. “And once a chocker, always a choker.’ I guess that’s what he meant to say”.
Rubio also accused Donald Trump of being a “con artist” and took jabs at Trump’s age.
The candidates vowed to continue fighting as they head into the Tuesday delegates contests, majority in southern states where Trump polls well.
“The nice part about the plan, you’ll have many different plans”, Trump said when pressed on his healthcare solutions. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is mustering just one vote for every four for Trump, lagging even further behind at just 12 percent.
Pacelle said he thinks Trump likely did well in early voting, which has now ended.
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Rubio was the principal aggressor of the night, and he held nothing back.
