Ah, Marco Rubio sold the media a dummy yesterday. Ahead of the CNN debate last night, his press team briefed out that their man would go after Ted Cruz, the rival for second place, rather than the frontrunner Donald Trump. This seemed stupid. It turns out it was part of a cunning plan. We should have guessed.
In the debate, Rubio turned on Trump quite viciously. He did what the Donald has been doing to him and other candidates for months. He mocked him and it worked. He said that, if Trump hadn’t inherited $200 million from his family, he would be “selling watches on the street in Manhattan.”
Finally, somebody was insulting the Donald back. It was satisfying to watch. Referring to Trump’s plan to keep Mexicans out of the USA, Rubio said, ‘If he builds a wall the way he built Trump Towers, ‘he’ll be using illegal labour to do it.
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