In what could be another sign of Trump fatigue, the billionaire Manhattan developer drew major jeers while trying to poke fun at fellow presidential candidate Marco Rubio in front of conservative activists on Friday.
“You have this clown, Marco Rubio, I’ve been so nice to him,” Trump said to boos from the audience at the Values Voters summit in Washington, D.C. “I’ve been so nice and then — no, but he’s in favor of immigration and he has been, he has been, it was the ‘Gang of 8’ and you remember the ‘Gang of 8,’ it was terrible.”
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Rubio is just the latest in a long list of Trump targets. The Florida senator, who received a positive reception at the gathering earlier in the day, took his own jab at the GOP frontrunner.
“Donald Trump has had a bad week; Carly [Fiorina] embarrassed him on stage and he’s not reacting well to it,” Rubio said. “This campaign is not about him, this campaign is about America.”
When asked about the boos following his speech, Trump said they “were cheers.”