POLITICO: Marco Rubio thrashed Donald Trump on the debate stage Thursday, hurling his harshest attacks of the campaign at the mogul just five days before the most crucial votes are cast in the Republican presidential primary.
The Florida senator was quick on his feet, a dramatic reversal from his wooden debate debacle earlier this month, as he tried to convince voters that the GOP frontrunner can’t be trusted to pursue conservative policies — not on Israel, not on judges, not on religious liberty, not on health care, and not even on his signature issue, immigration.
Rubio skewered Trump for starting a “fake university” he said duped people into borrowing tens of thousands of dollars. He knocked him for manufacturing his clothing line overseas. He belittled his entrepreneurial skills, bringing up the inheritance he received from his father. And he accused Trump of a long history of hiring undocumented immigrants… (more)
NEWSLANC EDITOR: One may have to go back to the McCarthy / Army hearings of the 1950s to have witness such a thorough thrashing of a braggart and a bully. Marco Rubio showed an impressive ability to learn and grow.
