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milestogo

(16,829 posts)
Sun May 29, 2016, 11:50 AM May 2016

Rubio Personally Apologized To Trump For Implying He Had A Small Penis



During a particularly nasty stretch of the Republican presidential primary, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) mocked Donald Trump for, among other things, his face, his hair, and the size of his hands ... er, manhood.

It wasn’t exactly high-minded stuff. And though Rubio had been goaded into going down this route – Trump had been calling him “Little Marco” for weeks and joyfully mocked his preternatural dehydration – he ended up apologizing for it.

“I want my kids to be proud of me, and I don’t think it reflected well on my faith,” he said. “That’s not who I am.”

Turns out, Rubio’s apology tour was done in private as well as public. In an interview with CNN that aired Sunday, he explained that he also expressed his regrets directly to Trump. “I actually told Donald — one of the debates, I forget which one — I apologized to him for that,” Rubio said. “I said, ‘You know, I’m sorry that I said that. It’s not who I am and I shouldn’t have done it.’ I didn’t say it in front of the cameras, I didn’t want any political benefit.”

It’s unclear if Trump returned the favor. But the presumptive Republican nominee has seemed to warm to Rubio in recent weeks, even encouraging him to reconsider his decision not to run for re-election.

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marco-rubio-apologize-donald-trump-penis_us_574af1a5e4b03ede4415112b



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Rubio Personally Apologized To Trump For Implying He Had A Small Penis (Original Post) milestogo May 2016 OP
He must have found a horse's head in his bed or he LibDemAlways May 2016 #1
Rubio probably did the right thing. Tal Vez May 2016 #2
Or Rubio might be trying to position himself for a cabinet position Fritz Walter May 2016 #3
How'd that conversation go, I wonder? Jester Messiah May 2016 #4
And now he's going to fluff him. Metric System May 2016 #5

LibDemAlways

(15,139 posts)
1. He must have found a horse's head in his bed or he
Sun May 29, 2016, 12:02 PM
May 2016

spotted a long lost relative in the company of a couple of goons. His apology sounds a bit coerced to say the least.

Tal Vez

(660 posts)
2. Rubio probably did the right thing.
Sun May 29, 2016, 12:04 PM
May 2016

True, what Rubio said about Trump's hands is accurate, but it really should not have been part of the campaign. On the other hand, Rubio was provoked by Trump's truly abusive attacks on Rubio, for which there will of course never be an apology.

Fritz Walter

(4,281 posts)
3. Or Rubio might be trying to position himself for a cabinet position
Sun May 29, 2016, 12:19 PM
May 2016

...or a good ambassador post.

And Drumpf's response? Tubio should reconsider his decision not to run for re-election to the Senate.

The nerve of some people! Impugn the Drumpf's dick size, and then try to pretend it doesn't matter.

That'll leave a mark. oh.

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