Marco Rubio “doesn’t mean anything” to Donald Trump, one of the Republican front-runner’s top aides said Friday.
“If there’s a debate tomorrow, Donald Trump is still front and center,” Trump executive vice president Michael Cohen told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day” Friday. “He’s still eight times higher in the polls than Marco Rubio. He doesn’t think about Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio doesn’t mean anything to him.”
Trump and Rubio have been making public jabs at each other this week, with the latest hit landing Thursday on Fox, where the Florida senator said Trump is “very thin-skinned, obviously. He’s very sensitive to criticism.”
Rubio has been gaining steadily in national polls, along with former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, while Trump’s decisive lead has been slipping since the second Republican debate.
Rubio swung at Trump on Thursday, accusing him of not understanding policy and pointing to last week’s Republican debate as evidence.
Rubio’s hits came in response to Trump’s attack on CNN earlier in the day. “Marco Rubio, he’s like a kid. He shouldn’t be running in this race as far as I’m concerned,” Trump said.
“I don’t think Mr. Trump went after Marco Rubio, Marco Rubio went after Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump responded and then, of course, Marco Rubio responded again,” Cohen said Friday. “He doesn’t want to pick a fight. But if you pick a fight with him, you’re gonna lose.”
