Donald Trump loves to counterpunch, and Marco Rubio seems to be ready to take his best shot.
During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday, Rubio poked fun at Trump’s “bad week” — during which the GOP front-runner was booed during a speech after he called the Florida senator a “clown” last Friday, and drew a small crowd at an event last Wednesday in South Carolina.
“It’s very clear he’s an insecure person. He doesn’t like to be criticized,” said Rubio, who sits fourth in the Washington Examiner’s latest power rankings. “You know, the presidency is a tough job. You’re going to be criticized, and you can’t flip out every time somebody says something about you. He does, and that’s his problem.”
“I don’t have time to kind of analyze why that is, but that’s the reality of it,” Rubio said. “He had a bad week. He got booed on stage, he had very few people show up to an event he gave. Just today, Tom Brady said he’s not endorsing Donald Trump despite these reports that — he doesn’t have Tom Brady on his side now.”
“[H]e’s a very sensitive guy, and that’s fine,” Rubio said. “That’s his problem. I’m not going to worry about him.”
Rubio’s comments come a day after he told National Public Radio that he wasn’t going to join in the “freak show” and respond to everything Trump says about him. Lately, Trump has hit Rubio over his voting record in the Senate, while also calling him a “lightweight,” a “kid,” and even mocking him for how much he sweats.
Despite his “bad week,” Trump has not seen much movement in the latest polls, which still show him on top of the GOP field. However, Rubio has started to see a bump in his polling numbers since the CNN debate on Sept. 16, with him currently in fourth at 9.6 percent according to the latest RealClearPolitics average.
