Reporters dismayed by Rubio jabs at Trump

Published March 1, 2016 1:00pm ET



Reporters say they’re embarrassed for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., now that he has started to talk and jab like GOP front-runner Donald Trump, whose every insult and smear has earned the businessman eight months of unbroken media coverage.

“Rubio engaging in remarkably lowbrow politics. Does ‘but Trump’ make it easier to explain to kids?” the New York Times’ Jonathan Martin complained this week.

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