Marco Rubio spent much of his presidential campaign trying to ignore Donald Trump.
Now he can barely get through five minutes without insulting or attacking the GOP poll leader.
Days before Super Tuesday, when 12 states and one territory cast their votes, the Florida senator has turned his campaign into a riposte to Trump’s dominance in the Republican field.
But unlike the half-dozen candidates who have followed similar routes, Rubio is aiming to beat Trump at his own game.
Peppering his stump speech with broadsides at the front-runner, Rubio has called Trump a hypocrite, accused him of weakness, and even questioned his manhood.
“You know what they say about men with small hands,” Rubio said in Roanoke Sunday evening, complete with a pregnant pause.
“You can’t trust ‘em.”