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Trump Quote of the Day

November 2, 2015 at 4:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 21 Comments

“Marco doesn’t show up to votes, he doesn’t do things that you’re supposed to do. He got elected senator, and you know the same thing happened to him in the Florida senate, if you look, and I know a lot about Florida, I’m there…. He was in the senate and he tried to get the top position…. Two minutes after he got the top position he was looking to run for senate. Then he runs for senate, now he wants to be president. I would say, maybe I’m the last person to say this: Relax. Take it easy.”

— Donald Trump, in an interview with Bloomberg, on Sen. Marco Rubio is “highly-overrated” and “isn’t going to make it.”

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