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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 04:28 AM Feb 2016

Rubio attacks Trump's small hands

Rubio attacks Trump’s short fingers


Marco Rubio is attacking rival Donald Trump over one of his biggest weaknesses: his short fingers.

Rubio pointed out Trump’s “small hands” in comparison to the billionaire’s height at a campaign rally on Sunday night.
“You know what they say about men with small hands … you can’t trust 'em!” Rubio said.

Comments on Trump’s fingers have been known to set him off.

In a November 2015 column for Vanity Fair, editor Graydon Carter detailed how the Republican front-runner responds to criticism about his fingers.

“Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a ‘short-fingered vulgarian’ in the pages of Spy magazine,” Carter wrote. “That was more than a quarter of a century ago.”

In 1988, Spy magazine referred to Trump as the "short-fingered vulgarian" in nearly every story.

Trump defended himself in the New York Post, saying “my fingers are long and beautiful, as, has been well-documented, are various other parts of my body.”

Carter wrote that he still receives occasional photos from Trump in response to the criticism decades ago.

“On all of [the photos] he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers,” Carter said. “I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/271113-rubio-attacks-trumps-short-fingers

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Rubio attacks Trump's small hands (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 OP
More please pfitz59 Feb 2016 #1
GOP High Command have sent Rubio on a Kamikaze run MowCowWhoHow III Feb 2016 #2
Gadzooks, man. It's like I always say, who needs psychedelics anymore Warren DeMontague Feb 2016 #3
Donald Tump is being treated unfairly B Calm Feb 2016 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #5
HILARIOUS!!!!! nt LiberalElite Feb 2016 #8
Marco you just kissed VP goodbye for sure. Doesn't Trump know Rubio lied Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2016 #6
a prediction for the next debate Enrique Feb 2016 #7
Trump really hates his small hands because they imply something Gothmog Feb 2016 #9
Rubio seems to be honing his act for his next career: standup comedy. Vinca Feb 2016 #10

Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
6. Marco you just kissed VP goodbye for sure. Doesn't Trump know Rubio lied
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 07:41 AM
Feb 2016

about his own parents fleeing Castro before Castro?

Gothmog

(145,152 posts)
9. Trump really hates his small hands because they imply something
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 09:16 AM
Feb 2016

This attack on stubby hands is really pissing Trump off and I love it

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
10. Rubio seems to be honing his act for his next career: standup comedy.
Mon Feb 29, 2016, 09:35 AM
Feb 2016

It's horrifying to think these characters are running for President of the United States.

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