--- title: Republican Debate: Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Trade Insults description: Bush told Rubio he should be "showing up to work" canonical: https://time.com/4091922/republican-debate-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-29T01:29:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:10:04.886Z article:section: Politics og:title: Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Trade Insults Over Missing Votes og:description: Bush told Rubio he should be "showing up to work" og:url: https://time.com/4091922/republican-debate-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ffdde81f895923/69886ea13c1639d4ed45a725/rubio-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush (L) speaks as Marco Rubio looks on during the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate, October 28, 2015 at the Coors Event Center at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Trade Insults Over Missing Votes twitter:description: Bush told Rubio he should be "showing up to work" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91ffdde81f895923/69886ea13c1639d4ed45a725/rubio-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Trade Insults Over Missing Votes  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 29, 2015 1:29 AM UTC  Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio during the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate, Oct. 28, 2015 in Boulder, Colo. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio during the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate, Oct. 28, 2015 in Boulder, Colo.Robyn Beck—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Oct 29, 2015 1:29 AM UTC Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio traded insults at [Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate](http://time.com/4091222/republican-debate-cnbc/?xid=homepage) over how many Senate votes Rubio has missed while running for president. The spat comes after a [Florida newspaper](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-editorial-rubio-bush-gs1028-20151027-story.html) published an editorial calling for Rubio to resign for missing 59 Senate votes since he launched his campaign. Rubio called the editorial “evidence of the bias that exists in American media.” “I’m a constituent of the Senator, and I helped him, and I expected that he would do constituent service, which means that he shows up to work,” Bush said. “Marco, when you signed up for this, this was a six year term, and you should be showing up to work. Literally, the Senate, what it is like a French work week? You get like three days when you have to show up?” Rubio swung back at Bush, calling out the former Florida governor for modeling his campaign after John McCain’s 2008 run. “Do you know how many votes John McCain missed?” he asked. “I don’t remember you ever complaining about John McCain’s vote record.” “The only reason why you’re doing it now is because we’re running for the same position and someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you,” he continued. “Here’s the bottom line: my campaign is about the future of America, it’s not going to be about attacking anyone else on this stage.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4091922/republican-debate-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4091922/republican-debate-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/"},"headline":"Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Trade Insults Over Missing Votes","datePublished":"2015-10-29T01:29:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:10:04.886Z","description":"Bush told Rubio he should be \"showing up to work\"","url":"https://time.com/4091922/republican-debate-marco-rubio-jeb-bush/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Sen. 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