--- title: Marco Rubio Sharpens Attacks on Donald Trump description: Just ahead of Super Tuesday, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has begun ramping up his attacks on frontrunner Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4242320/marco-rubio-insults-donald-trump/ author: Diane Tsai article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T23:11:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:27.066Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump og:description: He made fun of Trump's "spray tan" og:url: https://time.com/4242320/marco-rubio-insults-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc527b912a2b9e640/69887f84ab6d77d4266a89fb/marco-rubio-gop-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Marco Rubio Campaigns In Alabama Ahead Of Super Tuesday og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump twitter:description: He made fun of Trump's "spray tan" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc527b912a2b9e640/69887f84ab6d77d4266a89fb/marco-rubio-gop-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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Marco Rubio speaks during a campaign rally at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 27, 2016. Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Diane Tsai](https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Feb 29, 2016 11:11 PM UTC Just ahead of Super Tuesday, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has begun ramping up his attacks on frontrunner Donald Trump. **Watch live:** [Super Tuesday voting takes place across the U.S.](http://time.com/4242287/super-tuesday-2016-primary-results-live-stream-online/) In fact, not only is Rubio attacking Trump, he’s lobbing schoolyard insults at him in a way that would make the Donald proud. Rubio has knocked Trump’s “orange” skin tone and called him “the greatest show on earth,” as well as levying more substantive attacks against Trump’s spotty record and his use of illegal immigrant labor to build Trump Towers. 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