--- description: Just ahead of Super Tuesday, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has begun ramping up his attacks on frontrunner Donald Trump. title: Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc527b912a2b9e640/69887f84ab6d77d4266a89fb/marco-rubio-gop-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump  by [Diane Tsai](/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 29, 2016 11:11 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio speaks during a campaign rally at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 27, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Sen. 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](/author/diane-tsai/)  ## Diane Tsai Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 29, 2016 11:11 PM CUT 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/ "undefined") 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. Watch the video above for some highlights. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4242320/marco-rubio-insults-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4242320/marco-rubio-insults-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-02-29T23:11:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:29:16.569Z","description":"He made fun of Trump's \"spray tan\"","url":"https://time.com/4242320/marco-rubio-insults-donald-trump/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Sen. Marco Rubio","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc527b912a2b9e640/69887f84ab6d77d4266a89fb/marco-rubio-gop-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diane Tsai","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/diane-tsai/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc527b912a2b9e640/69887f84ab6d77d4266a89fb/marco-rubio-gop-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Marco Rubio Campaigns In Alabama Ahead Of Super Tuesday","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio speaks during a campaign rally at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 27, 2016.","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4242320/marco-rubio-insults-donald-trump/","name":"Watch Marco Rubio Sharpen His Attacks on Donald Trump"}}]}] ```