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Why Rubio Regrets Hitting Trump Below the Belt

<p>They say that the republican debates have been &ldquo&semi;heated&rdquo&semi; would be a total understatement&period; Trump doesn&rsquo&semi;t apologize for his brutal honestly&period; This is often what people admire about him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Rubio&comma; however&comma; has recently stated that he was disappointed that he made things personal&comma; specifically with his presidential rival&comma; Donald Trump&period; &ldquo&semi;In terms of things that have to do with personal stuff&comma; yeah&comma; at the end of the day it&&num;8217&semi;s not something I&&num;8217&semi;m entirely proud of&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Rubio to MSNBC&&num;8217&semi;s Chuck Todd in a town hall meeting&period; &&num;8220&semi;My kids were embarrassed by it &mdash&semi; and if I had to do it again&comma; I wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further expressed his regret to Fox News&period; &ldquo&semi;I&rsquo&semi;m not telling you he didn&rsquo&semi;t deserve it&comma; but that&rsquo&semi;s not who I am and that&rsquo&semi;s not what I want to be&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Rubio to Megyn Kelly of Fox News&period; &ldquo&semi;I want to be a good example&comma; I want my kids to be proud of me&comma; and I don&rsquo&semi;t think it reflected well on my faith&period;&rdquo&semi; Yet&comma; there was no real apology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of these personal attacks including calling Trump a &ldquo&semi;con artist&rdquo&semi; and mocking his physical appearance by poking at his hair and &ldquo&semi;small hands&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This below the belt behavior may be attributing to why he has had such a poor campaign trail lately&period; He has yet to win a state since these he has taken on this insulting approach&period; Nonetheless&comma; he still has underperformed in pretty much every caucus except for Minnesota and Puerto Rico&period; Not to mention&comma; recent Florida polls predict that he won&rsquo&semi;t win his home state&period; Instead&comma; Trump is excepted to take the Sunshine State next Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although&comma; Rubio has vowed to steer clear of personal attacks&comma; he is back to his old tricks by attacking Trump on policy issues&comma; while claiming he is not a real conservative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; will there ever be a partnership that will bring this bickering duo together&quest; When Rubio drops out of the presidential race&comma; he will be on the lookout for a new venture&period; Is vice president in his cards&quest; Not likely&period; &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m not looking to be anyone&&num;8217&semi;s vice president&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Rubio to MSNBC&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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