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GOP presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump. (AP)
Call it poor man vs. rich man.
Marco Rubio, the Horatio Alger candidate in the presidential field, is hitting back at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>bombastic billionaire Donald Trump over —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>what else —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>personal finance skills.
After listening to days of Trump blasting him<span style="color: Red;">*</span>over his use of a party-issued<span style="color: Red;">*</span>credit card when he was in the Florida Legislature, the U.S. senator from West Miami fired back Thursday.
“I find it ironic that the only person running for president that’s ever declared bankruptcy —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>four times in the last 25 years —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>is attacking anyone on finances,” Rubio told reporters in Concord, N.H., after filing paperwork to get on the state’s presidential ballot.
Trump’s Atlantic<span style="color: Red;">*</span>City casinos filed for bankruptcy four times. At the CNBC presidential debate last week, the real estate mogul said he used the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>bankruptcy laws “of the country to my benefit,” just as countless other businessmen have done. He also blamed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>economic circumstances beyond his control.
“Almost every hotel in Atlantic City has either been in bankruptcy or will be in bankruptcy,” Trump<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said.
Trump and other candidates have<span style="color: Red;">*</span>increasingly questioned Rubio’s personal finances as the senator has begun rising<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in the polls. Foreclosure proceedings were initiated in 2010 on a house in Tallahassee co-owned by Rubio, and the senator had to pay a financial penalty for liquidating a retirement account last year.
Trump<span style="color: Red;">*</span>told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that Rubio lives beyond his means and “is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a disaster with his credit cards.”
Rubio, who often touts himself as the son of a maid and a bartender, admitted using a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>party-issued credit card when he was Speaker of the Florida House<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for some personal expenses but said he did nothing improper<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and covered those expenses that were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>not related to the party.
Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, 2016<span style="color: Red;">*</span>
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