This is getting tiresome

Donald Trump encountered boos and groans at the Values Voters Summit when he called Rubio a "clown."  Why, Squirrel Hair had even "been nice to him!"

Leon Wolf at Red State isn't going to give him a pass on the immigration remark either:

Note also, that the specific attack Trump levels against Rubio is that he is “in favor of immigration.” Not “in favor of illegal immigration,” just “in favor of immigration.” Presumably, Donald Trump is against that altogether. No more furriners ever coming into our country ever again for The Donald.

Some of his supporters will maybe claim this is a slip. The honest ones will acknowledge that he meant it and brag about it.

The Donald wasn't done. He doubled down on television today:

Donald Trump’s latest war of words is with Marco Rubio. Here is what Trump said about the Florida Senator on “Morning Joe”:

I’m looking at guys like Marco Rubio who has the worst voting record in the United States Senate. Young guy, although he sweats more than any young person I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve never seen a person sweat, down water like he downs water. They bring it in in buckets for this guy.

The part about sweating is the usual attempt at entertainment. Some of us are increasingly less entertained by this sort of thing, but at least Trump avoided any true slur against Rubio’s appearance, personality, or ethnicity. 

Trump did, however, slander Rubio’s voting record when he called it the worst in the Senate. In 2012, Rubio had a 100 percent rating from the American Conservative Union. In 2014, it dropped to 98 percent.

Maybe after a summer of having to grit our teeth, we'll have an autumn in which we get to witness a lot of second thoughts and wake-up calls answered.