Marco Rubio said his campaign 'would be over' if his manager assaulted a reporter

Rubio knows a double standard when he sees one.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told conservative radio host Mike Gallagher on Monday that he wouldn't be able to get away with running the same presidential campaign Donald Trump is. In particular, Rubio pointed to the alleged assault of a Breitbart reporter by Trump's campaign manager.

"If my campaign manager had done that, my campaign would be over," Rubio said. "He would have had to resign, and my campaign may be over. I would have had to quit that very day."

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.