Donald Trump is now questioning Marco Rubio's eligibility

Donald Trump
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Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been threatening to sue opponent Ted Cruz over his eligibility to hold the nation's top office. Now, it seems, Trump has another target: Marco Rubio.

On Saturday, Trump retweeted the following message about Cruz and Rubio:

ABC's George Stephanopoulos pressed the Rubio point Sunday on This Week. In response, Trump hedged. A lot.

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"I honestly have never looked at it. As somebody said, [Rubio's not eligible]. And I retweeted it," Trump said. "I have 14 million people between Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and I retweet things and we start dialogue and it's very interesting."

Rubio was born in Florida to Cuban immigrants.

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Julie Kliegman

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.