Rubio Advertises 'Trump Watch' in Campaign Store

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Following Marco Rubio's claim during Thursday's Republican debate that Donald Trump would be "selling watches in Manhattan" if he hadn't inherited a million dollars from his father, Rubio's campaign store has begun advertising a "Trump watch."

Sort of.

Rubio's store now features an ad showing a broken watch for sale. But, the ad makes it clear that no such watches actually exist and that he is simply asking for a $10 contribution to help stop Trump. 

The satirical ad follows Rubio's debate performance in which he repeatedly mocked Trump for what he claimed were a lack of clearly-defined policy proposals and his tendency to repeat himself.

Following the debate, CNN's Chris Cuomo asked Trump about Rubio's "watch" joke. Here was Trump's response:

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