GOP Debate: Buffalo Wild Wings Fans Bite Back at Marco Rubio on Social Media

While slamming his GOP rival’s Trump University, Rubio says the school hired an instructor who “was a manager at a Buffalo Wild Wings”

Marco Rubio and Donald Trump GOP Debate Buffalo Wild Wings
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There was plenty of squabbling during the GOP debate on Thursday night — and not just between frontrunner Donald Trump and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly.

While the moderator said the billionaire candidate “fleeced” students of Trump University, citing a class-action suit of 5,000 plaintiffs involving “veterans, teachers and little guys,” it was Marco Rubio who managed to start a Twitter trend by dissing Buffalo Wild Wings.

The Florida senator slammed Trump saying that the school hired an instructor who “was a manager at a Buffalo Wild Wings.”

Rather than sparking support for Trump University, the comment prompted an outpouring of support for Buffalo Wild Wings — and made the sports bar franchise founded in Columbus, Ohio, a top trend on Twitter.

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