The fracas began when Donald Trump retweeted a user called “sunquist007." | Getty Bush spokesperson: Trump is 'Twitter-drunk' On social media late Monday and early Tuesday, the insults fly.

Has Donald Trump’s aversion to subtlety on social media rubbed off on Jeb Bush's campaign?

The Republican front-runner and the campaign of the former Florida governor traded in-your-face tweets late Monday night and early Tuesday — and a spokesperson for Bush accused the billionaire real estate magnate of being a late-night "twitter-drunk."


The fracas began when Trump retweeted a user called “sunquist007":

"@sunquist007: @JebBush Why do u keep trying to attack Trump? Really dumb strategy! U lose, he wins! #lets make America great again!!!!!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2015

Then, he retweeted a photo of what appears to be a doctored photograph of Bush sticking his finger up his nose:

Bush spokesperson Kristy Campbell fired off some impromptu poetry minutes later:

Out on Twitter there arose such a clatter, late night twitter-drunk Donald is back at it! https://t.co/yyTfQN3IM8 — Kristy Campbell (@kristymcampbell) December 29, 2015

Later on, Trump retweeted an unsourced rumor that Bush's own mother would be voting for him instead of her son: