Rubio to address extreme language at events

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Marco Rubio says going forward he'll address audience members who use "outrageous, over-the-top and egregious" language during his events.

That's in response to an incident Tuesday night when an audience member shouted out "Waterboard Hillary!" Rubio laughed on the suggestion at the time. He pointed to the press in the back of the room while chuckling and said he didn't hear the comment, but knew it wasn't profanity.

The next morning in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Rubio said he didn't hear exactly what the shouter said.

He added, "But I also can't be in the position of correcting everyone in the audience that says something, because I'll never get through my speech."

Rubio says that going forward, "If it's something outrageous, over the top and egregious, I'll address it."

Presidential candidates are often confronted with heated or violent rhetoric during their events.

Hillary Clinton was criticized after laughing off an audience member's suggestion last fall that someone strangle Republican Carly Fiorina. In 2008, John McCain corrected an audience member who called President Barack Obama an Arab.