Trump’s policy statement said doing that “will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program”.
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Three months before primary voting begins, the Republican contest remains crowded and unwieldly.
The debate was broadcast by cable network CNBC, and tried to focus the debate on economic issues, but also threw out questions relating to gun control and of course, marijuana – the debate taking place in Colorado, where use of the drug is legal.
“Donald Trump, are you a comic book villain?”
CNBC, which hosted the debate, has come under intense criticism from Republicans. When he attacked Rubio for missing votes in the Senate, Rubio had a quick comeback that was well-received. “And if they let me down, when they let me down, I never forgive”.
Rubio had a great night overall, answering questions easily and confidence, but his key moment was in an exchange with Jeb Bush, who has been referred to as his mentor.
Two years ago, right as Carson was becoming a nationally known political figure, he opined that the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature health law, was the “worst thing that has happened in the nation since slavery”. “And then his poll numbers tanked”.
Bush is, on the record, a longtime opponent of gambling, the two-term Florida governor previously getting into a confrontation with GOP 2016 Donald Trump over the billionaire’s wishes to build casinos in the state during his governorship.
Attacking the “mainstream media” for bias is a familiar trope of conservatives under pressure and many Democrats believe the more outlandish fiscal proposals of a few candidates were long overdue more exacting scrutiny from debate moderators.
The Nielsen company said 14 million viewers watched the debate on Wednesday night, down from the 24 million who saw the first contest on Fox News Channel in February and the 23 million viewers for CNN’s second contest.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a University of Pennsylvania communications professor and debate expert, said Harwood’s last sentence ruined what could have been a useful question.
Even Governor Chris Christie got high marks for asking the moderators if they wanted to answer the questions or if they wanted the candidates to answer them.
The next Republican debate is in two weeks in Milwaukee. While arguing that Bush remained the best qualified person on the stage to be president, she admitted he needed to pull off a swift recovery.
“I think a lot of people are now looking at Iowa, and thinking that Carson’s going to win Iowa”.
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Quintanilla asked each candidate a job interview question at the outset: “What is your biggest weakness?” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also struggled to stand out. Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former New York Gov. George Pataki. None has gotten close to breaking into the upper tier of candidates.
