Addressing immigration, Santorum said he supports a no-amnesty approach, and he blasted critics who said requiring undocumented immigrants who are already here to leave is not an unreasonable request. “Can you imagine the world if Trump got in? Countries from all over the world”, the real estate tycoon added. “He’s going in and we can go in”.
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In an interview with conservative radio host Mark Levin, Trump was challenged over his repeated citations of reporting from Politico and other news organizations that questioned whether Carson inflated or manufactured elements of his life story. That’s like playing Monopoly or something.
The remark brought in Carly Fiorina, who said that she would not negotiate with Putin because “we are speaking to him in a position of weakness brought on by this administration”. Jeb Bush was the “loser” based on his failure to rile up the crowd and focus enough on what makes himself unique as a candidate. Trump rebutted by saying that President Eisenhower deported over a million immigrants during his presidency.
But according to Reuters, Bush’s performance during the Republican debate held last Tuesday gave him the boost he needed to still be considered a serious contender.
“That’s the problem with this”.
“We need to start thinking about who is the person who can beat Hillary Clinton rather than trying to getting the small differences between each campaign”, Bush told reporters in Johnston. Bush put it in starker terms: “They’re doing high-fives in the Clinton campaign when they’re hearing this”. “The stuff they did was really brutal”.
Still, the property tycoon and reality TV star is neck-and-neck in Iowa’s Republican polls with another anti-establishment outsider, retired surgeon Ben Carson.
Carson has faced a rough week of scrutiny about whether he embellished key aspects of his biography, while Rubio, 44, is under pressure to show he can fight off recent criticism of his inexperience as he tries to unseat fellow Floridian Bush as a favorite of the party’s mainstream.
Would-be illegal immigrants who hear potential US presidents appearing to suggest that they will not even try to enforce America’s immigration laws will be encouraged to come.
“While Carson chuckled, Cavuto grinned, and then said, I will forget that follow-up”. He dealt with questions about his past by declaring that he doesn’t mind being vetted but objects to what he sees as a double standard in which Democrats are not subjected to the same kind of scrutiny. “We all know you can’t pick them up and ship them across the border”, Kasich said – a line that drew enthusiastic applause from the audience.
On education, Santorum said he regularly tells youngsters to stay away from college and consider vocational work.
But Bush did not stand out on a night that featured just eight candidates on the main stage, two fewer than the last debate. And Governor Christie was in New Hampshire Wednesday, also pleased about Tuesday night.
The first debate featured sharp exchanges between Governor Christie and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
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Donald Trump and his wife Melania speak to media after a Republican presidential debate.
