Donald Trump is solidifying his position as national front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Republican presidential candidate, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks about Republican presidential candidate, Sen. “Now that he is, he’s changed his tune”.
The sixth Republican debate began harmoniously. They were making their last best-televised appeal until they meet in Iowa to debate just days before the caucuses in that state kick off the actual voting season on February 1.
Bush tried to score points by going after Trump. He said he had no regrets about the proposal and noted his poll numbers went up after he announced the plan.
Most were typical questions but many laughed about the fifth question asked about Donald Trump. Then Ted Cruz’s citizenship issue came up and the gloves were off. Cruz was attacked much of the night, but never backed down.
As Cruz rebutted Trump for raising the issue – effectively winning the moment – Trump essentially held his hands up and said he’s not the one who’s concerned.
Cruz “has no trouble taking money from New York City, but he’s quick to insult our people and our values”, said Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat. “But the facts and the law are really quite clear”.
“She’s under investigation with the FBI right now”, Bush said, adding that the country should avoid a situation with a president who “might be going back and forth between the White House and the courthouse”. “It’s entirely possible the final two candidates will be Trump and Cruz, and people like me will be despondent”.
Cruz raised the specter of Trump’s “New York values” after the real-estate mogul brought up Cruz’s birth in Canada nearly daily for two weeks.
“Now, he is doing a little bit better”.
Trump was ready with a response.
“Not only is what he said anti-New York”.
Coming two nights after Obama delivered his State of the Union address, much of the almost 21/2-hour session amounted to a partisan rejoinder. You used to support TPA; now you say you’re against it. I saw you on the Senate floor flip your vote on crop insurance because they told you it would help you in Iowa.
Both candidates, one a billionaire developer with no political experience and the other a U.S. Senator from Texas with a reputation for clashing with his Washington D.C. colleagues, stood center stage Thursday night and, for the most part, dominated the proceedings. “We need to stop that”. Cruz was second at 20%, Rubio at 13% and Ben Carson at 12%. Do we still have standards? Trump, though, dismissed her VP prospects on CNN after her speech.
“This is Muslim Americans’ country too”. And Trump, in particular, may have had his finest debate performance. But, as usual, he did not back down.
“Our country is being run by incompetent people and yes, I am angry”, Trump told the audience in the debate hosted by Fox Business Network. “And I will gladly accept the mantle of anger”.
Trump also stuck with his controversial call for temporarily banning Muslims from the United States because of fear of attacks emanating from overseas.
They also monitored the top questions searched about the candidates in the early debate and the main debate.
The candidates also took plenty of shots at Obama.
“I’ve been for pausing the Syrian refugees”, Kasich said. “But, you know, we don’t want to put everybody in the same category”.
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There’s no reason to expect the Obama talk to subside between now and November.
