In the interview, Trump also offered some backhanded support for the idea that Jeb Bush had his best debate without the reality TV star present. According to Politico, the debate drew 12.5 million viewers, good enough for the second most-watched broadcast by the network, but the second least-watched debate of the 2016 GOP cycle.
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He attacked Cruz throughout his speech in Nashua, New Hampshire, including on the issue of whether Cruz is eligible to run for the presidency.
So was the Trump-less Fox News debate a ratings disaster or a ratings win for Fox?
“I must warn you to be careful, Mr. Trump, in the past when you’ve turned against a woman that way she ends up with half your assets”, Colbert said and smiled. Ted Cruz over his citizenship status on Friday, calling his fellow GOP presidential candidate an “anchor baby in Canada”.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is locked in a tight contest with Trump in Iowa, opened the debate with a sarcastic impression of the real estate mogul’s frequent insults of his opponents.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) (R) greets businessman Donald Trump onstage as they address a Tea Party rally against the Iran nuclear deal at the U.S. Capitol in Washington September 9, 2015. Cruz, on the other hand, gets 23 percent overall, and an additional 17 percent say he’s their second choice.
During his speech on Friday, Trump lamented that Cruz was not questioned during about his birthplace during Thursday’s Fox News debate.
Trump chose not to attend the debate because he said he was unfairly singled out in a previous debate by Kelly.
Megyn Kelly wasted no time attacking Donald Trump at the start of the Republican presidential debate on Thursday night.
Top-polling Trump was reduced to a punch line – and his nemesis, Fox moderator Megyn Kelly, to a straight man.
Meanwhile, Mr Trump himself held a rival event just a few miles away to raise funds for wounded United States veterans.
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“If you guys ask one more mean question”, Cruz said, “I’m going to have to leave the stage”. Data shows Trump was the number-one candidate searched in all 50 states during the debate, even though he was not there.
