With the Iowa Caususes days away, Donald Trump sharpened his attacks on Ted Cruz in Nashua Friday, calling Cruz a Canadian “anchor baby”.
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“He’s an entertaining guy, he’s the greatest show on earth”, the Florida senator said, adding that the focus should be on preventing Hillary Clinton from getting to the White House. “I thought it was a little weak that [Cruz] continued to rely on Steve King rather than rely on policy issues”.
Sen. Marco Rubio has spent the past several weeks on the presidential campaign trail increasingly highlighting his faith, making a closing pitch to religious voters heading into the crucial Iowa caucus Monday.
Even though the Trump rally was covered by two networks, Fox News clobbered them by a four to one margin.
One factor that confounds an easy “viewers didn’t care about Trump” conclusion: By dramatically pulling out, Trump nearly certainly increased viewer awareness of the debate running up to last night.
Viewership for the three Democratic debates has ranged between 8.6 million and 15.8 million, and a study released by the Pew Research Center offers some insights into to why the GOP debates are more popular television events. “He also needs Republicans who support Fox News”. “Now that we’ve gotten the Donald Trump portion out of the way”, he said as the audience laughed.
Trump chose not to attend the debate because he said he was unfairly singled out in a previous debate by Kelly. “I am going to have something else in Iowa, something simultaneously with the debate”. “And, and that goes for the country”.
“In the course of those conversations, we acknowledged his concerns about a satirical observation we made in order to quell the attacks on Megyn Kelly, and prevent her from being smeared any further”, the spokesperson said.
Thursday night’s broadcast attracted 12.5 million total viewers, making it the second-highest-rated telecast in the network’s history, Fox said.
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Eventually, Trump returned to stage in the company of YouTube celebrity Trump supporters Diamond and Silk, proclaiming “this is a special night for me” as he told attendees, “we just cracked six million dollars raised”. Trump even admitted that skipping the debate was, in part, an act of self-preservation. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks after the Republican presidential primary debate, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Des Mo… The campaign has also rolled out a steady stream of religious-minded endorsements, including a religious liberty advisory board earlier this month, a dignity of life and SC religious liberty advisory board last week, and on Saturday, an endorsement list from Iowa pastors.
