Rubio on why he made a decision to insult Trump on the trail: “For the a year ago Donald Trump has mocked everybody with personal attacks”.
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“Ted Cruz needs an exceptionally strong performance in order to take on Trump”, said Daniel Cole, executive director of the El Paso County Republican Party. Look at those hands.
The debate went down a negative path early on when Trump responded to Rubio’s contention last month that Trump had “small hands”.
“You change your tune on so many things, and that has some people saying, ‘What is his core?'” Kelly told Trump.
During the debate, Cruz pressed Trump to release a recording of his interview with The New York Times editorial board. Cruz asked viewers, arguing that Trump’s legal problems with his closed university and his financial contributions to Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign would spell huge trouble. “You’re the liar, you’re the liar”.
“I hope we don’t see yoga on this stage”, Cruz said. “Let’s leave it that”.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has slammed her Republican rival Donald Trump for his hate-filled vision and has described the real-estate tycoon as “terrifying” . “Where does it come from?”
Cruz was very vocal throughout the debate, claiming he is the only candidate who has a proven record of being able to beat Trump.
“He’s trying to do to the American voter what he did to the people who signed up to his [university]”, he said.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks prior to the start of the debate in Detroit. America doesn’t want to be a socialist country.
He went on to say he was “very, very proud” that many more people turned out to vote in Republican contests this cycle, a fact he attributed mostly to his popularity.
Earlier this week, Florida senator Rubio – branded “Little Marco” by Trump in reference to his height – raised eyebrows with a dig about the size of the his rival’s hands. Though the reporter and Trump have a history of taking jabs at one another, the two were surprisingly civil with one another.
The Donald Trump ratings bump was in full effect.
For some in the audience at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, the blitz against Trump was too much.
“He is a stupid person”, the 2016 Republican front-runner said of the party’s 2012 nominee.
Trump called Rubio a “con artist” for missing a lot of Senate votes.
The debate was the first since this week’s Super Tuesday primary elections in which Trump won seven of 11 contests.
“Obviously, he wants to be relevant”, Trump said dismissively.
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Later, Trump seemed exasperated when Kelly read tough passages from a legal case surrounding Trump University. Ben Sasse, suddenly making an about-face on the point after casting Trump in recent days as risky and woefully unprepared to lead the nation. Their rivalry even caused him to skip a Fox News Republican debate she was moderating in January.
