Instead, Cruz and Paul went after Rubio who “lost his cool” and revealed “a competition between these two young rising stars” in Cruz and Rubio.
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Christie on Wednesday questioned Russia’s commitment to fighting the Islamic State, knocking President Obama and former secretary of Clinton for their diplomatic efforts.
The Kentucky senator has often been identified as an “isolationist” by his GOP opponents, including Sen.
Christie repeatedly cited his background as a US attorney and a state governor in staking his claim to be the best defender for the country. Christie said, adding that, “We have had 250,000 Syrians murdered and slaughtered, millions around the world running for their lives – it’s not working, we need to try something else, and that is not reckless”.
The pair sparred in the fifth GOP debate Tuesday night after Christie said he would establish a no-fly zone in Syria and shoot down Russian planes if they violated it. Paul said Christie was the World War III candidate. I have this plain language hang up.
“Yes we would shoot down the planes of Russian pilots, if in fact they were stupid enough to think that this president was the same feckless weakling that the president we have in the Oval office is right now.” .
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It got no response from Christie. “The reckless people are the folks in the White House right now”. But I’ll also think of families where those antiquated gender roles don’t apply, because this is 20-freakin’-15 and women make up a significant part of California’s workforce. Predicting anxiety after Tuesday’s schools shutdown in Los Angeles due to an emailed threat, Christie described “the mothers who will take those children tomorrow morning to the bus stop”, and “the fathers of Los Angeles, who tomorrow will head off to work and wonder about the safety of their wives and their children”.
