Of the 17 Republican candidates on the Fox News Republican presidential debate, all eyes were on the bellicose billionaire Donald Trump. “You know, it was a surprise to be standing up there and having to be justifying… you’re having to justify everything”. “However, that is not without its downsides, in particular, when it comes to women”.
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“You called Hillary Clinton a liar tonight on a number of occasions”, Matthews said.
The Washington Post went on to point out that some of the candidates nearly seemed invisible. Sen. Wallace asked Trump to provide proof for his earlier statement that the Mexican government is sending criminals to the United States, and later questioned him on how he could be trusted to run the nation’s economy when his companies have declared bankruptcy four times.
When the professional pot-stirrer tried to dismiss her, she pressed: “You once told a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees”.
Fiorina, who debated with the second-tier candidates, and who except for Dr. Ben Carson (who is not going to be president but is a charming man!) is newest to debating at this level, had a breakout evening.
Trump’s response focused on how people worry too much about political correctness and how if Kelly didn’t like it, he was “sorry”.
The debate moved on without a resolution on the issue. He actually said, “Mr. Trump’s language is divisive”. Trump, not missing a beat, responded with “Only Rosie O’Donnell.”
“I just don’t respect her as a journalist”, Trump said of Kelly.
Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas were among candidates who said they support better control of the border with Mexico.
Twitter reported that tweets about the two debates were viewed a 1.1 billion times.
But I think that the nadir for Trump came in an exchange with Fox moderator Megyn Kelly. And he told Kelly if she didn’t like it, “I’m sorry”.
On the other hand, Whitaker, said, Trump “continued to excel at his brand”.
Trump called a lawyer “disgusting” when she wanted a break to pump milk for her baby, The New York Times reported last month.
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Without specifically identifying winners and losers, the panel thought that based on her performance in the so-called “happy hour” forum before the main event, Carly Fiorina, “who stole the show”, according to Robinson, probably deserves to be included in the next debate.
