“The only reason I have an iPhone is because I gave my number to Donald Trump”, said Graham.
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While they held back from attacking their fellow Republican candidates at first, Graham and Pataki both took aim at Clinton. “I’m not used to that”, Pataki lamented before being cut off himself.
The South Carolina Republican said his strong foreign policy would involve “a clenched fist and an open hand”, prompting many online to joke that the presidential contender was playing a high-stakes game of rock, paper, scissors.
Wow! Rick Perry under indictment in Texas, Jindal fighting the ACLU in Louisiana only the BEST of THE BEST for the GOP.
And Graham was by far the most amusing of the evening, with multiple zingers and laugh lines, trying to show that he would be the best commander-in-chief and the best to protect national security. Graham stated his belief that climate change is real, and the nation needs immigration reform.
JINDAL: But, Governor Jindal, as you know, many Republicans are opposed to the approach that you’ve taken in Louisiana. In 2009, Louisiana was coming off of Hurricane Katrina and had received about $19.8 billion in federal aid. He said the country is now bringing in too many legal and illegal immigrants who are competing for jobs that Americans need. To qualify for the main stage, candidates had to get at least 2.5 percent in an average of national polls in that same time range. He lamented the shrinking defense budget and called President Barack Obama “an incompetent commander in chief” during his two terms.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination and leads frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, honeymooned in scenic Yaroslavl behind the Iron Curtain in 1988.
Jindal tried to hammer home that he’s the most conservative, touting his credentials as governor – but he also had to repeatedly defend his economic record that even a few home-state Republicans have criticized. Jindal said. “This is a very bad budget”. Pataki blamed the situation on a “corrupt” relationship between Wall Street and Washington.
And Pataki seemed to seal his second-tier stats in his answers to lighter questions.
Woolson, who previously worked on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s failed presidential campaign but who is now unaffiliated, said he thought Graham continued to win points for his sharp wit and good humor, but at times came across as “frenetic”.
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“Gov. Pataki has done well”, Woolson said. Rand Paul have spoken out forcefully against the deal, with Paul coming out late Tuesday pledging to filibuster new debt ceiling bill.
