Tonight is the third Republican debate for the 2016 presidential primary, and it’s hosted by CNBC.
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Bobby Jindal deflects when asked if he would agree to the budget or decide to shut down the government.
Jindal, who has only taken part in the early debates, will be joined by former U.S. Sen.
There were no fireworks in the early minutes of the undercard debate as George Pataki, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, and Bobby Jindal hewed to their talking points and did not engage with one another. Rick Santorum, Graham and Pataki. “Good God, look at who we’re running against!” he said, proceeding to refer, respectively, to Clinton and Sanders.
With fewer participants – there are only four candidates on the undercard, compared with 10 in the main event – the earlier debate offers candidates an opportunity to talk in greater depth about their policy positions. The deal provides an extra $80 billion to be divided between the Pentagon and domestic agencies over the next two years. Without the deal, the federal government would have been forced into a partial government shutdown next month.
Less than 25 minutes into the first minor debate, George Pataki used a question on cybersecurity to attack Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her server scandal. I’ve never heard of such a thing!
Leading up to Wednesday’s debate, there had been uncertainty whether Jindal would attend. Marco Rubio will be front and center for the CNBC debate, which will begin after 8 p.m.at the University of Colorado Boulder.
The Republican debates have been ratings gold for cable networks.
Graham also isn’t a fan of the NRC debate rule.
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He answered, “I think that’s a false choice”. “With all due respect, I know there are a lot of us running but I don’t think I’m an undercard candidate when it comes to national security”.
