Paul was arguably the most feisty candidate on stage Thursday night in Cleveland. Still, even the earlier forum attracted a larger audience than all but five of 18 Republican debates televised during the 2012 election cycle.
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As voters submitted questions to the panel of 10 candidates through Fox News’ Facebook page, members of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Everytown for Gun Safety questioned how the candidates would put a stop to gun violence, political website The Hill reported. As the evening went on, he performed better and probably didn’t hurt himself with those who are disposed to favor him.
Trump, the GOP front-runner, battled with Fox News moderators and Sen.
Rand Paul engaged in contentious clashes with GOP front-runner Donald Trump and with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and Senator Paul ended up on the losing end of both testy exchanges. But Trump declined to pledge loyalty to the GOP “at this time“.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz also made a splash, coming in third on Google. Marco Rubio, Fla., Sen.
Shouting over Christie, Paul countered, “Use the Fourth Amendment!” We need new people, and one of the big proponents and one of the things I will propose is that we have term limits. “I am what I am”, Trump told CNN last week, when asked if he had been preparing for the debate. But I want to win as the republican. And Hillary Clinton came to his wedding.
A STAGGERING 24 million viewers tuned in to watch the first major Republican US presidential debate, making it the highest-rated non-sports telecast in cable television history. At one point, Trump reiterated what – for any other candidate – would be a radioactive statement. And they send the bad ones over because they don’t want to pay for them. They are facing off against someone with far less to lose: If Trump loses this race, he will still be Donald Trump. “That’s what prepping for this debate is like”, an adviser to Kasich wrote on Twitter last week.
The Republican presidential debate will be remembered as The Donald Trump show, a fitting if troubling showcase for what the party faces as the attention-grabbing real estate mogul dominates its 2016 campaign. He was a national champion debater. “If we don’t deal with this problem it will bankrupt our country or lead to massive tax increases”. “That there are too many in the Washington cartel that support amnesty”.
That’s an insult, right there. “Walker and Bush were not overshadowed by Trump”, Green said.
The remaining seven were relegated to a pre-debate forum, a low-key event in a largely empty arena, where candidates avoided debating each other and largely stuck to scripted responses on domestic and foreign policy.
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“When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that’s when it’s time to resist”.
