Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump didn’t fare well in a presidential debate that saw him attempt to fend off a variety of low blows. “He should have beaten President Obama”, Trump said, noting that Romney wants to still be relevant.
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“Donald Trump in 2008 wrote four cheques to elect Hillary Clinton as President”, added Mr Cruz, turning to Mr Trump to demand why he had done so.
Watch Mitt Romney’s full speech at the Hinckley Institute of Politics in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday. “You get to the point where you say, your grandkids are going to say to you, ‘papa, what did you do to stop Donald Trump?’ I had to finally get out and speak”, Romney explained.
“He’s trying to do to the American voters what he did to the people that signed up for this course”, Rubio declared.
The last Fox News debate lacked Trump, who boycotted the debate and hosted a fundraiser instead. Holding his hands up to the audience, Trump declared, “I guarantee you, there’s no problem” in that area.
Donald Trump is preparing to face his biggest rival for airtime in Thursday night’s debate. Without directly addressing the suggestion, he said, “No doubt, if we remain divided, Trump wins”.
He was never a serious contender of the GOP nomination and, bowing to the inevitable, announced Wednesday he would not take part in the debate though he did not officially withdraw from the presidential race. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
“Look at these hands”, Trump said, flashing his two hands to the crowd.
Trump, with 10 state victories, leads the field with 329 delegates.
At the debate, Trump, 69, was questioned for the first time since past year by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who angered him with her questioning at the Republicans’ first debate on August 6, prompting him to cancel participation in a debate in Iowa in January, a move that appeared to cost him some votes.
No, we’re not talking about Ted Cruz. That’s why he emphasized how important it is for him to win the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
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The GOP candidates in the 2016 presidential election insulted, interrupted and fought with each other for two hours in a prime-time debate broadcast live by Fox News from the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
