The 2003 invasion of Iraq was also a point of contention among the candidates with some criticizing how staunchly Jeb Bush has stood behind his brother’s decision to begin the war.
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Howard said Fiorina impressed her in responding to Trump’s recent comments to the media in which he cast doubt on whether Fiorina is physically attractive enough to be elected. “There is a lot of back and forth, but what I like about it is that it is such a large group of people with different backgrounds, different perspectives”.
Carly Fiorina, the only woman in the GOP field, was one of the main benefactors, launching an emotional plea for defunding Planned Parenthood, touting her experience in business and taking aim at Trump for derogatory comments he made about her appearance.
It got old last week when Rolling Stone reported on a crack Trump made about Carly Fiorina’s looks: “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?” Trump later claimed that he had been talking about Fiorina’s persona, not her face.
The former governor finally seems to have found a way to talk about his brother and Iraq: Say what you want about his presidency, but it could have been worse. “Are we serious?”
“I think women all over this country heard what Mr. Trump said“, she said to loud applause from the audience of 400 at the Reagan Memorial Library.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump on Wednesday doubled down on his controversial stance that vaccinations are linked to what he described as an autism “epidemic”.
Ted Cruz: He landed no punches and was missing for long stretches of the debate, particularly in the second half.
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Let’s stop treating Donald Trump like a Republican”,
said Mr Jindal.
“We don’t need an apprentice in the White House-we have one right now”, he said referring to Obama.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie interjected in a spat between Trump and Fiorina, over her controversial tenure as CEO of Hewlett Packard, to shift the focus of the debate. “You have to do this with a steady hand, and I believe I have those skills”, Bush said. Ben Carson was shaky on policy, but he effectively continued the low-key, nice-guy strategy that propelled him to second place after the first debate. It has been percolating for weeks, as Trump tweaked Bush for having “low-energy”, a slight that has gotten under Bush’s skin. There was no question because I heard when he said the statement.
The front-runner grabs attention again as 10 other candidates try to raise doubt about his fitness to be president.
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Bush also came out strong in the beginning of the debate, going after Donald Trump as soon as he got a chance.
