Senator Marco Rubio said ISIS, a radical Sunni group, can not just be defeated through air strikes. Cruz only slightly dialed back an earlier remark that the United States should “carpet-bomb ISIS into oblivion” and find out whether “sand can glow in the dark”.
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“Here’s what we learned in 2013: The American people don’t trust the federal government to enforce our immigration laws, and we will not be able to do anything on immigration until we first prove to the American people that illegal immigration is under control”, he said, in a carefully crafted explanation of his evolution.
“Well, let’s see, I’m at 42 and you’re at 3, so far, I’m doing better”, Trump retorted.
He added that every Republican presidential candidate on the debate stage – including Trump – “would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton”. “Schumer just said is if he doesn’t get 100 percent of his partisan political objective, they can stay in the shadows, be denied legalization”, Cruz told the Tribune. Cruz defended his vote in favor of the legislation, while Rubio said it could make Americans less safe.
When the topic of USA involvement in Syria came up, Mr Christie – brandishing his tough-talking credentials – took an aggressive position on enforcing a no-fly zone in Syria, even when it came to Russian Federation. “You need the capability”. “You look on this debate stage and you see a reality TV celebrity, you see USA senators who haven’t done anything other than file amendments and give floor speeches; a lot of performers and a lot of actors, a lot of talk, a lot of showmanship, but very little accomplishment, very little leadership”. Ted Cruz is now first in Iowa polls and second nationally in most polls, and appears well on his way to consolidating support from party actors who are social conservatives, and perhaps all of those who are most conservative.
The question many are asking is whether or not Trump has a real chance to win.
But then the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a statement later on Wednesday saying it was not investigating Cruz’s comments. There was nothing on climate change except a couple of dismissive asides by Trump and John Kasich.
Bush came at Trump with everything he had during Tuesday night’s debate, dismissing him as a “chaos candidate” and suggesting he gets his foreign-policy information from watching Saturday morning cartoons.
“I think he’s very honest. But, on the assumption that she’s allowed to run, I think I will beat her soundly, I hope”. After he said the new program is more effective than the previous one, Rubio responded, “I don’t think national television in front of 50 million people is the place to discuss classified information”. “The reality is this: two-thirds of voters haven’t made a decision, they won’t make a decision until the final week, 25% of New Hampshire voters don’t make a decision until the final day”. “Donald is great at the one-liners”, Bush said, “but he is a chaos candidate, and he would be a chaos president”. “A leader that can bring us together”.
Rubio was a key component of the so-called Gang of Eight, four Democrats and four Republicans who pursued an immigration overhaul that would enhance border security in return for a pathway to legal status for illegal immigrants.
Kent Freise of West Des Moines already is in Rubio’s camp.
“I like his facial expressions when they rip on him”, said 67-year-old Robert Stearns, a retired mechanic and Vietnam veteran from Apache Junction.
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Paul was more eloquent, noting that “If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there’s something called the Geneva Convention we’re going to have to pull out of”.
