The main debate was scheduled for later Wednesday with the top polling eight candidates in the GOP field.
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Monday night Trump attacked Rubio on twitter not long after Rubio held an event in Pewaukee.
“Hillary Clinton is running so far to the left and trying to catch up with her Socialist opponent Bernie Sanders it’s hard to see her anymore”, said Christie. The former federal prosecutor used the verb “prosecute” repeatedly when describing how he could debate Clinton in the general election.
Christie said if he’s elected president, he’ll “fire a whole bunch of IRS agents”.
For corporate America, Christie said he supports giving American companies a one-time opportunity to repatriate foreign profits at attractive tax rates. “I’m going keep my eye on the ball”, he said.
Asked about how the United States should respond to an economy that is more service-based, Huckabee rejected the premise.
You can see the full CNN report and Jindal’s “juice box” comment here. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
Huckabee objected and said that he in fact lowered spending.
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie exchanged a few feisty barbs on the state of the USA economy during a Republican under-card debate. “It’s not enough just to beat Ms. Clinton”. Christie ignored a string of attacks from Bobby Jindal, a clear sign to everyone in the theater that Jindal saw him as the biggest fish on the stage and he didn’t see Jindal at all. For the most part, though, he appeared uninterested in engaging Jindal.
Dianne Bystrom, the director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University, said the four candidates had nearly equal debating skills. Santorum raised his arms in a “Why not me?” gesture, a moment that indicated that he thought he combined both qualities.
Why are Huckabee and Christie in the undercard this time? “If politicians say they’re going to be conservative, say they’re going to cut spending, but they don’t do it, why should we send them to D.C.?”
Mr. Christie said that nobody in New Jersey would “call me a liberal”.
The government has no business knowing how much money we make and how we made it. It’s none of their business.
“That’s none of their business”.
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Candidates needed to average at least 2.5% in the four most recent national polls leading up to the debate to qualify for the main debate, scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET, and Christie and Huckabee fell just short. They participated in the first three lower-tier debates, but were barred from the latest one.
