“The Committee is not investigating anything said during last night’s Republican Presidential debate, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, and Vice Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said in a statement”. Donald Trump doesn’t talk about anything serious.
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As we dive into the Christmas season, this exciting debate won’t change the fundamentals of the race.
Democratic candidates for president will debate this Saturday night on WBKO.
Later, Trump slapped Cruz on the back in appreciation. Carson’s standing has slipped in national polls recently, as Sens. But it offered him no cover at this final GOP primary debate.
“You’re never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency”, said Bush, who was once seen as a frontrunner, but whose campaign has struggled to gain momentum. Carly Fiorina, who’s fading fast, bragged about helping the NSA after 9/11 when she was Hewlett-Packard CEO-and may have divulged classified information.
Trump, for his part, started in a fairly subdued mood but clearly didn’t like dealing with Bush’s attacks.
“We’re not talking about religion”, he said.
“When I campaigned in Texas, I told voters in Texas that I would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain US citizens permanently with no due process”, he said. Not without getting right down there in the gutter with the terrorists and forsaking national and worldwide norms and values. It was the first Republican debate since the attacks on Paris and San Bernardino. But the question prompted some useful discussion and drawing out some useful distinctions.
All of the candidates want to halt the flow of Syrian refugees to the United States, with Ben Carson suggesting they be sent instead into Kurdish territory, even though the goal of most Kurdish fighters involves establishing their own state, not one awash with Sunni Syrians.
Paul and others essentially asked, “How’s that been working out for us?” Cruz is a USA senator from Texas. The U.S. and other coalition partners are seeking both Assad’s ouster and the Islamic State’s demise. Rubio was a co-author of comprehensive Senate legislation in 2013 that would have created that pathway, but he has since said the nation’s immigration crisis must be addressed in piecemeal fashion, with legalization only an option after the U.S.-Mexico border is secured.
On visas and green cards, Rubio is also wrong.
Rubio, of Florida, defended his support for eventually providing a pathway to citizenship for some people in the US illegally, an unpopular position within the Republican Party.
Trump called Cruz a “maniac” on Sunday, an indication that he is prepared to attack Cruz as he has other rivals. “That’s easy to say”.
Cruz had a mixed night.
One of the rare occasions Israel came up was during an intense exchange between Sens.
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Rubio told him national television is not the place to discuss classified information, before going on to dispute Cruz’s suggestions.
