GOP debate free of anti-media tirades

“Donald is great at the one-liners, but he’s a chaos candidate and he’d be a chaos president, ” former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said as the fifth Republican presidential debate opened in Las Vegas. None of the other candidates saw movement in the marketplace, including Jeb Bush, despite some strong moments.

“He’s a very careful candidate”, said Brandon Rottinghaus. “They are going”, Trump said. “Leadership is not about attacking people and disparaging people”.

Trump at one point chastised the CNN moderators for asking questions that invited criticism of Trump. Freshman Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz also went head to head on their voting records in Congress. Rubio attacked Cruz for voting for the USA Freedom Act, which he says made it more hard for the government to monitor and gather personal data that could interfere with preventing future attacks.

The reality television star and real estate developer defended the proposal as common sense, insisting “we are not talking about religion, we are talking about security”. We’re talking about security.

Trump is always a little outrageous, but tonight he was relatively reserved, and in complete control of his rhetoric.

Republican Candidates on Tuesday criticized front-runner Donald Trump for proposing to ban Muslims from entering the United States and blamed him for hogging the media spotlight with his controversial comments. Reporter: Dr. Ben Carson treated like a front-runner last time around, this time he struggled to get a word? “Pretty soon, you’re going to be off the end”.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, completed after Mr. Trump’s December 7 call for a ban on Muslims, showed him leading the field with support of 33 per cent of Republican voters.

“I am totally committed to the Republican Party”.

Aside from Bush, candidates sidestepped opportunities to take on Trump, although they did not hesitate to tangle with one another. I introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism. “He said all horse thieves are Democrats, but not all Democrats are horse thieves”, Cruz began his response. “That would change when militants across the globe see that when you join ISIS you are giving up your life”.

“It’s not a war on the faith, it’s a war on a political and theocratic ideology that seeks to murder us”, he said.

CHRISTOPHER ALUKA BERRY/REUTERS With less than 50 days to go before the Iowa caucuses, Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in the race for the 2016 GOP nomination.

Cruz has been reluctant to criticize Trump, and while Trump called Cruz “a maniac” at the weekend, he passed up the chance to do it again. “He’s just fine, don’t worry about it”.

At the start of the CNN debate in Las Vegas, a majority of the presidential hopefuls used their opening statements to focus on the recent attacks by the Islamic state in Paris and San Bernardino. Ben Carson came in second with 24 votes.

Also appearing in the main debate were New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Ohio Governor John Kasich, U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky and former corporate executive Carly Fiorina.

Four lower-polling candidates took the stage earlier in an undercard debate, with hawkish Senator Lindsey Graham extending an olive branch to peace-loving Muslims, telling them “you are not the enemy”.