Are we as scared of terrorism as GOP candidates say we are?

Expected to be Trump v world, the fifth Republican debate did not deliver on Tuesday night as thin-skinned Donald Trump came under direct attack by name from just a couple Republican presidential candidates, Kentucky senator Rand Paul and former Florida governor Jeb Bush.

“The Committee is not investigating anything said during last night’s Republican Presidential debate”, the statement read.

Republican front-runner Donald Trump has stood firm over his provocative call for banning Muslims from the United States as his party’s presidential candidates pushed their own plans for fighting Islamic State (IS) militants.

Mr Rubio has accused Mr Cruz of weakening the government’s ability to track terrorists because he voted in favour of legislation to eliminate the National Security Agency’s bulk phone-records collection programme and replace it with a more restrictive effort to keep the records in phone companies’ hands.

“The simple fact is if you think this is tough and this is unfair, imagine what it’s going to be like dealing with Putin or dealing with President Xi”.

“I’m sure nobody watched the debate last night”, Trump joked to his supporters. “You’re moving further and further”, Trump said to Bush.

The two GOP senators who should offer the party its best chance for reaching out to the nation’s growing Hispanic population instead squabbled over which president had deported more immigrants (Cruz was wrong on that one, too: It’s Obama, not Bill Clinton or George W. Bush), while Sen.

Well, you know, I would note that Marco knows what he’s saying isn’t true.

Later, in Minnesota on Thursday, Cruz said that Rubio had broken the vow he had made to the voters who elected him in 2010.

“I think, for me, nuclear is just the power, the devastation is very important to me”, Trump offered, incoherently. Senator Rubio said about Sen.

Bush chimed in again during Tuesday’s debate, but he didn’t weigh in on the pathos associated with the subject this time. Ted Cruz grabbed 11 percent, according to data released Wednesday. Polls published this week by Loras College and The Des Moines Register showed Cruz surpassing Donald Trump for the lead in Iowa, with Rubio in third or fourth place. ‘I feel a little bit sorry for him, to be honest with you’.

In his response, Rubio was cautious about discussing the program and suggested Cruz revealed classified information.

But Rubio isn’t letting up, saying Thursday that Cruz shouldn’t get a free pass on the amendment to grant legal status because of his explanation of legislative maneuvering. We’re going to get rid of that.’ What are you going to do, though?

This was not lost on viewers, who took to Twitter to criticize CNN, which hosted the debate, for failing to ask the candidates questions about other areas of foreign policy that have nothing to do with ISIS, Syria or domestic terror threats.