FOX News’ GOP debate draws record 24MN viewers

Trump has a long history of lobbing insults at those he feels have treated him unfairly, and advises those who buy his books to do the same.

Through the debate, Republican voters learned more about Trump’s political past and Democratic ties as the evening went on.

CNN and CNBC will air the next Republican presidential primary debates on September 16 and October 28, respectively.

The debate now registers as the most-watched non-sports cable TV program in history.

Trump said the Fox News host and her two colleagues, Bret Baier and Chris Wallace, were “not very good or professional”.

Poll results clearly show that Ben Carson won the first GOP debate in the minds of Republican voters, with Marco Rubio coming in second place.

Paul has supported curbs on the government’s ability to collect information on Americans, which Christie said could put U.S. citizens at risk. “In particular when it comes to women, you’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals…” “Donald Trump is one who is saying, here’s how you fix the problem, here’s how you seal the deal to win“. “It’s the cumulative effect of shaping people’s opinions of who you are that matters over the long haul”. “But I wouldn’t do that”. Kasich asked. “I don’t want to be there”. Trump asks, “Excuse me, you DROPPED to your knees?” “I remember going to the Democratic National Convention last time around and they made their entire convention about the war on women – the so called war on women … and birth control and so on and so forth”, Kelly mocked.

But on Friday morning, Trump softened, telling ABC some of the debate questions to him were unfair. After facing criticism from the network on Friday, Trump wrote on Twitter that Fox News “should be ashamed”.

In the debate, however, Trump failed to get into specifics, Hawksworth said. “It’s all tearing down what we’ve been spending the last seven years in the Obama administration building up”, Hayden said.

They criticized his refusal to commit to backing the eventual Republican nominee – if not Trump himself – and accused him of being no more forthcoming than traditional politicians. “Their performance was outstanding”. The other candidates competed in a forum that began at 5 p.m. ET to an audience of one-quarter the size.

That’s not to say the debate didn’t have winners.

The viewership of the prime-time 9pm to 11pm debate, in which frontrunner billionaire Donald Trump squared off against nine of his top Republican challengers for the nomination, is by far the highest rating of any presidential primary debate.

Thursday’s debate easily outdrew Fox’s previous record of 11.8 million viewers during a debate from the 2012 race, the Wall Street Journal reported.