Christie: ‘Whole race changed’ after debate
SEVEN years after the United States banned waterboarding as an interrogation tactic, two Republican presidential candidates say they would revive its use.
The presidential hopeful said: “In the Middle East, we have people chopping the heads off Christians, we have people chopping the heads off many other people, we have things that we have never seen before as a group”. Not since the Medieval Times, he said, have we seen such barbarism. We need comprehensive health screenings, then we need to figure out how do we get the right nutrition and vitamins.
“I would bring back waterboarding and I’d bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding”, Trump said during Saturday night’s Republican debate on ABC, days before New Hampshire holds its primary for the November 8 election.
The one candidate on stage who said waterboarding is torture was Jeb Bush, George W. Bush’s brother.
On the same controversy, Carson added: “I was very disappointed that members of his (Cruz’s) team thought so little of me that they thought after having hundreds, if not thousands, of volunteers and college students who sacrificed their time and were dedicated to the cause… that I would just walk away 10 minutes before the caucus and say, ‘Forget you guys'”. “And I would bring back a hell of a lot worse”.
“That’s a whole different level and I would absolutely bring back interrogation – and strong interrogation”.
“I want to win New Hampshire”.
Christie scored big with pundits and debate-watchers Saturday when he repeatedly interrupted Rubio, as the Florida senator tried to score a hit on him. You know, when I was a young man, I studied Medieval times.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump: “If I’m elected president, we will win, and we will win, and we will win”.
“It is enhanced interrogation, it is vigorous interrogation, but it does not meet the generally recognised definition of torture”.
A poll released on Friday showed that Donald Trump remains the frontrunner in New Hampshire, despite him coming second in Iowa to Senator Ted Cruz and many speculating that his campaign could at least lose some air, if not being fully deflated.