Debate day-after: What rivalries? GOP candidates play nice

Donald Trump returned to New Hampshire less than 12 hours after participating in the fourth GOP presidential debate. When questioned about China’s spying on US citizens, stealing of intellectual property and general cyber aggression, Christie vowed to retaliate.

“We started off with seventeen [candidates], and one-by-one they’re disappearing”, he said. “We will enforce stronger protections against Chinese hackers and counterfeit goods and our responses to Chinese theft will be swift, robust, and unequivocal”.

Asked about the heroin crisis in New Hampshire, Trump said part of the solution, in addition to setting up locally based clinics, would be to “stop the source” by closing the borders.

“You know, in the old days it was great”, Trump responded, according to The Washington Post. “There certainly could be a place for him, I will tell you that”. “We’re really proud of him and we’re just so psyched to be here”. “The drugs are pouring in…when I say, ‘build a wall, ‘ I’m not just playing games”. “You know, we don’t exactly have a lot of money”, Trump lectured the boy.

Asked about police militarization and violence against blacks by a black man, Trump deflected on the issue of race. “I think that when they resigned, they set something in motion that’s gonna be a disaster for the next long period of time”. He also indicated he will release a plan on ethanol within several weeks.

Two of Trump’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, came in tow and offered support for their father before the presidential candidate took questions from the crowd.

This was not Trump’s typical audience.

Organizers said the crowd at yesterday’s event was the largest in the history of the “Politics and Eggs” series – something Trump mentioned immediately.

The event is generally held at the college, but today’s breakfast was moved to the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. It’s the second record-setting Politics and Eggs this year, after more than 400 people showed up to hear Hillary Clinton speak at an earlier candidate forum in October.