Something Sinister Is Being Planned For Tonight’s GOP Debate By CNN
Ted Cruz was booed Tuesday during the fifth Republican presidential debate for trying to talk over CNN moderator Wolf Blitzer in response to a question to Rand Paul about whether toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was a good move. The undercard candidates will take the stage in Las Vegas at 6 p.m. EST, and the prime-time debate is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EST. Out of the gate, the rhetoric surrounding these sparring matches was all about upstart challenger Carly Fiorina’s sharp wit and impactful delivery; CNN followed that up with an impressive 23 million viewers in the next debate at the Reagan Library.
In preparation for the debate, Blitzer, Bash and Hewitt met in a conference room with producers and researchers to prepare questions.
“Wait your turn”, Blitzer said. Blitzer showed a bandwidth shortage as he asked Donald Trump if he’d support shutting down “parts of the Internet” in order to stop ISIS.
If it feels like these Republican primary debates are happening all the time, that’s because they really are taking place quite frequently. It is expected to be his only interview ahead of the debate, as he is keeping a low profile while preparing his list of questions. They were especially lauded for calling out candidates when they refused to answer questions.
The sixth Republican debate will be held Thursday, Jan. 14, in Charleston, S.C. It will be hosted by the Fox Business Network. “The way I view it is we could have nine people on the stage, a few others in the earlier debate – not a single one of them is a socialist”. And when you’re a journalist and you have that opportunity, you have a responsibility – you take it very, very seriously.
TRUMP: I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody. Trump noticed this and called out Blitzer and CNN on the strategy. It was a very adversarial evening, with lots of sharp exchanges between various candidate pairings-Trump and Bush, Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Kentucky Sen.