The First Republican Presidential Debate In 100 Words (And A Video)

Trump also said he didn’t call all women names, “Only Rosie O’Donnell”.

Carson, Walker and Trump disagreed with Kelly’s shots – with Trump voicing his complaints the loudest after the debate: “I think Megyn behaved very nasty to me”, he told Politico.

The real estate mogul refused to rule out running as an independent, drawing boos from the audience at the opening debate today. “He’s already hedging his bet on the Clintons”, said Paul. They don’t want to take care of them.’. He entered the first debate leading the polls in a field filled with governors and senators.

“Donald Trump’s hitting a nerve in this country”, Ohio Governor John Kasich said. It’s an unpopular position among some Republican voters who equate legal status with amnesty. “And honestly, Megyn if you don’t like it, I’m sorry”, said the apologetic Trump who nonetheless still stood by his blunt way of dealing with issues.

Mr Paul and New Jersey governor Chris Christie engaged in a heated exchange over the USA Patriot Act and laws giving government access to Americans’ phone records.

This is a candidate who is not beholden to donors – he is paying for his run himself – and the freedom to say what he wants has shaken things up.

“When you have people that are cutting Christians’ heads off, when you have a world at the border and at so many places that it’s medieval times”, Trump said, adding “we don’t have time for tone – we have to go out and get the job done”. Paul claimed he would collect more data on terrorists and less data on general members of the public, but Christie said Paul was unqualified to make that promise.

He is also popular because of his business credentials and has said he will be the “best jobs president that God ever created”. He earned boos, and the derision from Kentucky Sen.

He and the six other remaining candidates took part in an earlier debate that featured several attacks on Mr Trump.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn’t make the top 10.

Who else but Donald Trump’s own analysis of a debate he hopes will help propel him to the White House. “And I don’t mind having a big attractive door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally”, he said.

Ms Florina asked: “What are the principles by which he would govern?”. If they failed in producing much enlightenment on policy questions, that failure was more a function of a crowded stage filled with too many candidates and one man’s overweening ego. Baier asked. Trump’s response wasn’t exactly clear, but it was classic Trump: rambling and contradictory.

Reality television and social media star Kim Kardashian posted a photo on Facebook with her husband, Kanye West, and Clinton, the former secretary of state.