Trump’s New Jab At Ted Cruz: ‘An Anchor Baby In Canada’
“Why would he want to practice going head to head against a strong blonde woman?” said Colbert with a smile, as a picture of Hillary Clinton appeared next to Trump on the screen.
But when The Hill asked Facebook what Trump’s numbers looked like, a spokesperson said, “If [Trump] had participated and been included in the list, he would have ranked number one with twice as many people talking about him as Cruz”.
Trump opted to boycott the debate and stage his own rally instead after claiming Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly treats him unfairly.
Stephen Colbert may have just presented the best late night bit of the campaign season, in a desk segment for The Late Show called “The 2016 Top Tremendous All-You-Can Trump Luxury Presidential Debate”.
Jeb Bush, Trump’s favorite punching bag on the campaign trail, joked that he missed the outspoken billionaire.
When Iowans woke up this morning, the Des Moines Register headline read: “Rough night for Ted Cruz”.
That’s an increase over the previous debate on Fox Business Channel on January 14, which attracted 11 million viewers, although it didn’t beat any of the other debates held.
Viewership for the three Democratic debates has ranged between 8.6 million and 15.8 million, and a study released by the Pew Research Center offers some insights into to why the GOP debates are more popular television events.
Trump said of the Fox News debate.
A number of super-pacs in support of Cruz say they would donate $1.5 million to veteran’s causes if Trump took the challenge.
“No, I didn’t hear about it”, Trump told Carr.
Sen. Ted Cruz mocked moderator Chris Wallace for asking other candidates questions that Cruz characterized as “Please attack Ted”.
Speculating on what skipping the last debate before the Iowa Caucuses might mean for his presidential aspirations, Trump admitted he wasn’t sure, but didn’t seem very anxious.