Friday, February 26, 2016

7 GOP Best Parts of the Debate in TX last night

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/best-moments-gop-debate-houston-trump-cruz-rubio

Here are the top highlights from the debate:
Rubio dumps his entire oppo file on Trump. Rubio has decided to take on the front-runner. So the first chance he got, he practically unloaded his entire binder of opposition research on Trump, starting with the issue of immigration.
Cruz: Donald funded the Gang of Eight. Attempting to paint himself as the most hardline candidate on immigration, Cruz accused Trump of funding the Gang of Eight—the eight senators who crafted the failed comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2013.
Trump's wall just got 10 feet higher…again. Trump was asked about the feasibility of his plan to build a wall along the southern border and force Mexico to pay for it, given former Mexican President Vicente Fox's recent comments that "I'm not going to pay for that f-ing wall." The real estate mogul responded—as he has in the past when current and former Mexican officials have scoffed at his proposal—by saying, "The wall just got 10 feet taller."
Trump defends Planned Parenthood. You heard that right. First Trump goes after John McCain, then Megyn Kelly. He blamed 9/11 on George W. Bush, and now he's defending Planned Parenthood. While Trump went along with the rest of the Republicans in saying that he would defund the group because he is pro-life, he defended the work they do providing reproductive care and cancer screenings. His position may not make a lot of sense, but like much of what he says, it's not often you hear it on a GOP debate stage.
Rubio-bot tries to nail Trump for repeating himself. After Trump made several similar comments about health care, Rubio tried to go after him with thesame line of attack that Chris Christie had used so effectively against Rubio earlier this month. "Now he's repeating himself," Rubio exclaimed.
"No, no, no," Trump responded. The two then hurled insults at each other while the moderators tried to stop the argument.
Trump: "I want to release my tax returns, but…" A day after Mitt Romney went on Fox News to suggest there might be a "bombshell" in Trump's tax returns, Trump declared Thursday that he would love to release his returns but…there's a hiccup. Trump explained he has for years been audited by the IRS, which he claimed prevents him from releasing four or five years' worth of returns.
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