Posted on 01/29/2016 1:55:13 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
At a campaign event on Friday in Nashua, NH, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said his opponent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)"got pummeled" at last night's Fox News GOP presidential debate.
Trump did not attend the presidential debate, which has been attributed to his ongoing feud with FNC's "The Kelly File" host Megyn Kelly, one of the moderators of the debate.
Trump said, "We have a big day coming up. We have a number one, we have February 1, I think we're going to do really well in Iowa. We're leading in the Iowa polls now and leading pretty good. And Cruz is in second place. He got really pummeled last night. Actually, I'm glad I wasn't there. He got pummeled. Wow. And you know, they didn't even mention that he was born in Canada. Right? You know, when you're born in Canada, you're not supposed to be running for president of the United States. Prime minister of Canada, no problem. He can run for Canada. There he is. He can run prime minister of Canada, no problem."
"So he got beaten up pretty badly last night," he continued. "I don't know what's going to happen to his poll numbers, but probably they're not going up. I was told ours went up because of what he did last night. Isn't that something? You know, it tells you a little bit about risk. Risk is interesting. In theory, I would have rather done the debate. You're leading. You don't want to change the wheels, right? You want to just go, get it done, win and go to the next one, and I took a chance. I mean, I took a chance, and it's something you have to do. I took a chance and we did something."
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That’s gonna leave a mark. Ouch.
Well, no he didn’t. But carry on.
Cruz debate performance was terrible...he will continue to slide. Trump wins Iowa...Rubio may beat Cruz for 2nd place.
At least he didn’t bug out.
By the way, “Captain,” what branch?
Ted Cruz was hurt last night. So was Rubio.
And Fox is now in the business of damaging Republicans. The BUSINESS I say.
Cruz will now have to fight with all he has for a 2nd in Iowa.
IF Republicans have debates in the future, I recommend they enlist a known, reputable non-media organization to moderate. Maybe the VFW, League of Women Voters etc.
Then charge every news organization $100k to cover via video, $50k via radio and $5k as print reporters...just to cover the costs of sponsorship, venue etc.
Have the RNC vet the mods and every question in advance.
Or, DON'T PARTICIPATE.
Apply the same rules to the General election debates.
It should be part of the GOP platform.
The stranglehold broadcast media has on the electoral process MUST be broken.
Maybe we can get Drudge to hold a debate.
Big tough Donnie cut and run from the big mean FOX woman.
The branch that gets paid by Trump to post pro Trump propaganda on THE premier conservative website.
Does Trump pay you by the post???
And Smartest man in the world could not take advantage of it.
MK cleaned Cruz’s clock.
Poor performance by Cruz last night.
Freaking Fox
“At least he didn’t bug out.”
No, he wasn’t smart enough to!
Donald reminds me of a guy I knew in high school who didn’t have the balls to get in the pit at football practice making snide comments about lesser athletes than him who did have the balls to get in the crusher mano a mano. Can I say that without being a hater?
“And Fox is now in the business of damaging Republicans. The BUSINESS I say.”
Now that’s the irrefutable TRUTH!
All these Trump worshippers who claim that Cruz got pummeled didn’t watch the debate. They were busy watching the Trump.
I thought all of the candidates did fairly well.
The adults all went to the debate.
The children all went to the circus.
Who is MK and what debate did you watch. Rubio won the he first half Cruz the second half and the only reason Cruz lost the first half was the statist governor had all his fedguv subsidy fans with him to boo Cruz.
Anyone who isn't a worshipper is a hater. Them's the rules.
Kneel before Trump.
It’s hard to watch anything when your lips are glued to somebody’s behind.
A guy THAT far ahead doesn’t need to debate.
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