Live Thread: Competing GOP Town Halls on CNN and MSNBC 8 p.m. EST

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

CNN is hosting a town hall at 8 p.m. EST with Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. At the same time MSNBC is holding a competing town hall with Donald Trump.

[fireman15]

I had no idea; I generally have not watched anything on MSNBC. One good thing about FOX going on an anti-Trump rampage is that it has given the other Networks a chance to do right on occasion.

[Lucky9teen]

Trump loves China

[MLL]

Oh, okay! Trump is fooling so many folks.

[IAMNO1]

“My gosh, you are making me barf.”

I remember people like that in the airports, handing out literature. Wonder where they all went?

[Duchess47]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people on Medicare, Medicaid and VA programs.

I am on Medicare and Tricare. My drugs are free, however, the government has to buy them to provide them to me. You cannot be as stupid as you sound. Do you have any concept of the amount of money the government spends on drugs.

You want to decrease cost of government, here’s a big start. Oh, by the way, the drugs the government doesn’t have I can get at a regular pharmacy with a copay with Tricare.

[orinoco]

Trump is for free market healthcare. He favors health savings accounts, insurance competition across state lines. For the very needy he will find a way to help them get healthcare access.

[Lucky9teen]

Trump is the best Communicator.

Yeh, if you’re in 4th grade.

[MLL]

Again, name calling-REAL MATURE. GROW UP

[Right-wing Librarian]

>>He is more than jumpy. He is a fast talking politician and a liar. Dont believe anything he says. Trust me, he back stabbed the people of FL and he will back stab the country. Dont believe anything he says. This is 100% accurate. I voted for him for Senator here in FL. He ran with Tea Party backing yet as soon as he showed up in DC he refused all their invitations to join their caucus/meetings. His mouth uttered conservative words while he ran for Senator, but his true colors soon showed. And he knows FL has his number. No one I know here who voted for him will be voting for him again, for Senator or President. He just wants the fame/power/money, he's 100% owned. If it was a choice between him and Hillary/Bernie, I'd stay home, because at that point, it really wouldn't matter... the country would not be restored either way.

[nfldgirl]

Can you imagine sitting through a Rubio SOTU speech? Inauguration speech? DH just said he’s ready for bed. Getting headache listening to Rubio.

[Kit cat]

Can someone tell us his response to finger on button for the non watchers!!!!

[uncitizen]

The word “objective” can’t be used to describe many “journalists” in America anymore.

[Hoodat]

But you seemed to have missed the parts about expanding competition.

And you seem to have missed what Trump just said on national TV only 15 minutes ago.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I heard every word.

[Pravious]

“I really like Ted Cruz but I don’t think he floated down from heaven.”

Unfortunately, I don’t think Ted would agree with you.

[MLL]

Bingo! Glad to know there is another Floridian here that knows who Rubio really is.

[Right-wing Librarian]

He doesn’t strike me as intelligent or knowledgeable. He is very good at memorizing speeches but from this Floridian’s point of view, he’s 100% fake, phony, fraud. JMHO

[nfldgirl]

Hyper, way overboard hyper. Ready for him to just shut up.