Second Republican debates: Donald Trump vs all

Yesterday's debate was no less interesting than the first. According to CNN, the number of viewers who followed the public battles of politicians on the network on Wednesday evening "was a record for a primary debate ever broadcast on the Internet." The program attracted an online audience of 921 thousand people after approximately 90 minutes of broadcast.

Recall that the statement of the candidates was divided into two parts.

The first part was made by those who did not get one percent of the vote, in prime time - all the rest.

On the eve of the debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, located near Los Angeles, Rand Paul called Trump a “fake conservative”.

Other candidates point out that Trump’s views, today or in the past, are more in line with the liberal principles of the Democratic Party and far from the views of conservative Republicans, writes InoSmi.

The main issues for discussion were: a nuclear agreement with Iran, the crisis in the Middle East and the repeated complication of the problem of refugees.

In the first broadcast on stage came out: Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal; South Carolina Lindsey Graham Senator; and Former New York Governor George Pataki.

All four candidates immediately expressed their distrust of Tehran.

“I don’t understand how President Obama can sleep peacefully while chaos intensifies in Syria. Having become president, I will begin to fight terrorists from day one. We will strengthen our armed forces and win a war that we have no right to lose,” said Lindsey Graham.

He insists on sending 25 thousands of American troops to Syria to fight the “Islamic State”.

In turn, Rick Santorum was in favor of sending only ten thousand American soldiers to Syria and Iraq.

Lindsay Graham managed to touch on the situation in Ukraine and the topic of the revitalization of Russia in Syria.

“The United States is led by a weak commander in chief. What happened in Ukraine would never have happened if Ronald Reagan had been president. Helping the Assad regime means prolonging and deepening the crisis in the region. This is a slap in the face from Moscow to Obama and Kerry. The situation is getting worse,” said Lindsey Graham, writes TASS.

Regarding immigration issues, the candidates were divided.

Rick Santorum and George Pataki spoke in favor of using more brutal measures against illegal immigrants. Rick Santorum even announced their immediate expulsion from the country.

Bobby Jindal and Lindsay Graham believe that finding and expelling millions of illegal immigrants from 11 is weird.

“The US population is aging, and we need immigrants, but they come legally,” said Lindsey Graham.

On prime time, the 11 candidates came forward, among whom a woman first appeared.

Carly Fiorina is considered the main favorite of yesterday evening.

Fiorina gave the most accurate answers and proved that she is the only candidate on the stage, able to resist Trump.

A flurry of applause fell after her talk about state funding for the Family Planning Fund.

"This is about the character of our people, and if we don't push and get President Obama to veto this bill, it's a disgrace to all of us." CNN quoted words Fioriny.

Recall that scandal around Family Planning Foundation (Planned Parenthood Fund) broke out after a video appeared on the network, in which fund officials at an expensive restaurant discussed with the “customer” the sale of parts of embryos.

Another of the expected moments was the request of the presenter to comment on Trump’s insulting words about Carly.

Recall that in an interview with the Rolling Stones, Trump said: “Look at that face! Will anyone vote for this? Can you imagine that this is the face of our next president?

Earlier, Carly did not comment on this attack, but at the TV debates she said with a stony face: “I think that women all over the country very clearly heard what Mr. Trump said.”

Trump's comment hit the audience.

“I think she has a very beautiful face and I think she is a beautiful woman,” he said, smiling. But Fiorina remained undeterred.

The differences between the positions of Trump and Fiorina were noticeably felt when it came to foreign policy.

Trump was asked what he would do to get along with the Russians in Syria.

“I would like to get along with Putin. I would like to chat with him. I could be wrong, in which case I should probably choose a different strategy, but I could get along with many world leaders with whom our country does not get along, ”said Trump, expressing the view that now the United States is not respected in the world. .

Fiorina gave a completely different position in one sentence: “Having met Vladimir Putin, I would not talk to him at all. We talked too much for him,” writes Vox.

Marco Rubio, who previously called Putin a “gangster,” this time stated that “The Russians will soon begin flying military missions into the region, not only to fight the Islamic State, but also to support Bashar al-Assad.”

Jeb Bush admitted to using marijuana

Jeb Bush, during the debates, defended his family a lot and tried not to comment on issues related to Russia.

Initially, he remembered his brother, who during the presidency retained security in America. Then Bush urged Donald Trump to publicly woo his wife.

The reason for this was Trump's statement that Bush’s US-Mexican wife is the reason for his support for comprehensive immigration reform, writes CNN.

While talking about a drug deal, Jeb Bush admitted using marijuana.

“I confess that 40 years ago I smoked marijuana,” the former Florida governor said, smiling. “I’m sure many other people have done this too, but not everyone can admit it in front of an audience of 25 million people.” My mom is not going to like what I just said,” Bush said on air.

Marco Rubio elicited applause from the audience with a statement about his interviews in Spanish: “I give interviews in Spanish, because I believe that free enterprise and limited government is the best way to help people who are trying to achieve vertical mobility. And I want to listen to the news from me, not from the translator. ”

He also criticized the nuclear deal with Iran, calling Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini a “Shia radical and priest with an apocalyptic vision of the future.”

Ben Carson, in most of his answers, cowardly declined to answer.

Ted Cruz was remembered by the phrase on the nuclear agreement: “This deal will send over one hundred billion dollars to Ayatollah and make the Obama administration leading in global financing for radical Islamic terrorism,” Vox

Chris Christie is not sure that the states have enough resources to deport all illegal immigrants.

“Given the current level of funding and the number of law enforcement officers, almost none of us can deport 15 thousands of people every day for two years,” Chris Christie replied when asked about the deportation of illegal immigrants.

If you could not see the second debate, do not despair - the Republicans will meet again.

• The third GOP debate will take place in about a month and a half. They will be held on 28 on October 2015, in Boulder, Colorado. This time will be broadcast channel CNBC, writes Vox.

Then the debate will be held every month:

• the fourth will be broadcast on Fox Business in November;
• the fifth is scheduled for 15 on December 2015 of the year in Las Vegas on CNN;
• sixth in January in Iowa on Fox News.

The Democratic Party announced that the first debates of its candidates will be held in Nevada in October. The CNN channel will broadcast them.