Here’s Everything You Need to Know From the Third Republican Debate

A live recap of the third Republican debate.

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The third Republican debate is on its way in Boulder, CO., and unlike the second memorable debate, it’s no longer all about Donald Trump. Candidates are livelier and more assertive this time around as the stakes get higher in the GOP race, now one less since the last main stage debate, after Scott Walker dropped out last month. 

John Kasich kicked off the debate gunning for Donald Trump and Ben Carson, the least experienced candidates on the stage, by subtly pointing out that they're unqualified to be President of the United States: “Right here, to talk about we’re just going to have a 10% tithe" (aimed at Carson) "Or we’re just going to be ‘great.' (Referring to Trump's "Make America Great Again") ... Folks, we’ve got to wake up, we cannot elect somebody that doesn’t know how to do the job!" 

Trump of course shot back and threw Kasich under the bus, “This is a man who was a managing general partner with Lehman Brothers when it went down the tube."

Later it was Jeb Bush attacking Marco Rubio for not doing his job as senator of Florida, questioning his voting record:

Taking Marco Rubio's strategy (of not attacking any candidate) one step further Ted Cruz chose to attack the media for "going easy" on the Democrats during their debate, saying that that's why Americans don't trust the media. 

After getting riled up, so much so that he didn't even answer the question he was asked, then getting into an argument with one of the debate moderators, Cruz made the first weed joke of the night. Calling a truce with the moderator, Cruz offered to get him elevated with some "famous Colorado brownies."

One thing all of the GOP candidates can agree on: mainstream media is public enemy number one. Rubio made some comments of the media's reported skewed view, showing Hillary Clinton in a good light. He would later go on to say:

Jim Webb, former Democratic candidate (he dropped out a week ago) best known for two things: 1. He killed a guy with a grenade 2. He never got a word in during debates and then complained about it endlessly lives on through Republican candidate Rand Paul. A confused Paul asked moderators what the rules were for talking because he was just trying to get a piece of the action and was told, "It was at the moderator's discretion."

Donald Trump revealed he carries guns on occasion and has a concealed gun permit, because he likes to be "unpredictable" so people don't know when he's armed. He also said this about gun-free zones: "I feel that gun-free zones is target practice for sickos and for the mentally ill...they look around for gun-free zones." 

 

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