5 key moments from the Republican debate in Miami
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThere were no references to Donald Trump’s penis Thursday night.
Rather, CNN debate moderator Jake Tapper began the Republican debate by graciously asking the four remaining presidential candidates to refrain from talking over each other, and they listened.
Read Article >Why Trump’s rivals barely even bothered to attack him at the debate
GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/GettyTonight’s debate may have been the last chance to stop Donald Trump from running away with the GOP nomination.
But his opponents didn’t even really seem to try.
Read Article >CNN’s surprisingly substantive Republican debate, in 21 tweets
Donald Trump at CNN’s Republican debate in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesDebates are supposed to offer journalists and pundits a unique time to come together and snark on Twitter.
After a debate last week with literal penis jokes, CNN’s Republican debate on Thursday was … surprisingly disappointing for snark. The debate was substantive and focused on policy — not exactly ideal for Twitter jokes.
Read Article >The Republican debate was very substantive. Too bad that substance was wrong.
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesThursday’s CNN Republican debate was widely praised for being the most substantive clash of the cycle before. And it was substantive. The only problem was the substance was wrong.
“GDP was zero, essentially, for the last two quarters,” said Donald Trump. Only it wasn’t. Adjusted for inflation, Gross Domestic Product grew at a 2.1 percent annual rate in the third quarter of 2015 and a 1.9 percent rate in the fourth quarter.
Read Article >Marco Rubio stood up to Donald Trump’s Islamophobia — in the worst possible way
At CNN’s Republican debate on Thursday, Marco Rubio appeared to do something very unusual for the GOP stage: He tried to take a stand against Islamophobia, particularly against Donald Trump’s Islamophobia.
Only Rubio did it in the worst possible way.
Read Article >One chart that shows how wrong Donald Trump is about the economy
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesDonald Trump doesn’t have a positive view of the US economy. “GDP was 0 essentially for the last two quarters,” Trump said at Thursday night’s debate. “If that ever happened in China you would have had a depression like nobody has ever seen. They go down to 7 percent, 8 percent and it’s a national tragedy. We’re at zero. We’ve lost our jobs. We’ve lost everything. We’re losing everything.”
By “GDP,” Trump presumably means the growth rate of gross domestic product. And Trump is simply wrong about this. Even if you adjust for inflation, the US economy has been growing the last couple of quarters:
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