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| Trump and co spar on gay rights, equal pay, marijuana ... plus Bush's warm kiss – as it happened | Trump and co spar on gay rights, equal pay, marijuana ... plus Bush's warm kiss – as it happened |
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| 3.26am GMT | 3.26am GMT |
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| The third Republican debate is over. Here’s what we learned: | The third Republican debate is over. Here’s what we learned: |
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| 3.24am GMT | 3.24am GMT |
| 03:24 | 03:24 |
| Searches on Google for the candidates tonight: | Searches on Google for the candidates tonight: |
| Replay the #GOPDebate and see how candidates changed ranks in search tonight https://t.co/yMrHFd143Q pic.twitter.com/IqXUGmcfWG | Replay the #GOPDebate and see how candidates changed ranks in search tonight https://t.co/yMrHFd143Q pic.twitter.com/IqXUGmcfWG |
| 3.16am GMT | 3.16am GMT |
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| Luckily for Jeb! no Republicans have ever heard of this guy | Luckily for Jeb! no Republicans have ever heard of this guy |
| Jeb Bush can eat carbs now... #GOPDebate | Jeb Bush can eat carbs now... #GOPDebate |
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| Adam Gabbatt | Adam Gabbatt |
| Mike Huckabee was the first one to mention the blimp that came free from its mooring in Maryland today and drifted to Pennsylvania before it was eventually grounded, writes Adam Gabbatt. | Mike Huckabee was the first one to mention the blimp that came free from its mooring in Maryland today and drifted to Pennsylvania before it was eventually grounded, writes Adam Gabbatt. |
| Huckabee: “If you saw that blimp that got cut loose in Maryland today, it’s the perfect example of government.” https://t.co/3yuG8mvNrQ | Huckabee: “If you saw that blimp that got cut loose in Maryland today, it’s the perfect example of government.” https://t.co/3yuG8mvNrQ |
| “If you saw that blimp that got cut loose in Maryland today, it’s the perfect example of government,” he said. | “If you saw that blimp that got cut loose in Maryland today, it’s the perfect example of government,” he said. |
| Unfortunately for Huckabee, his own metaphor had even more in common with the blimp. Just as the military lost control of its gaseous vessel, Huckabee quickly lost control of his analogy. Soon his rather hot-aired trope was drifting around without direction or purpose, before eventually flopping to the ground. | Unfortunately for Huckabee, his own metaphor had even more in common with the blimp. Just as the military lost control of its gaseous vessel, Huckabee quickly lost control of his analogy. Soon his rather hot-aired trope was drifting around without direction or purpose, before eventually flopping to the ground. |
| “What we had was something the government made, basically a bag of gas, that got cut loose, destroyed everything in its path, left thousands of people powerless, but they couldn’t get rid of it because we had too much money invested in it.” | “What we had was something the government made, basically a bag of gas, that got cut loose, destroyed everything in its path, left thousands of people powerless, but they couldn’t get rid of it because we had too much money invested in it.” |
| He added bafflingly: “So we had to keep it.” | He added bafflingly: “So we had to keep it.” |
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| at 3.12am GMT | at 3.12am GMT |
| 2.48am GMT | 2.48am GMT |
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| Dominic Rushe and Jana Kasperkevic of the Guardian’s business desk were here to cast their keen eyes over the economic aspects of the debate. Here’s what they thought: | Dominic Rushe and Jana Kasperkevic of the Guardian’s business desk were here to cast their keen eyes over the economic aspects of the debate. Here’s what they thought: |
| Dominic Rushe: | Dominic Rushe: |
| So ... lovely as it is to spend the evening with you Jana, that was a bit crap wasn’t it? The main event was better than the kiddie table warm-up and - for such a busy debate - there was some fairly substantive stuff on taxes, on H1-B visas and a few digs at the Fed (stay with me) ... but minimum wage? No. Women’s wages? “I love my mom, government’s bad, OK?” | So ... lovely as it is to spend the evening with you Jana, that was a bit crap wasn’t it? The main event was better than the kiddie table warm-up and - for such a busy debate - there was some fairly substantive stuff on taxes, on H1-B visas and a few digs at the Fed (stay with me) ... but minimum wage? No. Women’s wages? “I love my mom, government’s bad, OK?” |
| Where was the debate on free trade? I miss Trump saying “China”. Pretty lame really for a debate labelled: “Your Money, Your Vote.” | Where was the debate on free trade? I miss Trump saying “China”. Pretty lame really for a debate labelled: “Your Money, Your Vote.” |
| There were more mentions of “middle-class” in the warm-up. And they should have bumped Lindsey Graham up to first class. I was surprised that the crowd got so angry given that very few of the questions really struck a nerve. | There were more mentions of “middle-class” in the warm-up. And they should have bumped Lindsey Graham up to first class. I was surprised that the crowd got so angry given that very few of the questions really struck a nerve. |
| Jana Kasperkevic: | Jana Kasperkevic: |
| I, too, missed Lindsey Graham. You know what else I missed? Serious questions about people’s money. There was too much talk about tax plans. All people want to hear is: “I will tax the rich. I will not tax you. In fact, I will cut your taxes.” Anything other than that and people’s eyes glaze over. I know mine did. | I, too, missed Lindsey Graham. You know what else I missed? Serious questions about people’s money. There was too much talk about tax plans. All people want to hear is: “I will tax the rich. I will not tax you. In fact, I will cut your taxes.” Anything other than that and people’s eyes glaze over. I know mine did. |
| Here are the questions CNBC should have asked: | Here are the questions CNBC should have asked: |
| Do you think $7.25 is high enough for a federal minimum wage? | Do you think $7.25 is high enough for a federal minimum wage? |
| Could you survive on about $15,000 a year? | Could you survive on about $15,000 a year? |
| Do you know the average age of a minimum wage worker in America? | Do you know the average age of a minimum wage worker in America? |
| Nine of the candidates on that stage are millionaires. Ask them: what do you think you and other millionaires should be paying in taxes? | Nine of the candidates on that stage are millionaires. Ask them: what do you think you and other millionaires should be paying in taxes? |
| Ask candidates with children like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz - are you worried about paying for your kids’ college? How will you do it? | Ask candidates with children like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz - are you worried about paying for your kids’ college? How will you do it? |
| Ask Carly Fiorina how it felt to be one of the first female CEO? What advice would she give to average American women about asking for a raise? After all, in 2014, US women earned 79 cents for every dollar that men did. | Ask Carly Fiorina how it felt to be one of the first female CEO? What advice would she give to average American women about asking for a raise? After all, in 2014, US women earned 79 cents for every dollar that men did. |
| And why not ask Fiorina about the 30,000 people she laid off at HP? Does she ever think about them? | And why not ask Fiorina about the 30,000 people she laid off at HP? Does she ever think about them? |
| 2.36am GMT | 2.36am GMT |
| 02:36 | 02:36 |
| The chairman of the Republican National Committee is not happy with the proceedings this evening. | The chairman of the Republican National Committee is not happy with the proceedings this evening. |
| The candidates blasted the moderators for asking questions they said were irrelevant or petty or antagonistic. | The candidates blasted the moderators for asking questions they said were irrelevant or petty or antagonistic. |
| CNBC should be ashamed of how this debate was handled. #GOPDebate | CNBC should be ashamed of how this debate was handled. #GOPDebate |
| 2.28am GMT | 2.28am GMT |
| 02:28 | 02:28 |
| Lauren Gambino | Lauren Gambino |
| It was the Republicans’ big night, but it was Hillary Clinton’s name we kept hearing, reports Lauren Gambino, who is on the campaign trail with the Democratic frontrunner in Bartlett, New Hampshire. | It was the Republicans’ big night, but it was Hillary Clinton’s name we kept hearing, reports Lauren Gambino, who is on the campaign trail with the Democratic frontrunner in Bartlett, New Hampshire. |
| While the top 10 polling Republicans take center stage in Boulder, the Democratic frontrunner is watching the debate – and live texting her reactions – from somewhere* in New Hampshire. | While the top 10 polling Republicans take center stage in Boulder, the Democratic frontrunner is watching the debate – and live texting her reactions – from somewhere* in New Hampshire. |
| *She was asked several times by journalists at two events where she was watching the debate and did not answer. It’s possible too that she couldn’t hear the question amid the adoring throngs, but not likely, leaving us to wonder … where in the Granite State is Hillary Clinton tweeting from? | *She was asked several times by journalists at two events where she was watching the debate and did not answer. It’s possible too that she couldn’t hear the question amid the adoring throngs, but not likely, leaving us to wonder … where in the Granite State is Hillary Clinton tweeting from? |
| Her first text of the night: “Hillary here. I’m here in New Hampshire watching the GOP debate - how about you?” | Her first text of the night: “Hillary here. I’m here in New Hampshire watching the GOP debate - how about you?” |
| Earlier in the evening, Clinton described the third Republican debate as “a little scary” and said she “feels sorry” for her GOP counterparts. During a speech at the party’s Annual Grover Cleveland Dinner in Bartlett – where Cleveland’s grandson George impersonating his presidential ancestor introduced Clinton – she joked: “For those of you masochistic enough to want to watch we’ll try to get you out” of the event in time. | Earlier in the evening, Clinton described the third Republican debate as “a little scary” and said she “feels sorry” for her GOP counterparts. During a speech at the party’s Annual Grover Cleveland Dinner in Bartlett – where Cleveland’s grandson George impersonating his presidential ancestor introduced Clinton – she joked: “For those of you masochistic enough to want to watch we’ll try to get you out” of the event in time. |
| Clinton carried on the joke, saying that the Republican debates are actually a lot like a “reality TV show, but the cast of characters are out of touch with actual reality”. The room roared with laughter. | Clinton carried on the joke, saying that the Republican debates are actually a lot like a “reality TV show, but the cast of characters are out of touch with actual reality”. The room roared with laughter. |
| She also said she felt bad for Republicans, who attacked her “when in doubt, when they have nothing else to say, when they don’t want to take any responsible action”. | She also said she felt bad for Republicans, who attacked her “when in doubt, when they have nothing else to say, when they don’t want to take any responsible action”. |
| Meanwhile, residents in the early voting states of New Hampshire and Iowa are hearing Clinton’s voice coming out of the television, too. The Clinton campaign began airing a series of issue-based television ads featuring working women. Though Clinton does not appear in the ads, she does the voice over. | Meanwhile, residents in the early voting states of New Hampshire and Iowa are hearing Clinton’s voice coming out of the television, too. The Clinton campaign began airing a series of issue-based television ads featuring working women. Though Clinton does not appear in the ads, she does the voice over. |
| So far we’ve seen a commercial about Sarah, the senior business analysts, Alexis, the financial programming associate, Mindy, the cardiac nurse and Cheryl, the Kindergarten teacher. | So far we’ve seen a commercial about Sarah, the senior business analysts, Alexis, the financial programming associate, Mindy, the cardiac nurse and Cheryl, the Kindergarten teacher. |
| Oh, and her team is rapidly working to respond to attacks over immigration, taxes, social security and Medicare, the economy, healthcare, LGBT equality, equal pay, affordable college, gun safety, criminal justice, raising the minimum wage and climate change. | Oh, and her team is rapidly working to respond to attacks over immigration, taxes, social security and Medicare, the economy, healthcare, LGBT equality, equal pay, affordable college, gun safety, criminal justice, raising the minimum wage and climate change. |
| Wherever she is, she’s keeping busy. | Wherever she is, she’s keeping busy. |
| #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/rBT90JvCmM | #GOPdebate pic.twitter.com/rBT90JvCmM |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.29am GMT | at 2.29am GMT |
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| 02:22 | 02:22 |
| Jeb Bush’s campaign is angry at CNBC, according to a Politico report, which witnesses a backstage spat. | Jeb Bush’s campaign is angry at CNBC, according to a Politico report, which witnesses a backstage spat. |
| Jeb Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz got into a heated confrontation with a CNBC producer outside the debate as it was happening, according to two sources familiar with the incident. | Jeb Bush campaign manager Danny Diaz got into a heated confrontation with a CNBC producer outside the debate as it was happening, according to two sources familiar with the incident. |
| 2.21am GMT | 2.21am GMT |
| 02:21 | 02:21 |
| Closing statements. | Closing statements. |
| Paul: I want small government. The budget deal this week is terrible. I’m going to filibuster it tomorrow. Enough’s enough. | Paul: I want small government. The budget deal this week is terrible. I’m going to filibuster it tomorrow. Enough’s enough. |
| Christie: Speaking to camera. Are you fed up with Washington? Are you concerned about the debt? Are you serious about it? Then elect someone who’s “deadly serious about changing this culture.” Chris Christie for clean government. | Christie: Speaking to camera. Are you fed up with Washington? Are you concerned about the debt? Are you serious about it? Then elect someone who’s “deadly serious about changing this culture.” Chris Christie for clean government. |
| Cruz: Who up here has actually taken on Washington? I have. My dad fled oppression. Freedom is personal for me. | Cruz: Who up here has actually taken on Washington? I have. My dad fled oppression. Freedom is personal for me. |
| Fiorina: Every election we hear talk and intentions. “What we need now is a proven leader who has produced results. That’s how you go from secretary to CEO.” “I am Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare. In your heart of hearts you cannot wait to see a debate between [me] and HRC.” | Fiorina: Every election we hear talk and intentions. “What we need now is a proven leader who has produced results. That’s how you go from secretary to CEO.” “I am Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare. In your heart of hearts you cannot wait to see a debate between [me] and HRC.” |
| Carson: I want to thank my colleagues and the audience “for being attentive and noticing the questions and noticing the answers.” People are waking up. Political correctness stinks. | Carson: I want to thank my colleagues and the audience “for being attentive and noticing the questions and noticing the answers.” People are waking up. Political correctness stinks. |
| Trump: Our country doesn’t win anymore. We used to. We lose on trade, we lose with Isis. With Iran. We don’t win. These folks, CNBC. $250,000 for a 30-second ad. Nobody wants to stand up here for 3.5 hours. They lost a lot of money. Everybody said it was going to be 3.5 hours. And after two minutes. I renegotiated it down to two hours so we can get the hell out of here. | Trump: Our country doesn’t win anymore. We used to. We lose on trade, we lose with Isis. With Iran. We don’t win. These folks, CNBC. $250,000 for a 30-second ad. Nobody wants to stand up here for 3.5 hours. They lost a lot of money. Everybody said it was going to be 3.5 hours. And after two minutes. I renegotiated it down to two hours so we can get the hell out of here. |
| Rubio: America is great. I love it. It’s special. But it’s slipping away. Leaders are out of touch. Let’s expand the American dream. Vote Rubio. | Rubio: America is great. I love it. It’s special. But it’s slipping away. Leaders are out of touch. Let’s expand the American dream. Vote Rubio. |
| Bush: America’s at a crossroads. I will change the culture in Washington. Just as I changed [cough] the culture in Tallahassee. We rule. Thank you. | Bush: America’s at a crossroads. I will change the culture in Washington. Just as I changed [cough] the culture in Tallahassee. We rule. Thank you. |
| Huckabee: To the media this is a game and we’re the players. But we give up our livelihoods and step out on this stage and fight for the people. “For those of us who are serious enough to run for president, think long and hard about why we’re here... we’re not here for ourselves.” | Huckabee: To the media this is a game and we’re the players. But we give up our livelihoods and step out on this stage and fight for the people. “For those of us who are serious enough to run for president, think long and hard about why we’re here... we’re not here for ourselves.” |
| Kasich: If you’ve saved one life, you’ve changed the world. We need to rebuild families. We need to know our neighbors. America is great from the bottom up and the bottom up is us. We will renew America. God Bless America. | Kasich: If you’ve saved one life, you’ve changed the world. We need to rebuild families. We need to know our neighbors. America is great from the bottom up and the bottom up is us. We will renew America. God Bless America. |
| Applause. | Applause. |
| That’s it. Checkered flag. | That’s it. Checkered flag. |
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| at 2.25am GMT | at 2.25am GMT |
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| 02:11 | 02:11 |
| Roger Stone is the longtime Republican political operative and former adviser, this cycle, to Donald Trump. He accuses Kasich of dealing pot in the 1970s. | Roger Stone is the longtime Republican political operative and former adviser, this cycle, to Donald Trump. He accuses Kasich of dealing pot in the 1970s. |
| The story feels pretty iffy – not that Kasich sold pot, but that Stone fired him for it in 1976 | The story feels pretty iffy – not that Kasich sold pot, but that Stone fired him for it in 1976 |
| Hypocrisy ? I fired John Kasich from the 1976 Reagan Campaign ... For selling pot to other field men | Hypocrisy ? I fired John Kasich from the 1976 Reagan Campaign ... For selling pot to other field men |
| 2.06am GMT | 2.06am GMT |
| 02:06 | 02:06 |
| It’s Royals 4, Mets 1, in the bottom of the 6th. You can catch up over on our World Series live blog here. Oh wait the debate is back. | It’s Royals 4, Mets 1, in the bottom of the 6th. You can catch up over on our World Series live blog here. Oh wait the debate is back. |
| The #WorldSeries and the #GOPDebate battling it out in search tonight pic.twitter.com/z02yHKzwSo | The #WorldSeries and the #GOPDebate battling it out in search tonight pic.twitter.com/z02yHKzwSo |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.07am GMT | at 2.07am GMT |