31 Phallic, WTF Moments From the GOP Debate
The final four Republican tributes gathered in the Fox Theater in Detroit Thursday night for the eleventeenthousandth primary debate. Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace and Bret Baier brought the heat — or rather the graphics, statistics, video footage and legal affidavits — to systematically dismantle Donald Trump’s claims.
Trump, meanwhile, wanted to talk about his penis.
Here’s how that worked out for all of them.
1. “I totally disavow the Ku Klux Klan. I totally disavow David Duke. I’ve been doing it now for two weeks now. You’re probably about the 18th person who’s asked me the question…. Take a look at my Twitter account.” –Donald Trump, trying to prove his anti-white supremacist bona fides — ineffectively
2. “Look at those hands. Are they small hands? And [Marco Rubio] referred to my hands: ‘If they’re small, something else must be small.’ I guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee it.” –Donald Trump, in response to Marco Rubio’s recent campaign attack
3. “I don’t think the people of America are interested in a bunch of bickering schoolchildren.” –Ted Cruz
4. “We are not going to turn over the conservative movement or the party of Lincoln or Reagan… to someone whose positions are not conservative, to someone who last week defended Planned Parenthood for 30 seconds on a debate stage, to someone… who thinks the nuclear triad is a rock band from the 1980s.” –Marco Rubio
5. “This little guy has lied so much.” –Donald Trump, on Marco Rubio
6. Chris Wallace: “Mr. Trump, a policy question for you, sir.”
Marco Rubio: “Let’s see if he answers it.”
Donald Trump: “I will. Don’t worry about it little Marco, I will.”
Marco Rubio: “OK, well, let’s hear it, big Donald.”
Donald Trump: “Don’t worry about it little Marco, I will.”
Chris Wallace: “Gentleman. You’ve got to do better than this.”
7. “Your numbers don’t add up, sir.” –Chris Wallace, hitting Trump on his plan to reduce the deficit by destroying the Department of Education and the EPA
8. “I understand the folks who are supporting Donald right now. You’re angry. You’re angry at Washington, and he uses angry rhetoric. But for 40 years, Donald has been part of the corruption in Washington that you’re angry about.” –Ted Cruz
9. Megyn Kelly: “Mr. Trump. Hi.”
Donald Trump: “Nice to be with you, Megyn. You’re looking well.”
10. “Donald Trump, in 2008, wrote four checks to elect Hillary Clinton as president.” –Ted Cruz
11. “I don’t know exactly what when you talk about ‘off the record.’ First of all, BuzzFeed? They were the ones that said under no circumstances will I run for president, and were they wrong…. I think being off the record is a very important thing. I think it’s a very, very powerful thing.” –Donald Trump, switching deflection strategies midstream regarding the off-the-record recording the New York Times is said to have about Trump’s true immigration stance
12. “I may have discussed something like that with the New York Times, but I would never release off-the-record conversations — I don’t think it’s fair to do that.” –Donald Trump, basically admitting that he had the off-the-record conversation BuzzFeed claims he had.