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WEST HAWAII TODAY | FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015
Trump jolts first GOP debate
RIVALS SCRAMBLE
FOR ATTENTION
CLEVELAND — A
combative
Donald
Trump,
the
bil-
lionaire
business-
man-turned-presidential
candidate, jolted the first
Republican debate of the
2016 campaign by warn-
ing he might run as an
independent if denied
the GOP nomination.
His startling declaration
left his onstage rivals
scrambling to compete
for attention the rest of
the night.
Asked in the debate’s
opening minutes wheth-
er he could rule out a
third-party run, Trump
declared
Thursday
night, “I will not make
the pledge at this time.”
He also refused to apol-
ogize for making crude
comments about women,
defended his chang-
ing policy positions and
tangled with the debate
moderators.
While Trump was char-
acteristically bombastic,
most of the contenders
standing alongside him
clamored for their piece
of the spotlight without
engaging him directly.
They quarreled over immi-
gration, terrorism and gay
marriage, each casting
himself as the strongest
to take on Democratic
front-runner
Hillary
Rodham Clinton. They
also assailed President
Barack Obama and his
nuclear deal with Iran.
The closest former
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,
a favorite of the party’s
moderate, establishment
wing, came to tangling
with Trump was a gen-
tle critique of the busi-
nessman’s over-the-top
rhetoric.
“Mr. Trump’s language
is divisive,” Bush said.
“We’re not going to win
by doing what Barack
Obama and Hillary
Clinton do every day —
dividing the country.”
On immigration, one
of the main topics of the
night, Bush defended his
call for a path to legal
status for some of the
people living in the U.S.
illegally, an unpopular
position among some
Republican voters who
equate legal status with
amnesty.
Trump in particular
has pushed the issue of
immigration through-
out the summer, draw-
ing criticism for saying
Mexican immigrants are
rapists. He said Thursday
that he had been told
that by border patrol
agents, and he took cred-
it for immigration being
an issue in the campaign.
“If it weren’t for me,
you wouldn’t even be
talking about illegal
immigration,” he said,
despite the fact that
immigration has been a
hot-button issue in pres-
idential campaigns for
years.
Trump’s blunt style
was in line with the
approach he’s taken to
his campaign throughout
the summer, appealing
to voters frustrated with
career politicians and
perplexing his rivals. He
entered the first debate
leading the polls in a field
filled with governors and
senators.
Seventeen Republicans
are seeking the party’s
nomination, but only 10
were invited by debate
host Fox News to partic-
ipate in the main event
based on their showing in
recent polls. The remain-
ing seven were relegated
to a pre-debate forum.
On stage in his home
state, Ohio Gov. John
Kasich sought to raise
his profile by striking
an optimistic tone on
the economy, saying
all Americans need an
opportunity to “share
in this great American
dream.” He said that
while he favored tra-
ditional marriage, he
had recently attended a
same-sex wedding and
would support his chil-
dren if they were gay.
A
raucous
crowd
cheered the candidates
on throughout the debate
in Cleveland, the same
city where Republicans
will nominate their
general election candi-
date next summer. No
Republican has ever won
the presidency without
winning Ohio.
While the candidates
peppered their remarks
with barbs about Clinton,
they avoided lengthy
attacks on her record as
secretary of state and
the deadly attack in
Benghazi, Libya. Only
late in the debate did
Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker raise the contro-
versy surrounding her
use of personal email and
a private server while
serving in the Obama
administration.
“Probably the Russian
and Chinese govern-
ments know more about
Hilary Clinton’s email
server than do the mem-
bers of the U.S. Congress,”
Walker said.
The first debate high-
lighted deep divisions
within the Republican
Party, with Kentucky Sen.
Rand Paul representing
a segment of GOP voters
frustrated with military
action overseas and what
they see as infringements
on personal liberties.
In a lengthy exchange
with New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie, Paul
defended his opposition
to the USA Patriot Act
and laws giving govern-
ment access to Americans’
phone records. He said he
wanted to collect more
information from ter-
rorists, not law-abiding
Americans.
Christie, a former U.S.
attorney, was dismissive.
“Listen, senator, you
know, when you’re sit-
ting in a subcommittee,
just blowing hot air about
this, you can say things
like that,” he said.
Paul was also the most
aggressive in taking on
Trump, challenging him
early on his refusal to
commit to supporting the
party nominee.
“He’s already hedging
his bets because he’s used
to buying politicians,”
Paul said.
Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio, the youngest can-
didate in the field at age
44, has tried to carve out
a niche as a foreign policy
authority, but has strug-
gled to break through this
summer — particularly
since Trump’s surge. He
said the election “cannot
be a resume competition.”
“This election better be
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about the future, not the
past,” he said.
Rounding out the field
was Sen. Ted Cruz, sur-
geon and tea party favor-
ite Ben Carson and for-
mer Arkansas Gov. Mike
Huckabee rounded out
the debate lineup.
The crowded field
meant limited talking
time for candidates,
many of whom were
introducing themselves
to Americans for the first
time.
“I wasn’t sure I was
going to get to talk again,”
Carson quipped when the
moderators came back to
him at one point.
The remaining seven
candidates were rele-
gated to a pre-debate
forum, a low-key event
in a largely empty arena,
where candidates avoided
debating each other and
largely stuck to scripted
responses on domestic
and foreign policy.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
answers a question during the first Republican
presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena
Thursday, in Cleveland.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
