Ted Cruz Quotes About Debate

Quotes about: Debate

• I think the debate was really some powerful moments of clarity. We saw that Donald Trump, substantively, has the same issues on issue after issue as Hillary Clinton. He agreed with Hillary Clinton on Libya, toppling the government in Libya. That led directly to Benghazi, led to handing that country over to radical Islamic terrorism.

  Ted Cruz

  Country, Powerful, Islamic

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

• Let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media. This is not a cage match. And, you look at the questions - "Donald Trump, are you a comic-book villain?" "Ben Carson, can you do math?" "John Kasich, will you insult two people over here?" "Marco Rubio, why don't you resign?" "Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?" How about talking about the substantive issues the people care about?

  Ted Cruz

  Book, Math, Media

  Ted Cruz at the third GOP debate at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2015.

• Donald Trump claims - he did interview after the debate where he said, well, gosh, you can't find Americans to do these jobs to be waiters or waitresses or bellhops.What ridiculous nonsense. "The New York Times" reported roughly 300 Americans applied for those jobs. He only hired 17. Instead, he brought in foreign workers, because they're captive workers, because you can pay them less because they can't leave.

  Ted Cruz

  Jobs, New York, Pay

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

• Everyone seems to have internalized the fact that you can say anything you want at a televised debate, and only a tiny fraction of the audience will ever see a fact-check. So why not claim the moon is square?

  Ted Cruz

  Moon, Squares, Say Anything

• In my view, republican primary debates ought to be moderated by people who would vote in a primary.

  Ted Cruz

  Views, People, Vote

  "RNC chair blasts CNBC's 'crap sandwich' debate; Bush, Kasich call out GOP rivals". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. October 29, 2015.

• I can tell you is all nine of the people here [on debates] would make an infinitely better commander in chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.

  Ted Cruz

  People, Nine, Debate

  CNN-Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

• A debate actually is a policy issue but I will say this - gosh, if you guys ask one more mean question, I may have to leave the stage.

  Ted Cruz

  Mean, Issues, Guy

  "The Kelly File" with Megyn Kelly, www.foxnews.com. January 28, 2016.

• He [Donald Trump] said in the debate - he said, gosh, I'm being audited for two years. Then he said three years. Then he said maybe five years. Listen, if there's a problem in his taxes, the voters have a right to know, because come September, October, the general election, folks in the media are going to make a heyday about any problems in his taxes.

  Ted Cruz

  Media, Years, Two

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

• At the debate, Donald Trump backed off of his health care position for 20 years. For 20 years, he has agreed with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on socialized medicine, saying Obamacare doesn't go far enough. He wants the government to pay for everyone's health care and to control it.

  Ted Cruz

  Obamacare, Medicine, Government

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

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