Republican debate runs off the rails and turns into all-out war as Trump bashes John Kasich, Jeb hits his protege Marco Rubio, and EVERYONE hammers CNBC's moderators for losing control
- CNBC hosts progressively lost control of the event
- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz turned openly hostile, accusing them all of being Democrats intent on damaging the GOP field
- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie soon piled on the network
- Donald Trump wrapped up his night by claiming he had strong-armed them into shortening the debate 'so we can get the hell out of here'
- 'CNBC should be ashamed of how this debate was handled,' Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus said
- Meanwhile Bush and his protege Marco Rubio clashed over Rubio's Senate seat
- For more on the Republican debate visit www.dailymail.co.uk/gopprimary
Donald Trump tangled with Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Jeb Bush called on Marco Rubio – his political protege – to resign his U.S. Senate seat in Wednesday's Republican debate which turned into a cage match in Colorado.
As the CNBC hosts progressively lost control of the event, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz turned openly hostile, accusing them all of being Democrats intent on damaging the GOP field.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie soon piled on the network, with Trump wrapping up his night by claiming he had strong-armed them into shortening the debate 'so we can get the hell out of here.'
The evening event in Boulder was billed as a purely economic discussion but turned into a referendum on America's political media, making the Republican-on-Republican rhetorical violence a secondary sideshow.
Claims of media bias became a major theme of the night, with Cruz letting loose the night's first scathing barrage against moderators Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood.
UNDER FIRE: CNBC debate moderators (l-r) Carl Quintanilla, Becky Quick and John Harwood took it in the teeth from the Republican presidential field all night
ATTACK THE MODERATORS! Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (right) drew wild applause for reciting a list of CNBC anchors' questions that he said 'illustrate why the American people don't trust the media'
SHAME, SHAME: Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee's chairman, vented his disgust with the financial news network after the two-hour debate was over
'Nobody watching at home believes that any of the moderators have any intention of voting in a Republican primary!' he charged.
'The questions asked so far illustrate why the American people don't trust the media. This is not a cage match,' Cruz said
'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 that people care about?'
Cruz earned the night's loudest single wave of applause for that outburst.
Rubio followed him with additional slams on the U.S. political press corps after Trump demanded an end to 'scam' super PACs that 'are causing some very bad decisions to be made by some very good people.'
'The Democrats have their own super PAC,' Rubio claimed. 'It's called the mainstream media.'
DISAPPOINTING: Critics blasted the CNBC Republican debate for bias with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus saying the network 'should be ashamed'
ALL QUIET: Front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson made a small splash at the two-hour event
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3294016/Republican-debate-runs-rails-turns-war-Donald-Trump-bashes-John-Kasich-Jeb-Bush-hits-protege-Marco-Rubio-hammers-CNBC-s-moderators-losing-control.html#ixzz3py4uqdQn
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