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Trump Takes Credit For CNN Debate Ratings, Wonders If He’ll Get Flowers

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Cal... Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) MORE LESS
By Sara Jerde
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September 17, 2015 1:35 p.m.
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Republican presidential Donald Trump took credit for CNN’s potentially record-breaking ratings for its Republican debate on Wednesday night.

Preliminary numbers showed that the debate earned an overall 14.7 rating, indicating that that more than 20 million Americans tuned in to the debate, according to CNN.

Trump reacted to the news on Twitter:

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Sara Jerde (@SaraJerde)  Sara Jerde is a newswriter based in New York. Her bylines have appeared in The Star-Ledger, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Columbus Dispatch. She graduated from Ohio University. Send emails to sara@talkingpointsmemo.com and follow her @SaraJerde.
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