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
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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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  1. Sorry, Derpy, prostitutes don’t get sent flowers after they’ve served their purpose…

  2. Gee, Donald, after getting hundreds of millions for The Apprentice (so you say), how does it feel to be taken advantage of like this? You do all the work and they make all the profit. Some businessman you are.

  3. Wow! Trump is a ratings magnet!

  4. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    I’d also like to know when the big tune out happened and I’ll wager it wasn’t too far into the 3 hours, too early for any of the idiotic pundit stuff about Carly’s moment.

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