Trump Flings Insults On Debate Stage: Rubio’s A ‘Choke Artist,’ Cruz Is A ‘Liar’ (VIDEO)

From left, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump and Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speak and gesture dur... From left, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump and Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speak and gesture during a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) MORE LESS
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A debate about how the Iran nuclear deal affects Israel derailed into name-calling during Thursday’s Republican presidential debate, with Donald Trump steamrolling over policy issues to attack his two top rivals.

After Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused Trump of failing to use his public platform to take concrete steps to protect Israeli security, the real estate mogul insisted none of the other candidates on stage had “done more for Israel” than he did.

“You politicians, you are all talk and no action,” Trump said. “I’ve been watching it all my life. I mean, what I’ve seen up here. I mean, this guy is a choke artist and that guy’s a liar,” he said, pointing first at Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and then at Cruz.

Rubio cut in with a smile, saying, “This is the typical thing he does.”

As all three candidates began to talk over each other, Trump said, “I rest my case.”

Ben Carson broke in from the end of the stage in an awkward effort to get a word in, asking “Can someone attack me, please?”

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  1. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    I haven’t been watching the Republican debates, because my sanity is kind of important to me. However, I just watched this little snippet and was utterly fascinated.

    How Donald Trump can dominate an exchange by name-calling is unbelievable. And the fact that it’s actually working says a lot about the Republican base. I’ve come to the conclusion they should lose their right to vote. To think, our forefathers fought tyranny and injustice for…for… this??

    If you haven’t, please see the video.

  2. Ben Carson broke in from the end of the stage in an awkward effort to get a word in, asking “Can someone attack me, please?”

    Funny and sad at the same time. Kind of like “Please, clap.”

  3. Republican Party stages of grief over the Drumpf ascendency

  4. The first half of this headline could apply just as well to every GOP debate so far – and no doubt all the remaining ones as well.

    What we are witnessing, for perhaps the first time in American history, is a presidential candidate winning the nomination of a major party largely on the basis of his ability to insult and demean his opponents.

    One small step for Donald Trump, one giant step for Idiocracy.

  5. Just like if someone dumped a whole semi truck full …

    down into a wind tunnel —

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