The candidates in Tuesday’s Fox Business Network undercard debate deserve a participation ribbon and a juice box for collectively refusing to answer a question asking them to name one Democratic lawmaker they admire.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) kicked off the trend: “This is why people are so frustrated with the last debate with these kinds of silly questions.”
He instead used his time to rail against lawmakers of both parties in Washington.
“I want to fire everybody in D.C.” he said.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) was also happy to take an out and instead remind the audience Wednesday was Veteran’s Day.
“The VA has been a disaster in large part because the people in Congress have never bothered to fix it,” he said.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) upped the ante by implicitly insulting the Black Lives Matter movement while dissing Democrats.
“I’ll tell you the thing that disturbs me the most about what’s going on with the Democratic Party in Washington: That they’re not standing behind our police officers in this country,” Christie said. “That they’re allowing lawlessness to reign in this country.”
Only former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) broke the trend by offering a compliment to Democrats (after a brief foray into his stance on infrastructure spending).
“You know who I respect in the Democratic Party? You know why I respect them? Because they fight!” Santorum said, his voice raising. “Because they’re not willing to back down, and they’re willing to stand up and fight and win. And so I respect them because they are willing to take it to us.”
