GOP Hopefuls Face Off in Milwaukee
WASHINGTON Republican presidential candidates are facing off in Milwaukee Tuesday night. It's their first debate since the highly criticized CNBC meeting.
Since the last episode just two weeks ago, plenty has changed, with co-frontrunner Donald Trump taking a turn as Saturday Night Live host.
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Meanwhile, Ben Carson has been taking on the media for what he calls unfair treatment of his past during the vetting process. The retired neurosurgeon gave CBN News his take on the circus.
"They are sort of like, you take a can of Raid and you spray a fly, they fall down, they start spinning on their back. That's the way they are right now," Carson told CBN News.
"They're desperate, clinging to anything. 'What did he say? We can get him on this,' and of course nothing's working because none of it has any substance," he said.
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush hopes to show he's the candidate with the substance with the "Jeb Can Fix It" bus tour.
"After seven years of incompetence, corruption and gridlock in Washington, we need a president who can fix it," Bush recently told a crowd in Florida. "I can fix it."
Is the media following a double standard when it comes to vetting and questioning the presidential candidates? Dr. Mitch Land, of the Regent School of the Communications and the Arts, says not all candidates are vetted equally. Click below to see the interview.
Meanwhile, the stage for the main GOP debate will look less crowded. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie didn't register high enough in the polls so they'll be in the less prestigious "undercard" debate.
This comes despite a Christie video that went viral showing his talk about the need to treat drug addiction. He plans to bring that subject up tonight and it's something he discussed with CBN's David Brody during his campaign.
"No matter what state I go to, I met parents, spouses who come up to me on tears talking about their loved one that they lost to a heroin addiction, cocaine addiction. It's an epidemic in our country," Christie said.
The last Republican debate was on CNBC and many critics panned it because the questions were over the top with liberal bias.
But with Tuesday night's debate being hosted by the Fox Business Network, Republican candidates are hoping they'll get more impartial treatment. In fact, the moderators have said they will keep all the questions to strictly economic issues.
