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Democracy Now!
Fifth Republican Debate Focuses on Expanding Military, Wars
"Democracy Now!" airs weekdays at 9 a.m. PT on KCET.
The nine leading Republican presidential candidates squared off last night in Las Vegas at the Venetian casino, owned by Republican billionaire backer Sheldon Adelson. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who has been trailing in the polls, took aim at Donald Trump's positions, including his proposal to ban Muslims immigrants.
Jeb Bush: "Look, this is not a serious proposal. In fact, it will push the Muslim world, the Arab world, away from us at a time when we need to re-engage with them to be able to create a strategy to destroy ISIS. So, Donald, you know, is great at the one-liners. But he's a chaos candidate. And he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander-in-chief we need to keep our country safe."
Much of the debate focused on national security, with candidates pushing for increasing the size of the U.S. military, escalating the wars in the Middle East and expanding the power of the National Security Agency.
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