The Eighth GOP Debate: Waterboarding In, Drug Addiction Out

Here are some of Truthdig’s best tweets from Saturday night’s Republican debate:
New Jersey meant nothing to me. #closingstatements #GOPDebate https://t.co/HIYC4UPO4o pic.twitter.com/Kqna7Xf8c7
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#BenCarson: “Guess what, I’m still here.” #gopdebate https://t.co/HIYC4V7psY
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#ChrisChristie on the heroin crisis: This is not a moral failing. It’s a disease, and we need to give peple the help they need. #gopdebate
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#trump: I’d bring back waterboarding. And a helluva lot worse than waterboarding. https://t.co/HIYC4V7psY #gopdebate pic.twitter.com/GCybhD2onf
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
Pick me Jeb! #GOPDebate https://t.co/HIYC4UPO4o pic.twitter.com/yjIvpAY8fF
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#MarcoRubio: Free enterprise: Where you can make poor people richer without making rich people poorer. #gopdebate pic.twitter.com/LJN5UjTIko
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump: Conservatism is derived from conserve. Which is also a jam made from fruit. #GOPDebate https://t.co/HIYC4UPO4o
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#Trump on #Obamacare: You’re not gonna let people die sitting in the street. https://t.co/HIYC4V7psY #gopdebate pic.twitter.com/y995GuzgBQ
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#GOPDebate https://t.co/HIYC4UPO4o pic.twitter.com/xDTVAfg6Te
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#Kasich on imm.: Just like we lock our doors at night, the country needs to be able to lock its doors. #gopdebate pic.twitter.com/aZAg1afvFL
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#Christie: Hey #Rubio: Your memorized 30 second speech won’t cut it in Washington https://t.co/HIYC4V7psY #gopdebate pic.twitter.com/EuWt2OAN3E
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#BenCarson invoked Ronald Reagan to claim the moral high ground in spat with #TedCruz. https://t.co/HIYC4V7psY #gopdebate
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
#GOPDebate https://t.co/HIYC4UPO4o pic.twitter.com/rM2L46lnUk
— Truthdig (@Truthdig) February 7, 2016
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Reported earlier:
Republican presidential candidates will hit the stage again Saturday night in their last debate before New Hampshire voters head to the polls Tuesday. Donald Trump will be on hand, Carly Fiorina won’t, and Sen. Marco Rubio is on the rise.
The New York Times lists various ways you can access the debate:
On television: ABC will air the debate on its network with coverage beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern time and the candidates taking the stage about 15 minutes later.
Online: The debate will be streamed live on ABCNews.com and on ABC News’ mobile apps. It will also be available for viewing on Apple TV, Xbox One and Roku.
On social media: Facebook and Twitter will be full of real-time reaction to the debate. The hashtag #GOPdebate is a good way of filtering out the rest of the noise.
On radio: For those who prefer hearing the candidates, but not seeing them, ABC Radio will be airing the debate.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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