Trump Ends Debate With, "We Can't Do Anything Right"
By The Associated Press, Aug 02, 2015
The Latest on the first Republican debate of the 2016 campaign for president:
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10:55 p.m.
He opened the GOP debate, and billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump closed it by promising to fix America.
"We can't do anything right," he said, adding that "we don't win anymore" against China, Japan or Mexico on trade.
Trump has been criticized for, among other things, lacking a detailed policy platform.
He was the last to speak at the debate, and Trump closed by promising to strengthen the military, take care of veterans, end Obamacare and make "our country great again."
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10:45 p.m.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio earned some of the loudest applause of Thursday's first GOP debate when he offered a zinger hitting Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"Well, first let me say, I think God has blessed us. He's blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates," he said. "The Democrats can't even find one."
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