I've done it. I've made it through this many Republican debates without losing any hair, but I see trouble going forward. At this point it's no longer fun, it's like watching a Browns game-I'm willing to accept how horrible and what a waste of time it will be, but I still watch hoping for something great to happen (maybe Carson will stab someone again). Something wonderful did happen, Donald Trump expressed his approval and made case for a US operation from the 50's called Operation: Wetback. During this Operation near 200,000 (although Trump said 1.5 million) illegal immigrants were moved south of the border. Trump stated that Eisenhower carried this out humanely and said that Operation Wetback was what we need today.
However, Operation Wetback was a very, very inhumane program and not just because its obvious racism. It caused chaos for Mexico, as 200,000 people were thrown into their economy, housing and country as a whole. Also, 88 people died from heat stroke as the American government dumped them off into a desert, 25 percent of the people transported by boat from Port Isabel were also in something resembling a "penal hell ship".
Trump was't the only controversy of the night. Senator Ted Cruz became the second statesman from Texas to forget the branches of government he wanted to modify (shoutout to Rick Perry, my favorite presidential candidate of all time). Trump yelled at former CEO Carly Fiorina for interrupting Rand Paul, someone who Trump has also bullied. Fiorina has now become known as the candidate who told the fake abortion video story. The current field of candidates is turning into a joke, this doesn't really mirror a debate at all. A debate involving ten people is impossible. Hopefully some of the current candidates drop out in favor of a more democratic debate process.


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