Politics & Government

5 Can't Miss Moments from the Double-Shot GOP Debate of Presidential Wannabes

Booze, pot, weird touching and bribery: Highlights of the #CNNDebate of Republican presidential candidates.

CNN hosted a Republican presidential candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday night. What, you didn’t watch? Clowns scare you? Well, here’s the fun in five very small doses.


Donald Trump and Jeb Bush are the Laurel and Hardy of the Republican field. These two should get their own TV show together.



Lindsey Graham says he’d drink a lot more if he gets into the White House. (Note to the senator: Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neill actually talked to each other while they drank.)


Jeb smoked pot 40 years ago. Yawn. Talking about your youthful pot smoking is so 1992. Now, if you told us you just did some bong hits and ate some Oreo cookies before coming out on stage and now you want to run your hands through Trump’s hair ...


Dr. Ben Carson is not a baller, as evidenced by this limp high five with Donald Trump.


What’s with all the bobbing and weaving, Lindsey? Maybe he tipped a few before the debate. Kind of love how he impishly keeps poking Rick Santorum. Oh, snap, Lindsey, you’re so Trump tonight.

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