Can something be both a seven-story dumpster fire and more dull than watching a football field’s worth of paint dry one centimeter at a time? With their GOP debate last night, CNBC answered that one resoundingly in the affirmative. The outraged, performative yelping from both the candidates and conservative news outlets began before the debate was even over.
The debate was notable both for how incredibly dull it was and how much time the candidates spent shouting over each other, or, in Mike Huckabee’s case, complaining he wasn’t getting enough time to shout over other people.
But the party line that quickly took shape was that it was all CNBC’s fault, for being mean and disorganized and unfair and probably full of secret closet liberals and/or socialists.
For his part, Donald Trump was certain the debate would be unfair before he got anywhere near Colorado:
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