--- title: Republican Debate: RNC Chair Praises Fox, Bashes CNBC description: The head of the Republican Party praised moderators from Fox Business for their handling of Tuesday's debate. canonical: https://time.com/4107825/reince-priebus-fox-business-cnbc-debate/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-11T05:12:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:39:54.228Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican Chair Praises Fox, Bashes CNBC og:description: A tale of two debates. og:url: https://time.com/4107825/reince-priebus-fox-business-cnbc-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc8138c5e68cc285/698870740a4a2257d89c6f9f/gop-debate-reince-priebus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4776 og:image:height: 2687 og:image:alt: Milwaukee Prepares For Fourth GOP Presidential Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republican Chair Praises Fox, Bashes CNBC twitter:description: A tale of two debates. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc8138c5e68cc285/698870740a4a2257d89c6f9f/gop-debate-reince-priebus.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # RNC Chair Praises Fox After Republican Debate, Bashes CNBC > Sponsored content. 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GOP Debate-v1_  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 11, 2015 5:12 AM UTC GOP Debate-v1  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Nov 11, 2015 5:12 AM UTC Certain candidates fared better than others during the fourth Republican debate Tuesday night, but there was one clear winner: Fox Business. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, took to Twitter after the debate to praise Fox Business and jab CNBC, which was roundly criticized for being unfair in the last Republican debate. > [](https://twitter.com/Reince/status/664296034902773760) It was the comparison Fox Business had hoped for. Neil Cavuto, one of the Fox Business debate moderators, tweeted this during the CNBC debate on October 28: > [](https://twitter.com/TeamCavuto/status/659549198925357056) “What precipitated that little ribbing was we were getting a few tweets from people saying, ‘Why isn’t \[the issues of\] business coming up? Please tell me, Cavuto, you aren’t going to miss the opportunity to talk about the stuff we thought would come up in this debate,’” Cavuto [told _Fortune_](http://fortune.com/2015/11/09/fox-gop-republican-debate/). Even frontrunner Donald Trump had nothing but nice things to say about Fox Business in the spin room after the debate. “I thought the moderators were elegant,” [he said](http://www.snappytv.com/tc/1004320), “I thought the questions were really, really on point, and I really thought it was a great night.” The Republican candidates took CNBC to task for what they considered “gotcha” questions during the last debate, leading the RNC to [back out of a debate with NBC](http://time.com/4094681/republican-debate-cnbc-rnc/). **Read Next:** [_Did CNBC Ask ‘Gotcha’ Questions at the Debate? You Decide_](http://time.com/4094888/republican-debate-cnbc-questions/) ## Transcript Welcome to the Republican Presidential Debate. I have no problem with being vetted. We need to repeal every rule that Barack Obama has in terms of work in progress. What I do have a problem with is being lied about. We actually, yes, have to hold government officials accountable for their performance. Five major agencies that I would eliminate. I'll tell you about Wall Street. There's too much greed. The IRS, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce and HUD. Marco how is it a conservative, how is a conservative to add a trillion dollar expenditure for the federal government? If you raise the minimum wage, you're gonna make people more expensive than a machine. Taxes too high, wages too high. We're not gonna be able to compete against the world. I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is. I would not raise it. If we do what's need to be done. Tax reform, regulatory reform Fully utilize our energy resources, repeal and replace Obama Care and modernize higher education. Then we can grasp the potential on the promise of this new economy. Lower taxes, lower spending. I have rolled out a bold and simple flat tax. 10 % for every American that would produce booming growth. When you balance the budget and you cut taxes, people get work. Mothers going to bed afraid For her children's future. And the reason she's afraid for her children's future is because we've had problems for a long time. We have to stop illegal immigration. We need to control our border just like people have to control who goes in and out of their house. But we have no choice if we're going to run our country properly and if we're going to be a country If they've been law- abiding, they pay a penalty, they get to stay. We protect the wall. Anybody else comes over, they go back. But for the 11 million people, come- on folks, we all know you can't pick them up and ship them back across the boarder. It's a silly argument. You're luck in Ohio that you struck oil, that's for one thing. Thank you Donald for allowing me to speak at the debate, that's really nice of you. Really appreciate that. 12 million illegal immigrants took to send them back, 500, 000 a month is just not possible. For million of American's at home watching This. It is a very personal economic issue, and I will say the politics of it will be very very different if a bunch of lawyers or bankers were crossing the Rio grand. Governor Bush, what is the biggest threat facing America today today. It is, I'd say, it is Islamic terrorism. I like, if Bouton wants to go in And I got to know him very well because we were both on 60 Minutes. We were stable mates, and we did very well that night. One of the reasons I've said that I would not be talking to Vladimir Putin right now, although I have met him as well, not in a green room for a show, but in a private meeting We're not going to be the world's policeman but we sure as heck better be the world's leader. That's, there's a huge difference, where without us leading, voids are filled. The Egyptians, the Saudis, the Kuwaitis, the Bahrainis, the Emiratis- [ NOISE ] The Kurds, all of these people I know, by the way, understand ISIS is their fight, but they must see leadership, support, and resolve from the United States of America. America. Ronald Reagan was strong but Ronald Reagan didn't [ CROSSTALK ] Ronald Reagan walked away at Reykjavik. He walked away, he quit talking when it was time to quit talking. [ CROSSTALK ] How does she keep interrupting everybody? [ LAUGH ] Can you be a physical conservative if you don't conserve all of the money? My 16 year olds, I worry about what their life is gonna be like. I don't think we need an agitator in chief, or a divider in chief. We need a Commander in Chief. 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