--- description: Here's how Republicans reacted to the Democrats on the term "radical Islam." title: Republican Candidates React on Twitter to Democratic Debate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f6da7f2e4b6e896/69887123e20a871195a8e387/debate-republican1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Debates](/tag/debates/) ## Debates Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Republican Candidates React on Twitter to Democratic Debate by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2015 4:49 AM CUT  Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders (L), former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley pose on stage ahead of the second official 2016 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debate in Des Moines, IO on Nov. 14, 2015. Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders (L), former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley pose on stage ahead of the second official 2016 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debate in Des Moines, IO on Nov. 14, 2015.Jim Young—REUTERS by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 15, 2015 4:49 AM CUT Republican presidential candidates had a lot to say about “radical Islam” during the second Democratic debate. While real estate mogul Donald Trump made a big deal about live-tweeting the last debate, more of the Republican contenders chimed in during the Des Moines debate on Saturday, especially about the Democrats’ responses to questions about the phrase “radical Islam.” Here are some of the tweets from Republicans during the debate. > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/665718156858687488) > [](https://twitter.com/JohnKasich/status/665716233925500928) > [](https://twitter.com/CarlyFiorina/status/665721934030729217) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/665733681009569792) **Read More:** [_See Hillary Clinton Praise One Part of George W. Bush’s Record_](http://time.com/4113449/dem-debate-clinton-praises-bush/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4113568/democratic-debate-republican-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4113568/democratic-debate-republican-tweets/"},"headline":"Republican Candidates React on Twitter to Democratic Debate","datePublished":"2015-11-15T04:49:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:38:15.717Z","description":"Here's how Republicans reacted to the Democrats on the term \"radical Islam.\"","url":"https://time.com/4113568/democratic-debate-republican-tweets/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","jeb bush","Donald Trump","john kasich","Carly Fiorina"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f6da7f2e4b6e896/69887123e20a871195a8e387/debate-republican1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f6da7f2e4b6e896/69887123e20a871195a8e387/debate-republican1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Sanders, Clinton and O'Malley pose on stage ahead of the second official 2016 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debate in Des Moines","caption":"Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Sanders, Clinton and O'Malley pose on stage ahead of the second official 2016 U.S. Democratic presidential candidates debate in Des Moines","creditText":"Jim Young—REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/debates/","name":"Debates"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4113568/democratic-debate-republican-tweets/","name":"Republican Candidates React on Twitter to Democratic Debate"}}]}] ```