--- description: A recap of Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa. title: Watch the Republican Debate in Under 4 Minutes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9d2a86510ee31d3/69887b25428a9e573fcd129d/republican-presidential-debate-gop-jan-28-photos-01.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 # Watch the Republican Debate in Under 4 Minutes by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2016 5:52 AM CUT  Republican presidential candidates, from left, Sen. Rand Paul, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen.Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016 Republican presidential candidates, from left, Sen. Rand Paul, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen.Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 28, 2016Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 29, 2016 5:52 AM CUT The shadow of Donald Trump loomed large over Thursday’s Republican presidential debate. There was still plenty of action though, with plenty of Hillary Clinton bashing and some [tough questions](http://time.com/4199280/republican-debate-megyn-kelly-questions/ "undefined") from moderator Megyn Kelly that led to a [showdown between](http://time.com/4199310/megyn-kelly-ted-cruz-marco-rubio-debate/ "undefined") Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. Even without the Republican front-runner a healthy debate took place in Des Moines, as voters in Iowa’s 99 counties prepare for Monday’s caucuses. Read the full story on the Fox News debate [here](http://time.com/4197580/republican-debate-donald-trump-iowa "undefined") and watch the video above for highlights. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4199442/republican-debate-video-clips-ted-cruz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4199442/republican-debate-video-clips-ted-cruz/"},"headline":"Watch the Republican Debate in Under 4 Minutes","datePublished":"2016-01-29T05:52:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:33:45.607Z","description":"Recap all the action","url":"https://time.com/4199442/republican-debate-video-clips-ted-cruz/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9d2a86510ee31d3/69887b25428a9e573fcd129d/republican-presidential-debate-gop-jan-28-photos-01.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/bltf9d2a86510ee31d3/69887b25428a9e573fcd129d/republican-presidential-debate-gop-jan-28-photos-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIMEPOL debate","caption":"Republican presidential candidates, from left, Sen. Rand Paul, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen.Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich at the Republican presid","creditText":"Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images","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/4199442/republican-debate-video-clips-ted-cruz/","name":"Watch the Republican Debate in Under 4 Minutes"}}]}] ```