--- title: Republican Debate: Read Full Text of the Twelfth Debate description: Here is the full text. canonical: https://time.com/4255181/republican-debate-transcript-twelfth-cnn-miami/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-11T04:39:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-24T13:00:13.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read the Full Transcript of the Twelfth Republican Debate og:description: Here is the full text. og:url: https://time.com/4255181/republican-debate-transcript-twelfth-cnn-miami/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5364d93d2e9a709f/69888a9cf887dc3d26e94ffc/republican_debate_florida.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican Presidential Candidates Debate In Miami Area og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read the Full Transcript of the Twelfth Republican Debate twitter:description: Here is the full text. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5364d93d2e9a709f/69888a9cf887dc3d26e94ffc/republican_debate_florida.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read the Full Transcript of the Twelfth Republican Debate in Miami by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:00 PM UTCPublished: Mar 11, 2016 4:39 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich debate during the CNN, Salem Media Group, The Washington Times Republican Presidential Primary Debate on the campus of the University of Miami on March 10, 2016 in Coral Gables, Fl. Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich debate during the CNN, Salem Media Group, The Washington Times Republican Presidential Primary Debate on the campus of the University of Miami on March 10, 2016 in Coral Gables, Fl.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Updated: Jan 24, 2024 1:00 PM UTCPublished: Mar 11, 2016 4:39 AM UTC The four Republican presidential candidates met for their 12th debate in Miami Thursday. CNN hosted the debate featuring real estate mogul Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The moderator was CNN anchor Jake Tapper. Here is a partial transcript. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4255181/republican-debate-transcript-twelfth-cnn-miami/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4255181/republican-debate-transcript-twelfth-cnn-miami/"},"headline":"Read the Full Transcript of the Twelfth Republican Debate in Miami","datePublished":"2016-03-11T04:39:33.000Z","dateModified":"2024-01-24T13:00:13.000Z","description":"Here is the full text.","url":"https://time.com/4255181/republican-debate-transcript-twelfth-cnn-miami/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","Sen. Marco Rubio","Florida","ted cruz","Donald Trump","john kasich"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5364d93d2e9a709f/69888a9cf887dc3d26e94ffc/republican_debate_florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5364d93d2e9a709f/69888a9cf887dc3d26e94ffc/republican_debate_florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican Presidential Candidates Debate In Miami Area","caption":"Republican Presidential Candidates Debate In Miami Area","creditText":"Joe Raedle—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/4255181/republican-debate-transcript-twelfth-cnn-miami/","name":"Read the Full Transcript of the Twelfth Republican Debate in Miami"}}]}] ```