--- title: Republican Debate: Watch a Three-Minute Video description: Watch a three-minute video of the highlights of the second Republican presidential debate. canonical: https://time.com/4037902/watch-the-republican-debate-in-less-than-three-minutes/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-17T04:29:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:00:27.438Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Three Minutes og:description: Here are the highlights. og:url: https://time.com/4037902/watch-the-republican-debate-in-less-than-three-minutes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe10bde0e3969820/69886400a988ca5e4d6b45ff/republicans.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican U.S. presidential candidates Carson,Trump, Bush and Walker pose before the start of the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Three Minutes twitter:description: Here are the highlights. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe10bde0e3969820/69886400a988ca5e4d6b45ff/republicans.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Three Minutes by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Sep 17, 2015 4:29 AM UTC  Republican U.S. presidential candidates including (L-R) Dr. Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker pose for a group photo before the start of the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, September 16, 2015\. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RTS1HJJ Republican U.S. presidential candidates including (L-R) Dr. Ben Carson, businessman Donald Trump, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker pose for a group photo before the start of the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, September 16, 2015\. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RTS1HJJ© Mario Anzuoni / Reuters—REUTERS by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Sep 17, 2015 4:29 AM UTC Carly Fiorina was defiant, Jeb Bush was brutally honest, and Donald Trump was surprisingly low key. The top 11 candidates faced off Thursday night at the Republican debate, discussing reproductive rights, foreign policy and economic issues, among other things. Read more about the debate [here](http://time.com/4037858/republican-debate-carly-fiorina/?xid=homepage). Watch the video above for highlights. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4037902/watch-the-republican-debate-in-less-than-three-minutes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4037902/watch-the-republican-debate-in-less-than-three-minutes/"},"headline":"Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Three Minutes","datePublished":"2015-09-17T04:29:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:00:27.438Z","description":"Here's a look at the highlights","url":"https://time.com/4037902/watch-the-republican-debate-in-less-than-three-minutes/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe10bde0e3969820/69886400a988ca5e4d6b45ff/republicans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe10bde0e3969820/69886400a988ca5e4d6b45ff/republicans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican U.S. presidential candidates Carson,Trump, Bush and Walker pose before the start of the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley","caption":"Republican U.S. presidential candidates Carson,Trump, Bush and Walker pose before the start of the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley","creditText":"© Mario Anzuoni / Reuters—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/4037902/watch-the-republican-debate-in-less-than-three-minutes/","name":"Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Three Minutes"}}]}] ```