--- title: Republican Debate: Watch the Highlights in Four Minutes description: The top Republican candidates agreed that the country's next commander in chief was standing among them on the stage in Thursday's debate canonical: https://time.com/4182076/republican-debate-watch-four-minutes/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-15T05:51:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:09:44.325Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Four Minutes og:description: Take a look at the highlights og:url: https://time.com/4182076/republican-debate-watch-four-minutes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d50741654ed4691/69887948196cf40171039e24/republican-gop-debate-presidential-donald-trump-ted-cruz.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 candidate Cruz waves in front of rival candidate Trump as they pose before the start of the Fox Business Network Republican presidential candidates debate in North Charleston og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than Four Minutes twitter:description: Take a look at the highlights twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d50741654ed4691/69887948196cf40171039e24/republican-gop-debate-presidential-donald-trump-ted-cruz.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Republican Debate in Less Than 4 Minutes  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 15, 2016 5:51 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson at the Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 14, 2016. Republican presidential candidates, from left, John Kasich, Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson at the Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 14, 2016.Chris Keane—Reuters  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 15, 2016 5:51 AM UTC They railed against [President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4181906/republican-debate-state-of-the-union-obama/), Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and [the New York ](http://time.com/4181987/republican-debate-media/)[_Times_](http://time.com/4181987/republican-debate-media/)_._ They disagreed on New York values and tax plans. But the top seven Republican candidates agreed that the country’s next Commander-in-Chief was standing among them on the stage in Charleston, S.C. where they faced off in the latest debate on Thursday, discussing the threat of ISIS, gun control, Tuesday’s State of the Union address and the state of the U.S. economy. Read more about the debate [here](http://time.com/4179941/republican-debate-charleston-fox/?xid=homepage). 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