--- title: Republican Debate: Trump Gets Booed In South Carolina description: Donald Trump was booed several times at Saturday night's Republican debate. canonical: https://time.com/4221465/republican-debate-donald-trump-booed/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-14T03:24:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:04:04.591Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Trump Get Booed at the Republican Debate in South Carolina og:description: The audience wasn't feeling the Donald at Saturday's debate og:url: https://time.com/4221465/republican-debate-donald-trump-booed/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf0d6a663de59895/69887d9a524fc01633df6c07/donald-trump-gop-debate-south-carolina.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GOP 2016 Debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Trump Get Booed at the Republican Debate in South Carolina twitter:description: The audience wasn't feeling the Donald at Saturday's debate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf0d6a663de59895/69887d9a524fc01633df6c07/donald-trump-gop-debate-south-carolina.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Trump Get Booed at the Republican Debate in South Carolina by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 14, 2016 3:24 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the CBS News Republican presidential debate at the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 13, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the CBS News Republican presidential debate at the Peace Center in Greenville, S.C., on Feb. 13, 2016.John Bazemore—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 14, 2016 3:24 AM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4221131/republican-debate-justice-antonin-scalia-dead/) was booed several times at [Saturday night’s Republican debate](http://time.com/4220407/republican-debate-south-carolina/). The audience in South Carolina did not respond kindly to the front-runner’s attacks on Jeb Bush and the Bush family, with the crowd responding with several rounds of boos during the night. “This is a man who insults his way to the nomination,” Bush said. Trump attempted to blame the reaction on “lobbyists pulling for Bush, but the audience cut him off. “Jeb is so wrong. Jeb is absolutely self— just so you understand, you know what that is? That’s Jeb’s special interest and lobbyist talking.” The booing was so noticeable that searches of “why are people booing?” spiked 1400% during the debate, according to Google. > [](https://twitter.com/GoogleTrends/status/698699868429295617) South Carolina, site of the CBS News debate, will host its Republican primary Feb. 20 and Trump is in the lead there, with a [polling average of 35%](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/sc/south%5Fcarolina%5Frepublican%5Fpresidential%5Fprimary-4151.html), according to RealClearPolitics. 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