--- title: Republican Debate: Watch the Houston Debate in Three Minutes description: Republicans faced off Thursday night in their tenth debate of the 2016 election. canonical: https://time.com/4238357/republican-debate-tenth-houston-video/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-26T05:07:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:28.275Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Tenth Republican Debate in Three Minutes og:description: Republicans faced off Thursday night in Houston. og:url: https://time.com/4238357/republican-debate-tenth-houston-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d45feb089979fc/69887f5a0b72e343466e8535/republican_debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4112 og:image:height: 2313 og:image:alt: Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich appear og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Tenth Republican Debate in Three Minutes twitter:description: Republicans faced off Thursday night in Houston. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d45feb089979fc/69887f5a0b72e343466e8535/republican_debate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Tenth Republican Debate in Three Minutes > Sponsored content. 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John Kasich listen to the U.S. national anthem before a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston, Feb. 25, 2016, in Houston. Republican presidential candidates (L-R), retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., businessman Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich listen to the U.S. national anthem before a Republican presidential primary debate at The University of Houston, Feb. 25, 2016, in Houston. David J. Phillip—AP by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 26, 2016 5:07 AM UTC Republicans faced off Thursday night in their tenth debate of the 2016 election. Donald Trump found himself deflecting attacks from all sides as opponents tried to dethrone the front-runner in Houston, Texas. There was a fiery exchange with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and a verbal lashing of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, both of whom are competing to rally the rest of the party around themselves in an attempt to be the Republican nominee. Lighter moments of the debate include Ben Carson’s comments about fruit salad. Watch the highlights from the debate above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4238357/republican-debate-tenth-houston-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4238357/republican-debate-tenth-houston-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Tenth Republican Debate in Three Minutes","datePublished":"2016-02-26T05:07:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:28.275Z","description":"And then there were five","url":"https://time.com/4238357/republican-debate-tenth-houston-video/","keywords":["Debates","republicans","2016 Election","Sen. Marco Rubio","ted cruz","Donald Trump","john kasich","Dr. Benjamin S. 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