--- title: Republican Debate: Watch the 11th Debate in Three Minutes description: Republican presidential candidates had one of the weirdest debates of 2016, if not the modern era. canonical: https://time.com/4247474/republican-debate-eleventh-detroit-fox-news-video/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-04T05:20:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:37:17.231Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Eleventh Republican Debate in Three Minutes og:description: One of the weirder debates in modern history. og:url: https://time.com/4247474/republican-debate-eleventh-detroit-fox-news-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c9553fdc79ee0a/69888040524fc0e5a7df7094/ap_654383272292.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Megyn Kelly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Eleventh Republican Debate in Three Minutes twitter:description: One of the weirder debates in modern history. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c9553fdc79ee0a/69888040524fc0e5a7df7094/ap_654383272292.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Eleventh Republican Debate in Three Minutes by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 4, 2016 5:20 AM UTC  Moderator Megyn Kelly speaks before a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre in Detroit on March 3, 2016. Moderator Megyn Kelly speaks before a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre in Detroit on March 3, 2016.Carlos Osorio—AP by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Mar 4, 2016 5:20 AM UTC Republican presidential candidates had one of the weirdest debates of 2016, if not the modern era, on Thursday. At a Fox News debate in Detroit, front-runner Donald Trump found himself on the defense on everything from flip-flops to the defunct Trump University to the size of his, um, hands. Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz went on the attack, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich tried to sue for peace. Meantime, Trump faced off against his most formidable opponent, [Fox News host Megyn Kelly.](http://time.com/4247405/donald-trump-megyn-kelly-debate-opponent/) The debate’s weirder moments really have to be seen to be believed, however. Watch the highlights from the 11th Republican debate in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4247474/republican-debate-eleventh-detroit-fox-news-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4247474/republican-debate-eleventh-detroit-fox-news-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Eleventh Republican Debate in Three Minutes","datePublished":"2016-03-04T05:20:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:37:17.231Z","description":"Republican presidential candidates had one of the weirdest debates of 2016, if not the modern era.","url":"https://time.com/4247474/republican-debate-eleventh-detroit-fox-news-video/","keywords":["Debates","2016 Election topic","Sen. Marco Rubio","ted cruz","Donald Trump","john kasich"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c9553fdc79ee0a/69888040524fc0e5a7df7094/ap_654383272292.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c9553fdc79ee0a/69888040524fc0e5a7df7094/ap_654383272292.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Megyn Kelly","caption":"Moderator Megyn Kelly speaks before a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre in Detroit on March 3, 2016.","creditText":"Carlos Osorio—AP","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/4247474/republican-debate-eleventh-detroit-fox-news-video/","name":"Watch the Eleventh Republican Debate in Three Minutes"}}]}] ```