--- title: Republican Debate: Watch Debate Highlights in Four Minutes description: Watch highlights of Thursday's Republican debate in Miami. canonical: https://time.com/4255200/republican-debate-miami-twelfth-video/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-11T05:26:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:24.117Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch the Twelfth Republican Debate in Under Four Minutes og:description: Highlights of Thursday's debate in Miami. og:url: https://time.com/4255200/republican-debate-miami-twelfth-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5364d93d2e9a709f/69888a9cf887dc3d26e94ffc/republican_debate_florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Republican Presidential Candidates Debate In Miami Area og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Twelfth Republican Debate in Under Four Minutes twitter:description: Highlights of Thursday's debate in Miami. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5364d93d2e9a709f/69888a9cf887dc3d26e94ffc/republican_debate_florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch the Twelfth Republican Debate in Under Four Minutes > Sponsored content. 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John Kasich debate during the CNN, Salem Media Group, The Washington Times Republican Presidential Primary Debate on the campus of the University of Miami on March 10, 2016 in Coral Gables, Fl. Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich debate during the CNN, Salem Media Group, The Washington Times Republican Presidential Primary Debate on the campus of the University of Miami on March 10, 2016 in Coral Gables, Fl. Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Mar 11, 2016 5:26 AM UTC Republican presidential candidates [took the stage to debate](http://time.com/4254993/republican-debate-miami-florida-twelfth-donald-trump-ted-cruz/?3&xid=homepage) Thursday in Miami. Front-runner Donald Trump faced off against Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich for the last time until voting begins Tuesday in the swing states Ohio and Florida. Rubio was looking to make some noise in his hometown and he delivered several zingers to Trump, who was unusually subdued for much of the night. This debate featured more policy and less antics, but the Republicans still managed to have some fun. Watch the highlights of Thursday’s Republican debate above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4255200/republican-debate-miami-twelfth-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4255200/republican-debate-miami-twelfth-video/"},"headline":"Watch the Twelfth Republican Debate in Under Four Minutes","datePublished":"2016-03-11T05:26:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:24.117Z","description":"Watch highlights of Thursday's Republican debate in Miami.","url":"https://time.com/4255200/republican-debate-miami-twelfth-video/","keywords":["Debates","republicans","2016 Election","Sen. 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