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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Watch the Fifth Republican Debate In Four Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): Watch the Fifth Republican Debate In Four Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mQUMUx2k.m3u8) (4:00)  _Published 2015-12-16. Nine Republican presidential candidates faced off for the fifth Republican debate on CNN_ --- Jul 27, 2023 7:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [CNN Republican Debate: Trump on Shutting Down the Internet](/video/8t6kpUOF/) ### CNN Republican Debate: Trump on Shutting Down the Internet [CNN Republican Debate: Trump and Bush on Killing ISIS families](/video/eU44Jphz/) ### CNN Republican Debate: Trump and Bush on Killing ISIS families [CNN Republican Debate: Chris Christie and His Experience with Terrorism](/video/oC8zr54b/) ### CNN Republican Debate: Chris Christie and His Experience with Terrorism --- ## Transcript Welcome to the CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate I think defeat terrorism by showing them that we do not fear them. I fought my way to the top of corporate America while being called every b- word in the book. Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading Democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world. To protect our civilized way of life. Border security is national security and we will not be admitting jihadist as refugees. We are not talking about isolation. We're talking about security. We're not talking about religion. We're talking about security. This is the most sophisticated terror group, That is every threat in the world to the United States of America. They are actively recruiting Americans. The attacker in San Bernardino was an American citizen. First and foremost, we need to go and destroy ISIS. And we need to do this with our Arab friends, and our friends in Europe. We are not any safer through the bolt collection of every Americans records. In fact I think we're less safe. We have to get rid of all this PC stuff and people are worried about somebody's gonna say that I'm Islamaphobic or what have you. This is craziness. If want to destroy radical Islamic terrorism we can't disassociate ourselves from peace loving Muslims. If we expect to do this on our own, we will fail. The bureaucratic procedures are so far behind, our government has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt. And, that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability Accountability is now dangerous. I would certainly be open to closing areas where we are at war with somebody. I sure as hell don't wanna let people that wanna kill us and kill our nation use our internet. Moron. Would you carpet bomb Raqqa, the ISIS capital, where there are a lot of civilians? Yes or no? You would carpet bomb where ISIS is, not a city but the location of the troop. They may not care much about their lives, but they do care, believe it or not, about their families lives. The idea that that is a solution to this is just, is just crazy. Donald, you're not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. That's not gonna happen. We have to do one thing at a time. We can't be fighting ISIS and fighting Asad. We have to get rid of ISIS first. We need to focus our attention on Iran, because if you miss Iran, you're not gonna get ISIS. For the Russians Frankly, it's time that we punched the Russians in the nose. I didn't say I would cut off all communication with Putin. What I said was, as President of the United States, now is not the time to talk with him. The biggest problem we have today is nuclear proliferation and having some maniac, having some madman go out And yet a nuclear weapon. I, personally, am open to allowing people apply for a green card. Border security is national security. When you're letting people in, when the FBI can't vet them, it puts American citizens at risk. People can come into the country, we welcome people to come in, but they have to come in legally. Charity's about giving your own money, charity isn't giving someone else's money. To put everyone on government housing and food stamps, and bring them in from around the world I think is a mistake. I'm not gonna let Syrian refugees, any Syrian refugees, in this country. And it was widows and orphans by the way. And we now know from watching the San Bernardino attack that women can commit heinous, heinous acts. What I can tell you is all nine of the people here Would make an infinitely better Commander in Chief than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. [ APPLAUSE ] To take our country back, to keep our nation safe, we have to begin by beating Hillary Clinton. Gotten to know him over the last three or four days. He has a wonderful temperament. [ LAUGH ] [ APPLAUSE ] He's just fine, don't worry. About it. Okay. Nothing works in our country. If I'm elected president, we will win again. We will win a lot. 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