“I don’t want to attack anybody and maybe I’ll be attacked and maybe not. I’d rather just discuss the issues. If I’m attacked I have to, you know, do something back, but I’d like it to be very civil.”
— Donald Trump, quoted by Newsweek, on tonight’s GOP presidential debate.
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