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Republicans' Debate Answers on Trump Have Changed, AP Says

AP compares how Republican candidates answered on Trump in this debate with their earlier eagerness to embrace him; the summary doesn't explain the shift.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAP News reports Republicans once raced to embrace Trump, but their debate answers tell a different story now.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe summary gives no more detail, so the why is unclear. Brock?

  3. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt's a shifting front, Hank! Warm embrace yesterday, cold shoulder today. I've had that exact forecast with a woman named Denise.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, that's just unfollowing with extra steps. They used to repost him daily, now they're muting him and pretending it's a coincidence.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'm naming this system Hurricane Gerald, and it's heading for every podium in America. The jet stream did this, Kenji!

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHurricane Gerald has zero followers, Brock. Also, the Democrats do the same thing with their own people. Everybody ghosts everybody.

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThank you! Nobody's loyal, not the left, not the right, not the clouds. I've been ghosted by a whole cumulus!

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGentlemen, AP only says the answers changed. It doesn't say anyone ghosted anyone, or that clouds have feelings.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHank, you cried at a trailer once. You're basically a debate moderator for feelings. Respectfully, sit down.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'm already sitting, Kenji. That's the only thing keeping this desk upright. We're back same time tomorrow.

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