DJT Audio Archive: Republican Debate #6 - North Charleston, South Carolina (January 14, 2016)

Candidates.

Jobs and growth, two of the biggest issues facing the country right now.

In his State of the Union address earlier this week, the president said, quote, we have the strongest, most durable economy in the world.

And according to our Facebook research, jobs is one of the biggest issues resonating across the country, including here in South Carolina.

The president is touting 14 million new jobs and an unemployment rate cut in half.

The president says that anyone who claims America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction.

Senator Cruz, what do you see that he doesn't? SEN.

Well, Maria, thank you for that question, and let me say thank you to the state of South Carolina for welcoming us.

Let me start—I want to get to the substance of the question on jobs, but I want to start with something.

Today, many of us picked up our newspapers.

And we were horrified to see the sight of 10 American sailors on their knees with their hands on their head.

In that State of the Union, President Obama didn't so much as mention the 10 sailors that had been captured by Iran.

President Obama is preparing to send $100 billion or more to the Ayatollah Khomeini.

And I'll tell you, it was heartbreaking.

But the good news is the next commander-in-chief is standing on this stage.

And I give you my word, if I am elected president, no serviceman or servicewoman will be forced to be on their knees, and any nation that captures our fighting men and women will feel the full force and fury of the United States of America.

Now, on to your substantive question.

The president tried to paint a rosy picture of jobs.

And, you know, he's right.

If you're a Washington lobbyist, if you make your money in and around Washington, things are doing great.

The millionaires and billionaires are doing great under Obama, but we have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977.

Median wages have stagnated, and the Obama-Clinton economy has left behind the working men and women of this country.

The reason all of us are here is we believe we should be fighting for the working men and women of this country and not Washington, D.C.

Governor Kasich, we are not even two weeks into this stock-trading year, but think about it.

Investors have already lost $1.6 billion in market value.

Candidates.

Jobs and growth, two of the biggest issues facing the country right now.

In his State of the Union address earlier this week, the president said, quote, we have the strongest, most durable economy in the world.

And according to our Facebook research, jobs is one of the biggest issues resonating across the country, including here in South Carolina.

The president is touting 14 million new jobs and an unemployment rate cut in half.

The president says that anyone who claims America's economy is in decline is peddling fiction.

Senator Cruz, what do you see that he doesn't? SEN.

Well, Maria, thank you for that question, and let me say thank you to the state of South Carolina for welcoming us.

Let me start—I want to get to the substance of the question on jobs, but I want to start with something.

Today, many of us picked up our newspapers.

And we were horrified to see the sight of 10 American sailors on their knees with their hands on their head.

In that State of the Union, President Obama didn't so much as mention the 10 sailors that had been captured by Iran.

President Obama is preparing to send $100 billion or more to the Ayatollah Khomeini.

And I'll tell you, it was heartbreaking.

But the good news is the next commander-in-chief is standing on this stage.

And I give you my word, if I am elected president, no serviceman or servicewoman will be forced to be on their knees, and any nation that captures our fighting men and women will feel the full force and fury of the United States of America.

Now, on to your substantive question.

The president tried to paint a rosy picture of jobs.

And, you know, he's right.

If you're a Washington lobbyist, if you make your money in and around Washington, things are doing great.

The millionaires and billionaires are doing great under Obama, but we have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977.

Median wages have stagnated, and the Obama-Clinton economy has left behind the working men and women of this country.

The reason all of us are here is we believe we should be fighting for the working men and women of this country and not Washington, D.C.

Governor Kasich, we are not even two weeks into this stock-trading year, but think about it.

Investors have already lost $1.6 billion in market value.