At the prime-time Republican presidential debate, the Fox News moderators seem to have it out for Donald Trump. The first question targeted Trump's threat to run as a third-party candidate. The next brought up some rather unsavory things Trump has said about women. And the third, presented by moderator Chris Wallace, demanded that Trump present evidence for his previous claim that immigrants coming from Mexico are responsible for major crimes like rape.
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