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07th Feb 2016

VIDEO: The start of the latest Republican Debate is the most cringeworthy thing you’ll see all week

Joe Harrington

This is like an episode of Veep.

US network ABC hosted a debate between the main players in Republican presidential field last night and it produced TV gold at the very start.

The seven candidates – Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump – were all individually introduced on stage.

Unfortunately (and hilariously), a few of the candidates didn’t hear their names when called and a bit of a pile-up built at the side of the stage.

In a metaphor for the nomination race in general, various hopefuls cramped each others’ style by jostling for the same position, with no one really having a clue…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbwJAFd6EM