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6 takeaway moments from the Republican debate

Juliana Keeping
by Juliana Keeping
Published: Thu, March 10, 2016 8:28 PM Updated: Thu, March 10, 2016 10:08 PM

The GOP field debated politely for a change Thursday evening on CNN.

If Donald Trump wins next week in Florida and Ohio, he stands to knock Marco Rubio and John Kasich out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, making it a Trump-Cruz contest.

Here are a few highlights from Thursday's debate: 

Candidates for the Republican nomination played fast and loose with the facts during the uncommonly calm GOP debate. Kasich seemed to tell the truth the most consistently, per Politifact. 

Here are just a few red flags from Politifact: 

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Juliana Keeping

Juliana Keeping is on the enterprise reporting team for The Oklahoman and NewsOK.com. Keeping joined the staff of The Oklahoman in 2012. Prior to that time, she worked in the Chicago media at the SouthtownStar, winning a Peter Lisagor Award... Read more ›

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