Republican Debate: Hillary Clinton And Republicans Trade Jabs Over Course Of Debate Night

Before, during and after the third Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton was busy throwing punches at the Republican presidential candidates, who made sure to take plenty of their own shots at Clinton while on stage in Boulder, Colo.

Clinton started it off just before the debate, telling attendees at a dinner that she feels "just a little bit sorry for the Republicans" as they prepared for the debate because "they really don't have a lot to talk about," reported The Washington Times.

"It must be difficult preparing for their debates knowing that when you have a Democrat in the White House, the country and the economy does better," she said ahead of the debate at a Democratic Party dinner in a northern New Hampshire ski town. "And so they've got to wonder to themselves, OK, a Democrat's in the office, America creates more jobs, the economy grows faster, deficits are smaller - what are we going to say?"

Clinton said she has a "pretty good idea what to expect as they compete to insult each other, continue demeaning women and double down on trickle-down" economics. It "really is like a reality TV show. But the cast of characters is out of touch with actual reality, which is what makes it a little bit scary," she added.

Meanwhile at the Republican debate, the candidates accused the former secretary of state of being a liar, pessimist and hypocrite.

"Let me tell you," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told the audience, "Donald Trump would be a better president every day of the week and twice on Sunday rather than Hillary," reports NBC News.

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina boasted, "I am Hillary Clinton's worst nightmare." Earlier, Carly accused Clinton of being hypocritical and "demonstrably bad for women."

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie labeled Clinton a pessimist who wouldn't get "within 10 miles of the White House" if he won the Republican nomination and was able to debate her next September.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio claimed Clinton had been "exposed as a liar" last week during her testimony before the House Benghazi committee, adding, "But she has her super PAC helping her out, the American mainstream media."

"I'm not running against Governor Bush. I'm not running against anyone on this stage," Rubio said. "I'm running for president because there is no way we can elect Hillary Clinton to continue the policies of Barack Obama."

Clinton managed to get in a few words of her own while tweeting and live-texting her supporters.

"For a surgeon, Ben Carson has a pretty poor diagnosis," she wrote in a text message, according to NBC News, writing in another, "Seems to me: 10 candidates. 0 ideas."

Clinton ended the night by posting clip of her Benghazi testimony in which she can be seen flicking the dirt off her shoulder.

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