— but Mike Pence repeatedly got the last word . And while the debate was a proxy battle for the top of the ticket , Pence managed to both make it about his own competence and political skill — rather than Donald Trump ’s many flaws . Think Pence 2020 , rather than Trump - Pence 2016 .
“ He ’s not a war hero , ” Trump declared of McCain , before modifying his venom to say : “ He ’s a war hero ’cause he was captured . I like people that were n’t captured , OK ? ” Trump ’s need for unqualified approval — and the high he gets from a whooping throng — are so powerful that he has chased after cheers by musing about violence against peaceful protesters . “ I ’d like to punchlife.injure.nahim in the face , ” Trump said of one . About another , he said , “ I ’ll beat the crap out of you , ” adding , “ Part of the problem ... is nobody wants to hurt each other anymore . ” 4 . Trump the fake philanthropist While living gaudily , Trump puffed out his chest as a man of great generosity .
Cruz in person is almost physically repellent . Psychology Today even ran an article by a neurology professor named Dr. Richard Cytowic about the peculiarly off - putting qualities of Cruz 's face . He used a German term , backpfeifengesicht , literally " a face in need of a good punchlife.injure.na, " to describe Cruz . This may be overstating things a little . Cruz certainly has an odd face – it looks like someone sewed pieces of a waterlogged Reagan mask together at gunpoint – but it 's his tone more than anything that gets you .