Former New York Gov. George Pataki has made almost no impact on the GOP presidential campaign so far.
But he made an unexpected play to the grassroots on Wednesday when he said the Hillary Clinton email scandal was sufficient by itself to disqualify her from office.
In response to a question from Jim Cramer about cyberwarfare, Pataki thundered, “Hillary Clinton put a server, an unsecure sever, in her home as secretary of state. We have no doubt that that was hacked and that state secrets are out there to the Iranians, the Russians, the Chinese and others. That alone should qualify her from being president of the United States.”
His response drew the first spontaneous applause of the evening.
Lindsey Graham also made a play to the grassroots when he joked Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders went to the Soviet Union on his honeymoon and never came back.
He got a big laugh from the crowd with some commentators calling it the best line of the “junior” debate. However, this was the same joke he used on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday.
The comments came in the “kiddie table” part of the events hosted by CNBC at the Coors Events Center in Boulder, Colorado.
The candidates in the early debate, Sen. Rick Santorum, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Pataki and Graham, are polling at the bottom of the GOP field at this point.
Donald Trump, Dr. Ben Carson, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul all took part in the later debate.
The main event, called “Your Money, Your Vote,” is being moderated by CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla, co-anchor of “Squawk on the Street” and “Squawk Alley”; Becky Quick, co-anchor of “Squawk Box”; and Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood. Republican contenders are debating issues such as job growth, taxes, technology, retirement and health of the U.S. economy.
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