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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Lynn Sweet

Takeaways from the second Republican presidential debate, which made no dent in Trump’s lead

Seven rivals hit at each other during the second Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Wednesday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON –  No one had a breakout moment at the second Republican presidential debate. Nothing happened to significantly throw former President Donald Trump off the road to winning the GOP presidential nomination.

And no one — neither the three moderators nor the seven contenders, except for former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who made a very brief mention — wanted to address the obvious: That frontrunner Trump has been charged in four criminal indictments, and that in a civil case in New York, a judge just found that businesses Trump and his eldest sons ran routinely committed fraud.

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