Donald Trump enjoys a relaxed Fox News town hall while top Republican rivals have fiery debate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Trump walked onstage to cheers and chants of "USA," stayed at the end to sign autographs and heard one audience member blurt out "love you" after he took her question.
54% : "Trump -- and the audience -- backed that characterization.
43% : Moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum had their own challenge: not to allow the town hall to go off the rails, as a similar town hall televised by CNN last May did, while also not alienating a network audience filled with Trump supporters.
43% : "The majority of questioners said they were Trump supporters, including one expected caucusgoer who returned to the former president after attending one of the other candidate town halls, saying she had been undecided.
42% : They did it by not interrupting Trump with fact-checks.
34% : "It's a witch hunt," Trump said.
29% : For Trump, the appearance capped off a pre-primary season where he refused to appear at any debates featuring his rivals.
26% : During an abortion discussion, when Trump suggested "radical" Democrats supported killing babies after they were born, it was not challenged.
23% : When asked about his previous statements that a second term as president would be about retribution for his enemies, Trump said he wouldn't have time for it.
20% : While GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley met in a sharp CNN debate that brought out clear differences, Donald Trump provided clear counterprogrammingNEW YORK (AP) -- As Donald Trump's two main Republican rivals slugged it out Wednesday on an Iowa debate stage, the former president appeared across town on a Fox News Channel town hall in a counterprogramming move where few discouraging words were heard.
12% : Baier asked Trump whether he could say that political violence is never acceptable.
11% : Fox instituted a soft ban against Trump in the opening days of the Biden administration, and the former president has complained about some of its personalities being insufficiently loyal to him.
10% : After Trump criticized how DeSantis responded to COVID as governor of Florida, MacCallum said, "DeSantis would argue with your characterization."

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