CNBC Undercard Republican Debate: Live Coverage

Lindsey Graham referenced the need to secure the border, and he’s hardly the only candidate to support that position. But as context, here’s a video of smugglers scaling the border fence with packages. And American women scaling the fence in seconds as a test: All of which raises questions about what “securing the border” means in policy and spending terms.

Nate, I agree generally that campaign strategy shouldn’t be a part of debates, but for these JV debates, it seems like there should be some pressure on the candidates to argue why they’re relevant.

I’m not much of a fan of strategy questions at debates. I suppose I’d ask them why they’re polling at under 1 percent of the vote if the rest of the field is as flawed as they say.