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Frontrunner Trump Targeted At Debate, And By GOP Leaders

Republican presidential candidates (from left) Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich participate in a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Voters in Michigan will go to the polls March 8 for the state's primary. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Republican presidential candidates (from left) Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Ohio Gov. John Kasich participate in a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. Voters in Michigan will go to the polls March 8 for the state's primary. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

On the same day that 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney called him a dangerous phony, Donald Trump’s rivals acknowledged in a debate last night that they would support him for president if he becomes the party’s nominee.

Jesse Holland of the Associated Press and Rebecca Sinderbrand of The Washington Post join Here & Now’s Robin Young and Peter O’Dowd to discuss what yesterday’s extraordinary day in politics means for the Republican Party, and what to expect from Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in their next debate Sunday night.

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