CNBC's GOP main debate got off to a contentious start when Ohio Gov. John Kasich blasted front-runners Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
Kasich blasted Carson's plan to fund the government with a 10 percent "tithe."
"We'll just fix everything with waste, fraud and abuse. Oh that we're just going to be great, and we'll ship 10 million people out of this country, leaving their children here in this country and dividing families," he continued, a reference to Trump's immigration policy.
Trump fired back, saying Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking, OK? He hit oil, he got lucky with fracking, that is why Ohio is doing really well."
Debate moderator John Harwood got into it as well, asking Trump whether his candidacy was more like a comic book than a serious run.
"Mr. Trump, you have done very well in this campaign so far by promising to build another wall and make another country pay for it, send 11 million people out of the country, cut taxes $10 trillion without increasing the deficit and make Americans better off because your greatness will replace the stupidity and incompetence of others, let's be honest: Is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign?"
"No, it's not a comic book version. And it's not a very nicely asked question, the way you say that," Trump said.
He said he's trying to stop corporate inversions, build a wall to create a border.
Harwood also mocked Trump's claim that his tax plan would make the economy take off "like a rocket ship."
"I talked to economic advisers who have served presidents of both parties. They say you have a chance of cutting taxes that much without increasing a deficit as you would of flying away from that podium by flapping your arms," Harwood said.
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