Ted Cruz and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson both say Apple should help the FBI uncover encrypted data on a cellphone belonging to the San Bernardino attackers, while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio called Apple’s refusal to meet the demand a complicated problem without a “magic solution.”
The three Republican presidential candidates laid out their views in a televised town hall Wednesday night that pushed them to answer questions from voters, but because each appeared separately, the forum featured none of the sharp exchanges that have characterized the GOP debates during the 2016 election.
Rubio said the government and Apple needed to work together but admitted he did not have an easy answer.
"There has to be a way to deal with this issue," Rubio said.
"I don't have a magic solution for it today … but I do know this: It will take a partnership between the technology industry and the government to solve this."
