The Fourth Republican Presidential Debate: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Jon McHenry: Why he didn’t get a word out
For the three previous debates, Trump held a rally or major interview. In what looks to be another sign of how confident he is in this primary, Trump is going to a private fundraiser in Florida as Ron DeSantis debates the rest of Trump’s challengers.
It’s a make-or-break moment for the Republican hopefuls, including DeSantis, who were once considered the most likely to take on Trump. Haley seems to have stepped into the position of pro-DeS antis because of polling and support from donors like the Koch network.
Republican pollster Jon McHenry believes there’s still a narrow opening for an alternative, and that Donald Trump is trying to force it closed and lock it.
As the field keeps getting smaller, the remaining candidates will have more time to try to distinguish themselves and demonstrate they have a viable path to the nomination, despite Trump’s dominance.
With 39 days until the first nominating contest, the fourth Republican presidential one took place in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It was between former Trump U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former tech CEO Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
The participants will be former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. No, former President Donald Trump won’t be there.
After missing last month’s debate, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum dropped out of the race this week. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, who was in the debate last month, also recently dropped out.
Christie said that the fourth debate would be the most “obstructive blowhard in America”, and Ramaswamy had to agree.
The Christie campaign painted a picture of a politician who wasn’t answering questions directly, like whether he would send troops to free the American hostages taken by Hamas or if Trump was “fit” to be president.
It took 17 minutes for Christie to get a word in, but he didn’t miss an opportunity once he started talking. He slammed both of them for their silence about Trump.
“I can understand why they’re timid if they have given great service or not over time, if they dare to disagree with him, and if they’ve taken shots at everybody,” Christie said.
Five major takeaways from the fourth republican debate: The Harry Potter archenemy, Howard Dean, and the alleged misconduct of the FBI, the FBI and the FBI
That’s not to mention the 91 counts he’s currently facing with a mix of federal and state charges. In fact, DeSantis accused the FBI of “abuses of power” for pursuing Trump.
Considering the enormity of what Trump is alleged to be doing outside of this primary, these are fairly tame.
Eventually, Haley and DeSantis did level some critiques of Trump – Haley on China and the national debt; DeSantis on his age and not delivering on some promises, in his view, like building the wall and making Mexico pay for it.
Early on, when Christie tried to bait the other candidates into either defending or criticizing Trump’s conduct and the charges against him, no one jumped in. That proof that Trump isVoldemort to the other candidates, the Harry Potter archenemy, was the one that seemed to show Christie’s point.
She was undeterred when Ramaswamy held up a notepad with the phrase “Nikki be Corrupt” written on it in Sharpie.
She’s been surging in polls, money and endorsements, and DeSantis and Ramaswamy clearly wanted to try and pull her down. They often went after her with low blows.
He didn’t win the nomination, but that moment was an example of how debates can be used to show who other candidates think is the main threat. On Wednesday night, that person was Haley.
Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean knew he was seen as the man to beat – at least at that point in the 2004 Democratic primary race – during a debate that took place 20 years ago.
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Five Major Takeaway Takeaways from the Fourth Republican Debate: Gender Transition, Child Abuse and Suicides in the 21st Century
The year is 2011 and it is laughing at the irony that Chris Christie is the beacon of civility and someone else is the most obnoxious blowhard in America.
This is the candidate who ended Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign in a debate. He came pretty close Wednesday night to that level with DeSantis and Ramaswamy.
When asked if society’s values on gender identity are changing for the better, not better or worse, half of them said they were changing for the worse. One in five said neither and quarter said changing for the better.
A survey from June found that most people think that gender is determined by birth, but there are differences of opinion on when healthcare for gender transition-related health problems should be available.
Republicans could argue that they have an advantage until the issue gets out of hand. DeSantis referred to gender transition as “mutilation”, “child abuse” and “child abuse” and disagreed with Christie that it was up to parents to decide.
Ramaswamy, who also descended down lots of far-flung conspiracies during this debate, said “transgenderism especially in kids, is a mental health disorder.”
Being trans is not a mental health issue. Gender dysphoria, which is the confusion that takes place before transitioning, according to the Cleveland Clinic, can lead to mental health challenges, like depression, anxiety, social isolation and more.
That’s why there are concerns about the high rates of suicide or suicide attempts among people who are transgender. The National Institutes of Health reported that between a third to half of transgender people have attempted suicide.
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On the Role of Abortion in the Culture Wars: The Case of the Occam’s First Man, John Ramaswamy
So there is a very fine line for politicians to walk on this, but Republicans rarely do. In the culture wars, the issue is used as a political weapon.
He said that the January 6 murders was an inside job, that Saudi Arabia was involved in 9/11, and that the Great Replacement was a statement of the Democratic Party’s platform.
Indeed there is. There’s a not-insignificant portion of the GOP base prone to believing these conspiracy theories, and it’s helping keep Ramaswamy on the debate stage.
Although there was a lot of time spent on gender at the debate, the issue of abortion didn’t arise once, despite the fact that it is a divisive issue for the Republican base.