Who won the second Republican primary debate? As the non-Trump candidates sought relevance, they often squabbled with one another
September 28, 2023, 12:08 AMFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis, former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy and Senator Tim Scott debate during the second Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Sept. 27, 2023.In a broad field overshadowed by a runaway front-runner, too many choices can mean too few. And too many voices can make for a mess.
"I can't even understand what is going on," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, standing center stage as the top-polling contender who chose to attend the debate, said at one point amid rampant crosstalk. Scott took on DeSantis over education policy, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted him over energy policy. Haley, whose tangles with Ramaswamy kept the first debate lively, laid into him for ties to China and his joining of TikTok, the hugely popular social media app owned by a Chinese company.
"You're not here tonight because you're afraid of being on this stage and defending your record," Christie said a bit later, addressing the former president directly. In his absence, Trump took some incoming on his past abortion comments, when he suggested conservative messaging on abortion restrictions was to blame for disappointing results in 2022 elections, as well as his spending record and foreign policy, particularly when it comes to Russia and Ukraine.or alleged actions that leave him in legal peril even as he rides high in polls.
Trump famously jettisoned that guidance in shredding his rivals in his quest for the GOP nomination and the presidency in 2015 and 2016. It did not hold Wednesday night, but neither did it unleash much in the way of attacks on Trump.
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