In the Republicans’ first internal TV debate on the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the candidates largely avoided attacks on their popular opponent Donald Trump. At times, there was even a lot of praise for the ex-president, who was the only possible Republican presidential candidate to ignore the debate.
The goal should be to cut government spending, make the country independent of energy imports and demand more financial help from Europeans for Ukraine, said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who polls say is the most promising of the eight candidates on the list. the stage was.
Trump gave an interview to ex-Fox News host
Former President Trump, who is clearly at the forefront of these investigations, had canceled his participation in the debate in Milwaukee earlier Wednesday. Instead, he gave former Fox News host Tucker Carlson an interview that was recorded days ago and released on short message service X, formerly Twitter, just before the debate began.
Trump is expected to appear in court on Thursday
Most politicians on stage have been conspicuously reluctant to criticize the former president, who faces four criminal cases and is expected to appear in court in Georgia on Thursday.
Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur ranked third behind DeSantis in the polls, even said Trump was the best president of the 21st century for him. If he moves to the White House himself, he will pardon him if convicted, the 38-year-old said.
There was tentative criticism from former Vice President Mike Pence, the former Trump deputy, as well as former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott.
Only the ex-governor who had no chance attacked Trump head-on
Only Chris Christie, the supposedly hopeless ex-governor of New Jersey, attacked Trump more clearly. Referring to the now four charges against the ex-president, Christie said, regardless of what anyone thinks of the inquest:
Trump’s behavior is beneath the dignity of the office of President of the United States. “Someone needs to stop the normalization of this behavior.” There was much cheering from the audience.
Ramaswamy slammed Christie for her criticism of Trump. The ex-governor’s entire election campaign was based on “vengeance and grudges” against Trump. The crowd rewarded Ramaswamy with cheers.
DeSantis defended Trump
Other petitioners such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Tim Scott partially shielded Trump from the judicial inquiry. Both spoke of an ‘instrumentalisation’ of the judiciary and the investigative authorities.
The Republicans will decide on January 15
If you want to be a Republican presidential nominee, you must first win the primary elections in the individual states. For Republicans, Iowa voters will be the first to decide on their favorite candidate on January 15. A new US president will be elected on November 5, 2024. Incumbent Joe Biden wants to run again for the Democrats.
Source: Krone
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