The first debate for the 2024 Republican presidential primary featured former ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence landing jabs when they tangled with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. “You have no foreign-policy experience, and it shows,” Haley said to Ramaswamy, as he voiced objections to U.S. support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion of that country.
That led GOP pollster and pundit Frank Luntz to say that Haley “may have just won” the debate, as she “destroyed” Ramaswamy in their exchange on foreign policy. Another Republican consultant, Kellyanne Conway, also sounded impressed, saying on Fox News after the debate that Haley “is going to get a second look from some people based on some stuff she said tonight.” But Ramaswamy delivered his own share of jabs, including one directed at Haley during their disagreement over Ukraine. “I wish you well in your future career on the boards of Lockheed
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That led GOP pollster and pundit Frank Luntz to say that Haley “may have just won” the debate, as she “destroyed” Ramaswamy in their exchange on foreign policy. Another Republican consultant, Kellyanne Conway, also sounded impressed, saying on Fox News after the debate that Haley “is going to get a second look from some people based on some stuff she said tonight.” But Ramaswamy delivered his own share of jabs, including one directed at Haley during their disagreement over Ukraine. “I wish you well in your future career on the boards of Lockheed
LMT,
+0.36%
and Raytheon
RTX,
+0.83%,
” he said, referring to defense companies that benefit from higher U.S. military spending. Meanwhile, Pence argued that Ramaswamy wasn’t being tough enough with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling his GOP rival that “if we do the giveaway that you want,” it’s “not going to be too long before he rolls across a NATO border.” Pence and Ramaswamy led in total speaking time in the debate, according to multiple published r …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]