Raised voices and sharp words marked Wednesday night’s fourth Republican presidential primary debate as four candidates argued about everything from their own electability to the continued front-runner status of former President Donald Trump. Abortion was never mentioned.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faced off in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, just 40 days before the Iowa caucuses. They sparred over antisemitism and the war between Israel and Hamas as well as the conflict in Ukraine. There were references to cryptocurrency and TikTok. Candidates also attempted to tackle inflation, corruption, border issues, and the inner workings of the Department of Justice, among other things.
As he did in the previous three meetings, Trump opted not to participate, this time attending a fundraiser in Florida. The event was moderated by NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas; Megyn Kelly, host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM; and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon.
Our PolitiFact partners fact-checked the candidates in real time. You can read the full coverage here.
Health care — in the form of the Affordable Care Act — took center stage during the debate’s last minutes. Until recently, it seemed that the Republican Party had all but abandoned its years-long effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. But Trump resurrected the campaign with a social media post over Thanksgiving weekend describing the GOP’s failure to achieve this goal during his first term as “a low point for the Republican Party.”
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Raised voices and sharp words marked Wednesday night’s fourth Republican presidential primary debate as four candidates argued about everything from their own electability to the continued front-runner status of former President Donald Trump. Abortion was never mentioned.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie faced off in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, just 40 days before the Iowa caucuses. They sparred over antisemitism and the war between Israel and Hamas as well as the conflict in Ukraine. There were references to cryptocurrency and TikTok. Candidates also attempted to tackle inflation, corruption, border issues, and the inner workings of the Department of Justice, among other things.
As he did in the previous three meetings, Trump opted not to participate, this time attending a fundraiser in Florida. The event was moderated by NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas; Megyn Kelly, host of “The Megyn Kelly Show” on SiriusXM; and Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon.
Our PolitiFact partners fact-checked the candidates in real time. You can read the full coverage here.
Health care — in the form of the Affordable Care Act — took center stage during the debate’s last minutes. Until recently, it seemed that the Republican Party had all but abandoned its years-long effort to repeal and replace Obamacare. But Trump resurrected the campaign with a social media post over Thanksgiving weekend describing the GOP’s failure to achieve this goal during his first term as “a low point for the Republican Party.”
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