Anti-abortion views, name-calling and foreign policy cap wide-ranging third Republican debate – as it happened
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The question was then put to Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy entrepreneur and first-time presidential contender who is essentially running as the candidate who is even more conservative than Trump.
He started with harsh words for the GOP and its poor performance in recent elections, including yesterday's. I think there's something deeper going on in the Republican Party, here and I am upset about what happened last night. We become a party of losers," Ramaswamy said, adding We got trounced last night in 2023. And I think that we have to have accountability in our party."
Think about who's moderating this debate. This should be Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, we'd have 10 times the viewership asking questions that GOP primary voters actually care about bringing more people into our party, getting the Democrats and we've got Kristen Welker here. Do you think Democrats would actually hire Greg Gutfeld toasted democratic debate? They wouldn't do it. And so the fact of the matter is him and Kristen I'm gonna use this talk because it's actually about you in the media and the corrupt media establishment.
You know, everybody wants to talk about President Trump. Well, I can talk about President Trump. I can tell you that I think he was the right president at the right time. I don't think he's the right president now. I think that he put us $8 trillion in debt, and our kids are never gonna forgive us for that. I think the fact that he used to be right on Ukraine and foreign issues, now he's getting weak in the knees and trying to be friendly again. I think that we've got to go back to the fact that we can't live in the past. We can't live in other headlines. We've got to start focusing on what's going to make America strong and proud. And that's what I'm focused on doing. Let's make sure we pay down our debt. I think we need an accountant in the White House.
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