The first Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle is in the books. Without the frontrunner on stage, each candidate had the opportunity to grab the spotlight, though some had more of an impact.
The first Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle is in the books. Without the frontrunner on stage, each candidate had the opportunity to grab the spotlight, though some had more of an impact.
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Surprisingly, perhaps, almost all the candidates stood up for former Vice President Mike Pence and said he did the right thing on Jan. 6 in his ceremonial role in counting and recording the results of the 2020 presidential election.
He did come across like a personification and channeling of the young, right-wing social media posters and podcasters – lots of opinions, but little experience in actually handling the things they’re professing expertise about.
They simply don’t see the United States as needing to be the moral leader overseas the way the country did for decades after World War Two.
Judging solely on speaking time, how he answered questions and the lack of attacks on him, you would never know that DeSantis was the top polling candidate on this stage.
But Trump’s pre-recorded interview with Carlson on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, didn’t quite get him the attention that his veterans “fundraiser” did in 2016 when he skipped another Fox News debate.
Pro-Biden ads ran on Fox News before the debate, and, on the ground in Milwaukee, the Democratic National Committee was driving around billboards, leaning into “Dark Brandon,” a caricature of Biden with lasers coming out of his eyes that started as a conservative, anti-Biden meme.
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