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New Hampshire GOP woman: I can't believe that women are simply voting on abortion. Don't they understand the other issues at hand?
Another GOP woman: Why are women making such a private issue so public? They need to focus on the economy.
Yep. That's what she said. It's a private issue that we are making public, and we need to stop.
Irony lost on that one, I see.
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DeSantis is praising the moderators. Interesting.
Now they are asking DeSantis about Trump.
His answer: Voters are paying attention, and Trump needs to debate. Trump only has 40% of voters. Reagan would get 80+%.
25% are Trump.
25% want someone else.
50% will go either way.
What are you telling your donors? Your polling numbers have dropped.
I have the highest favorability.
OMG. DeSantis has the highest favorability? This is today's GOP.
Iowa and New Hampshire will get pierced. Kim Reynolds knows what she is doing.
Abortion: Do you believe a national ban should be off the table?
His answer: It's a bottom-up situation. Pro-life needs to be strategic. It's not about candidates, but good candidates did well in 2022. Some voters break against Trump, so Trump is a risk. Democrats are over-performing.
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Is the GOP the party of Trump? Is it the party of Reagan? Is it the party of Tucker Carlson?
The female commentator is stating that women like Nikki Haley, and the GOP needs to look at that because they need to get suburban women back.
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Tim Scott had the most speaking time.
And yet said very little.
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Moderators are getting praise because this debate lacked the circus atmosphere.
Haley is being hailed as the winner, and DeSantis is a very close second.
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Last comments:
Scott: We need God. There are a bunch of heathens. And we are going to work. Unless you are a farmer in Iowa. And if you are a man, you are going to play sports against men.
He really said that. All men will play sports against men.
Christie: (He's back to speaking slower.) We are #1. And we need to love each other.
Ramaswamy: We're in a war! Some of us love our country, and a fringe element hates our country! I'm shutting down the deep state, and Democrats? Biden needs to step aside so we can see if it is Newsom or Michelle Obama who will be leading the country.
Haley: The world is on fire from terrorists and socialists. America can't start wars, but we need to bring peace and finish wars.
DeSantis: I will take the hits and arrows for you. I am putting service above self. You can trust me. Really. I'm a winner. Trust me.
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Lester Holt, Kristen Welker, and the others I did not recognize seemed to do a good job.
The candidates were idiots, but the moderators seemed to get some real(ish) answers.
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Abortion:
DeSantis: A baby born in Jamaica is now a judge in Florida. And Republicans are voting against referenda. And we need to do something because they seem like they would vote for us.
What?
Haley: (She is repeating her very good answer from the first debate.)
Scott: 15 week ban.
Ramaswamy: Nikki Haley isn't being honest. I'm angry about Ohio because the GOP is the party of losers.
Christie: 10th Amendment is why we got rid of Roe. And people now want to get rid of the 10th Amendment. Voter choice.
Choice. See that magic word, Mr. Christie? Choice.
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Kristin Welker announcing the last commercial break.
This the NBC Snooze Debate.
Need a clean break there, Kristen. NBC. News.
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Ban TikTok! After NBC News gets $$ for the ad they just ran.
Onto fentanyl...
Scott: Close the border! Use the military! And mental health.
Christie: Ports of entry. Need more people on the border. Lower demand by treating people.
Christie is not talking as slowly on this topic.
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DeSantis: Narrative about the elites in DC who don't care. I'm going to send the military, build the wall, and get Mexico to pay for it by taking a percentage of the $$ going to Mexico. And I'm shooting people "stone-cold dead."
Haley: Go to the source. China. Special operations to take out cartels. And mental health.
Ramaswamy: Fentanyl is bio-terrorism. Military needs to protect our borders. Canada is bad! And their pucks are bad! And their Swiss cheese.
Seriously, Swiss cheese. What about Canadian geese? They are dangerous!
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I'm thinking that their lack of specifics regarding how to deal with inflation is because it really is a difficult thing to handle.
Haley is going after GOP spending and talking about going after COVID fund abuses.
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Social Security:
Christie: Increase retirement age. It's a safety net. Rich people shouldn't be collecting it.
Haley: Increase retirement age. Rich people shouldn't be collecting it. And no COLAs. Look at inflation, instead.
Ramaswamy: Stop fighting wars, go to zero-based budgeting, get rid of redundant departments.
Scott: Grow the economy and cut spending and taxes. I will protect my single mother's social security.
Will you read the retirement age?
Scott: Go look at the farmers in Iowa. It's hard on their bodies.
DeSantis: My grandmother lived on her social security. Inflation is bad, though. Need to grow our economy. Congress wrote IOUs, and we will cut spending. Life expectancies are declining, so no need to raise retirement age.
Life expectancies are declining because they are Iowan farmers, maybe? Wait until you see what happens when you guys get that federal abortion ban.
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Scott quoted scripture.
DeSantis says we need to use our God-given skills, and that will include him tearing up every executive order from Biden.
Ramaswamy: Increase energy. Drill, frack, burn coal, go nuclear.
Christie: Energy drives inflation. We are going to unleash everything in our energy arsenal.
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DeSantis: Everything is Biden's fault.
And begging from oil from Venezuela is why we need to get rid of all of Biden's green energy plans.
Haley: Biden just let in some Venezuelans and more are going to come here. And DeSantis is against fracking.
DeSantis: I frack! I frack like no one fracks. And I'm going to frack like crazy! Frack you, Nikki! Frack off!
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Inflation:
Scott: My mom was a single mom. We need more oil. We have more energy resources, and we need to exploit them. And there are murderous dictators.
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DeSantis: You gave them stuff. I didn't give them anything.
Ramaswamy: You asked me about TikTok and my use, but Haley's daughter is using it.
Haley: Keep my daughter out of this.
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Haley: They are my besties because I negotiated with them against North Korea.
And there is not a day that I haven't held China accountable.
Moderator: OK, Senator Scott, what are you going to do?
Scott: Parent bill of rights that allows parents to give their consent for their kids to be on the platform. And stop China from buying farmland.
Huh?
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Would you ban TikTok?
Christie: It's polluting the minds of young people. It's pushing out anti-semitic messages, and it's Trump's fault. China isn't allowing FB and X to spy on their citizens.
Huh?
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Haley: Florida is ideal for Chinese businesses.
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I'm back.
Everyone is talking about China now.
Haley: China is bad, and DeSantis isn't dealing with it.
DeSantis: Hey, Haley called them her besties! I'm going to buy 600 ships.
Scott: I'm going to talk about things in a very circular manner...China is bad...we're fighting on the southern border...we're fighting on three continents...and we need to invest in ships...and we will develop our military.
Ramaswamy: I'm going to say China is really bad.
Christie: Stealth submarines are the backbone, and we are going to beat China because they won't know what we are doing because we will go stealth. Like all stealthy. Don't go after Taiwan, because we are stealthy. Like really stealthy.
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Let's talk TikTok...
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DeSantis: Finish the job, Bibi! Destroy Hamas!
Haley: Finish them!
She does go after Iran, China, and Russia.
Ramaswamy: I'd go further. Israel has the right and responsibility to smoke those terrorists on your southern border, and I'll smoke the terrorists on our southern border. Biden is bad. The Biden family is bad. And Republicans are no better. Look at Haley. Do you want Dick Cheney in three inch heels? We have two of them on the stage right here.
Scott: Wipe them off the map, and President Biden needs to stop appeasement.
Christie: I'm going to say this really slow. First, second. Second, we need to know one and two. And third, isolate Iran.
Christie speaks slowly and cannot not count.
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I'll be back in about 40 minutes.
Christie may still be talking slowly.
Haley would like everyone to know she is wearing five-inch heels, she can run in them, and they are weapons.
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Tim Scott is going to return us to God. Not big mansions. I guess that is his answer to why he is better for the country than Trump.
God and a lack of big mansions.
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Ramaswamy: Look at who is moderating this debate. It should be Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. That would bring in people to our party.
This media has rigged the election.
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Christie: Blah, blah, blah.
He is speaking slowly.
No one is paying attention. Including me.
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Tim Scott: The great opportunity party is winning back African American and Latino voters.
Mr. Scott, when exactly were African American and Latino voters welcome in the GOP?
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Ramaswamy: We're losers because of Rona McDaniels.
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And for 20 minutes, I am going to be laughing, smirking, cringing at the GOP hopefuls.
Hopefuls who fail to offer hope to the wide majority of our country.
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Nikki Haley: We can't live in the past.
Except we can live in the past when it comes to civil rights.
Veda Dalsette
@robertnorlyn @Hey_Beth
GOP, GREATLY Obtuse People
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