The Republican 2024 hopefuls gathered in Simi Valley, California Wednesday for a very combative second debate. While the moderators asked mostly substantive questions, they failed to control a group intent on getting in the punches the candidates didn’t land last time.
Competition for the most memorable moment in the debate is stiff between Chris Christie bawdily saying that President Biden is “sleeping with a member of the teachers union” — followed by Mike Pence making the most uncomfortable sex joke on record — and Nikki Haley telling Vivek Ramaswamy “every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber.”
Christie and Ron DeSantis took a few more whacks at Donald Trump than last time, mostly for his debate absenteeism. It was loud, it was long, it had me hiding my face in the collar of my sweater.
Catch up below:
Logistics:
- The event will begin at 9 p.m. ET and beam in from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
- Trump will attempt to counter-program it with an 8 p.m. ET speech from Michigan
The Republican 2024 hopefuls gathered in Simi Valley, California Wednesday for a very combative second debate. While the moderators asked mostly substantive questions, they failed to control a group intent on getting in the punches the candidates didn’t land last time.
Competition for the most memorable moment in the debate is stiff between Chris Christie bawdily saying that President Biden is “sleeping with a member of the teachers union” — followed by Mike Pence making the most uncomfortable sex joke on record — and Nikki Haley telling Vivek Ramaswamy “every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber.”
Christie and Ron DeSantis took a few more whacks at Donald Trump than last time, mostly for his debate absenteeism. It was loud, it was long, it had me hiding my face in the collar of my sweater.
Catch up below: