‘You’re Just Scum’: Republicans Debate For Second Place

November 8, 2023
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 23: Republican presidential candidates (L-R), Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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November 8, 2023

With the stage narrowed to five, a handful of candidates not named Donald Trump met Wednesday for the third GOP debate.

It was heavily focused on foreign policy, with little conversation about how to recalibrate the party after Tuesday’s electoral shellacking. Nikki Haley’s “you’re just scum” to Vivek Ramaswamy may have been the only moment of the night that sticks — to the extent that it matters.

The debate will air on NBC at 8 p.m. ET.

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With the stage narrowed to five, a handful of candidates not named Donald Trump met Wednesday for the third GOP debate.

It was heavily focused on foreign policy, with little conversation about how to recalibrate the party after Tuesday’s electoral shellacking. Nikki Haley’s “you’re just scum” to Vivek Ramaswamy may have been the only moment of the night that sticks — to the extent that it matters.

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  1. So glad ya’ll watch, so I don’t have to.

  2. Heels’ get it?

    Wait, is the headline writer talking about Haley or Desantis?

  3. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

  4. Avatar for jwbuho jwbuho says:

    Re Trump’s not being there, I’d forgotten about this, but NPR’s report on the debate reminded me that, in addition to meeting pooling requirements, all participants have to sign a document in which they agree to support the eventual nominee. Trump has still not signed such a document.

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