Candidates for the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential race met in person for the first time on Wednesday on the GOP debate stage in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
On the stage Wednesday were Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur and activist Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.Christie and Hutchinson were met with boos from the audience when they were introduced.
Haley acknowledged that climate change is real and ongoing, and advocated for higher pressure on countries like China and India to address global emissions. Six of eight raised their hands, while Chris Christie half-raised his and Asa Hutchinson kept his hand down. "I think this is disastrous that we are protecting against an invasion across somebody else’s border when we should be using those same military resources to prevent the invasion of our own southern border here in the United States," he said.
Ramaswamy, meanwhile, called for the Department of Education to be shuttered, for an end to teacher's unions, and for civics tests to be mandatory when graduating high school.Michigan businessman Perry Johnson and conservative radio host Larry Elder both filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission, alleging they had been left out of the debate as a result of unfair treatment.
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