It’s hard to be surprised by US politics these days, but a 20-second moment during this week’s Republican presidential debate did stun me.
The debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin featured eight presidential hopefuls, including former vice president Mike Pence, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
Six of the eight candidates raised their hands to show they would. Their response was pathetic, particularly from Pence given he had tried to claim the moral high ground in the aftermath of the deadly Trump-inspired January 6 Capitol riot. Pence only raised his hand after he saw that five other candidates had. Haley raised her hand despite in the same debate delivering a sermon on how Trump was “the most disliked politician in America”.
“Here’s the bottom line,” Christie said. “Someone’s got to stop normalising this conduct. Now whether or not you believe that the criminal charges are right or wrong, the conduct is beneath the office of president of the United States.” “But there is nothing normal about an election season when the overwhelming frontrunner has been criminally charged in four states,
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