Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer Article RatingGOP candidates tangle as they vie to be top alternative to Trump
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| "The candidates also tangled on abortion, underscoring the party's challenges on the issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Pence supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant, and has called on the field to back a 15-week national ban as a minimum." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "For Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who aounced his campaign in May to great fanfare but has since struggled to gain traction, it was a chance to prove that he deserves to maintain his second-place footing." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "But DeSantis was sometimes eclipsed by lower-polling candidates, including former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who tried to use the event, hosted by Fox News, to introduce themselves to millions of viewers and create the kind of viral moment that might spark new momentum as the campaign enters its critical next phase." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "DeSantis, who is polling a distant second to Trump, was among those who did raise his hand." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Trump said in the interview." | Positive | 2% Conservative |
| "Instead, Trump pre-recorded an interview with ex-Fox host Tucker Carlson that was posted to the platform formerly known as Twitter right before the debate kicked off." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "It was a reminder of the power Trump continues to wield in the party, even as he chose to skip the debate, held in Milwaukee, insisting there was no point in participating given his commanding lead." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "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, said Christie, who has emerged as one of Trump's harshest critics and was one of only two candidates who did not raise their hands when asked if they would support him." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Haley, the only woman on stage, tried to rise above the fray." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "While the candidates repeatedly tangled -- often talking over moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, who tried to maintain control -- all but two said they would support Trump as the nominee, even if he ends up a convicted felon." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Consensus is the opposite of leadership, rebutted Pence, who has made his opposition to abortion rights a central tenet of his campaign." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Give me a hug just like you did to Obama, Ramaswamy shot back -- a reference to Christie's embrace of the former president after a storm ravaged his state." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "But on what is arguably the most consequential choice facing the party, virtually all lined up behind Trump, saying they would support the former president if he is their nominee, even if he is convicted in a court of law as he faces a slew of criminal charges." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "With less than five months until the Iowa caucuses jumpstart the GOP presidential nomination process, the debate was a critical moment for candidates trying to break through and emerge as the Trump alternative in the race." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "We don't need to bring in people without experience, said Pence, tried to position himself as the most experienced one on the stage." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-ruer Donald Trump fought -- sometimes bitterly -- over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the future of the party during the first primary debate of the 2024 campaign." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Yet Trump's vulnerabilities in a general election are clear, particularly after four criminal indictments that charge him with hoarding classified documents, conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and making hush money payments to a porn actor and other women." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "The question came nearly an hour into the debate and a day before Trump is set to surrender in Georgia on charges of trying to overturn the state's 2020 election." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Polling this month from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found 64" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Haley again argued for consensus, saying passing a federal ban would be highly unlikely without more Republicans in Congress." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "The show went on without Trump and demonstrated sharp divisions within the party on issues, including the war between Russia and Ukraine after Russia's invasion nearly 18-months ago." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Trump, who had long said he felt it would be foolish to participate, given his dominant lead in the race, followed through with his threat to skip the Fox event in a blow to the network, which had wooed him privately and publicly to appear." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "Pence supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant, and has called on the field to back a 15-week national ban as a minimum." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Yet Trump's standing in the primary has only increased as the charges have mounted, leaving the GOP on track -- barring a stuing realignment -- to nominate a candidate who would enter the race against President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in a potentially weak position." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Yet Trump's standing in the primary has only increased as the charges have mounted, leaving the GOP on track -- barring a stuing realignment -- to nominate a candidate who would enter the race against President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in a potentially weak position." | Positive | 10% Conservative |
| "Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Pence cast support for Ukraine as a moral obligation and a national security imperative, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue his aggression if he succeeds in Ukraine, potentially threatening U.S. allies." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Pence cast support for Ukraine as a moral obligation and a national security imperative, warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue his aggression if he succeeds in Ukraine, potentially threatening U.S. allies." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "He said Pence did his duty on Jan. 6, 2021, when he refused to go along with Trump's unconstitutional scheme to overturn the vote, but nonetheless pressed the hosts to move on." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "He said Pence did his duty on Jan. 6, 2021, when he refused to go along with Trump's unconstitutional scheme to overturn the vote, but nonetheless pressed the hosts to move on." | Negative | -52% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless.___ Colvin reported from Washington and Cooper from Phoenix." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless.___ Colvin reported from Washington and Cooper from Phoenix." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless.___ Colvin reported from Washington and Cooper from Phoenix." | Negative | -58% Liberal |
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43% : The candidates also tangled on abortion, underscoring the party's challenges on the issue after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.29% : Pence supports a federal ban on abortion at six weeks, before many women even know they're pregnant, and has called on the field to back a 15-week national ban as a minimum.
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