The Columbian Article RatingGOP candidates tangle in Milwaukee as they vie to be leading alternative to front-runner 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 |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is polling a distant second to Trump, was among those who did raise his hand." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is polling a distant second to Trump, was among those who did raise his hand." | Positive | 16% 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 |
| "Trump said in the 46-minute interview." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "The question came nearly an hour into Wednesday night's first primary debate hosted by Fox News Chael in Milwaukee and a day before Trump, who declined to participate, is set to surrender in Georgia on charges of trying to overturn the state's 2020 election." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "On Thursday, Trump is set to travel to Georgia to be booked again on criminal charges." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "MILWAUKEE -- Nearly all of the Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-ruer Donald Trump said they would support the former president if he is the party's nominee even if he is convicted in a court of law as they gathered on stage for the first time." | 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 former New Jersey Gov. Chris 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 | -14% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Also on stage were South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was hospitalized after hurting his Achilles tendon but chose to participate nonetheless." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Haley, the only woman on stage, tried to rise above the fray." | Negative | -14% 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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "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 |
| "Polling this month from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found 64" | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Haley again argued for consensus on the issue, saying passing a federal ban would be highly unlikely without more Republicans in Congress." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Download The Columbian app:Christie, 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 | -28% Liberal |
| "Trump had long said he felt it would be foolish to participate, given his dominant lead in the race." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "He said former Vice President Mike Pence did his duty on Jan. 6, 2021, when he refused to go along with Trump's scheme to overturn the vote, but nonetheless pressed the hosts to move on." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "He said former Vice President Mike Pence did his duty on Jan. 6, 2021, when he refused to go along with Trump's scheme to overturn the vote, but nonetheless pressed the hosts to move on." | Negative | -42% 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 |
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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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