The Detroit News Article RatingRepublican rivals clash sharply in combative debate with no Trump
Aug 24, 2023 View Original Article
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| "DeSantis, who has lost traction over the summer but remains Trump's closest competitor in national polls, hit many of the talking points he has used on the campaign trail, attacking liberal overreach, recounting his successes in Florida and calling for an end to the weaponization of federal law enforcement against Republicans." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "You don't do that to friendsWhen it came to abortion, Pence, who has challenged the other Republican contenders to back a 15-week abortion ban as a minimum standard, took a shot at Haley's call for a consensus on abortion, telling the former U.N. ambassador that consensus is the opposite of leadership.When the Supreme Court returned this question to the American people, they didn't just send it to the states only, Pence said." | Negative | -40% Liberal |
| "Scott doubled down on his campaign approach, offering an optimistic, more softly spoken vision." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Mike did his duty." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "Haley leaned into her role as the only woman on the stage." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "With some delay, all of the candidates onstage, except former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, raised their hand." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "His biggest consolation came when all but one of the candidates onstage raised their hands to signal they would support Trump if he won the nomination and was convicted of a crime in a court of law." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "I've got no beef with him, DeSantis later said, after Pence demanded that he answer." | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "Haley responded that it was time to be honest with the American people, noting there aren't sufficient votes in the Senate for a federal abortion ban to pass." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Though Trump was not onstage, his advisers were present at the event, training their fire on DeSantis, whom they continue to see as their greatest threat for the nomination." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "Trump's decision to skip the event, a choice that highlighted his commanding polling lead, left him without a designated defender over two hours that marked the official start of the nomination battle." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "A noticeably combative Pence, who repeatedly talked over the moderators' pleas to abide by time limits and went directly after several rivals, took aim at Ramaswamy's lack of political experience, saying that now is not the time for on-the-job training and that we don't need to bring in a rookie." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "In the interview, Trump suggested that the United States could see more political violence." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "He needed a breakout performance, and he failed, said Jason Miller, a spokesman for Trump." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "No Republican president can ban abortions any more than a Democrat president can ban all those state laws, Haley said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Pence said Trump wrongly asked the former vice president to put himself ahead of the Constitution." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "But the debate more often pivoted around other fiery exchanges, including several involving entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a first-time milleial candidate ruing as a next iteration of Trump who stressed his outsider status and got into tense back-and-forth arguments with two longtime politicians, former vice president Mike Pence and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "But the debate more often pivoted around other fiery exchanges, including several involving entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a first-time milleial candidate ruing as a next iteration of Trump who stressed his outsider status and got into tense back-and-forth arguments with two longtime politicians, former vice president Mike Pence and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "And for much of it, the candidates largely ignored Trump." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Milwaukee -- Republican presidential contenders came out swinging Wednesday in a combative first debate in which they targeted each other as much as they did the absent front-ruer, Donald Trump, with a series of heated clashes reflecting the fierce competition to emerge as the main alternative to him." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Donald Trump added $8 trillion to our debt, and our kids are never going to forgive us, she said." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "Haley responded sharply." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "There's a level of passion that I've never seen, Trump said, when asked if the country is headed to open conflict." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "And there were occasional slashing attacks against Trump." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "DeSantis, who has lost traction over the summer but remains Trump's closest competitor in national polls, hit many of the talking points he has used on the campaign trail, attacking liberal overreach, recounting his successes in Florida and calling for an end to the weaponization of federal law enforcement against Republicans." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Pence, Haley and Christie firmly sided with further support, while Ramaswamy objected and DeSantis called for European countries to pick up more of the bill." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "The last person in one of these debates ... who stood in the middle of the stage and said what's a skiy guy with an odd last name doing up here was Barack Obama, and I'm afraid we're dealing with the same type of amateur standing on the stage tonight." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Hutchinson, who had hoped the debate would give them much needed exposure, spent must of the debate off-screen as their more well-known rivals squabbled." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Hutchinson, who had hoped the debate would give them much needed exposure, spent must of the debate off-screen as their more well-known rivals squabbled." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "You don't do that to friendsWhen it came to abortion, Pence, who has challenged the other Republican contenders to back a 15-week abortion ban as a minimum standard, took a shot at Haley's call for a consensus on abortion, telling the former U.N. ambassador that consensus is the opposite of leadership.When the Supreme Court returned this question to the American people, they didn't just send it to the states only, Pence said." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "You don't do that to friendsWhen it came to abortion, Pence, who has challenged the other Republican contenders to back a 15-week abortion ban as a minimum standard, took a shot at Haley's call for a consensus on abortion, telling the former U.N. ambassador that consensus is the opposite of leadership.When the Supreme Court returned this question to the American people, they didn't just send it to the states only, Pence said." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Hutchinson said Trump did not deserve another four years of the presidency because of his actions on Jan. 6." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Hutchinson said Trump did not deserve another four years of the presidency because of his actions on Jan. 6." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with a fiery demeanor attacked Trump for agreeing to lock down the country during the pandemic on the advice of former White House medical adviser Anthony S. Fauci." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with a fiery demeanor attacked Trump for agreeing to lock down the country during the pandemic on the advice of former White House medical adviser Anthony S. Fauci." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Hutchinson suggested that Trump was disqualified under the insurrection clause of the U.S. Constitution." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Hutchinson suggested that Trump was disqualified under the insurrection clause of the U.S. Constitution." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "Many of the candidates onstage, including Christie, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Haley also praised Pence for refusing Trump's demands to reject presidential electors following the 2020 election." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Many of the candidates onstage, including Christie, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Haley also praised Pence for refusing Trump's demands to reject presidential electors following the 2020 election." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Many of the candidates onstage, including Christie, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Haley also praised Pence for refusing Trump's demands to reject presidential electors following the 2020 election." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Many of the candidates onstage, including Christie, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Haley also praised Pence for refusing Trump's demands to reject presidential electors following the 2020 election." | Negative | -50% Liberal |
| "Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley blamed Trump for failing to rein in spending." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley blamed Trump for failing to rein in spending." | Negative | -60% Liberal |
| "At points, the crowd stepped in to defend the president, booing Christie when he denounced Trump's politics of division and jeering questions about criminal investigations into Trump." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "At points, the crowd stepped in to defend the president, booing Christie when he denounced Trump's politics of division and jeering questions about criminal investigations into Trump." | Negative | -62% Liberal |
| "Ramaswamy was the most defensive of Trump, saying that others should pardon him and defending Trump's foreign policy positions." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| "Ramaswamy was the most defensive of Trump, saying that others should pardon him and defending Trump's foreign policy positions." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
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36% :DeSantis, who has lost traction over the summer but remains Trump's closest competitor in national polls, hit many of the talking points he has used on the campaign trail, attacking liberal overreach, recounting his successes in Florida and calling for an end to the "weaponization" of federal law enforcement against Republicans.30% : "You don't do that to friends"When it came to abortion, Pence, who has challenged the other Republican contenders to back a 15-week abortion ban as a minimum standard, took a shot at Haley's call for a consensus on abortion, telling the former U.N. ambassador that "consensus is the opposite of leadership.""When the Supreme Court returned this question to the American people, they didn't just send it to the states only," Pence said.
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