A Second Republican Presidential Debate Without Donald Trump

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Seven GOP candidates debated at the Reagan library to see who can emerge as the main alternative to the former President, who has a big lead in the polls. Did anyone come out ahead? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:33.9	The Republican presidential candidate's not named Donald Trump held their second debate
0:38.2	Wednesday night at the Reagan presidential library while Donald Trump stayed away and took
0:44.4	the time to address autoworkers in Detroit.
0:48.2	Well, after this debate, are we any closer to seeing which of the non-Trump candidates
0:52.6	could emerge to challenge Donald Trump one on one?
0:57.0	Welcome.
0:58.0	I'm Paul Gigo with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, and I'm here with Kim Strassel
1:02.3	and Kyle Peterson.
1:03.6	Welcome to you both.
1:05.3	Donald Trump wasn't the main focus of the debate by any stretch on Wednesday as the
1:09.7	candidates hit each other on stage more than they hit Trump as they tried to stand out
1:16.5	in the crowd.
1:17.5	Let's listen to Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor, take on Ron DeSantis.
1:23.3	You banned fracking.
1:24.3	You banned offshore drilling.
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