Biggest Hits, Misses in 2nd GOP Presidential Debate

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🗓️ 28 September 2023

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Seven GOP candidates took to the debate stage Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, for the second Republican presidential debate. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum spent two hours answering questions from debate moderators Dana Perino of the Fox News Channel, Stuart Varney of Fox Business Network, and Univision anchor Ilia Calderón. Former two-term Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson did not qualify for the second debate. Former President Donald Trump skipped Wednesday night's debate, opting instead to deliver a speech at an auto parts manufacturer and supplier about 25 miles northeast of Detroit. Several significant moments stood out from the second GOP presidential debate, and Nathan Duell, the California state director of Heritage Action for America, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how the debate compared to the first one Aug. 23 in Milwaukee and what issues moderators should have addressed, but didn't. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation. Heritage Action for America is an independent nonprofit organization affiliated with Heritage.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, September 28th, I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.2	And if you watched the second GOP presidential debate last night, then you might be feeling
0:15.1	a little bit tired this morning.
0:16.9	We're right there in that boat with you.
0:19.2	It was a packed two hours.
0:22.0	And Nathan Duel, he is with us on the show today.
0:26.3	He is the California State Director for Heritage Action for America.
0:31.2	He was watching the debate from his home state of California.
0:35.0	Of course, the debate was also taking place in California last night.
0:38.9	Nathan, thank you so much for being here to give your analysis on what we saw during
0:43.5	the debate.
0:44.5	Yes, thanks so much for having me, Virginia.
0:46.8	Well, let's get right into it.
0:48.9	First off, it's important to note that for the first presidential debate, there were
0:52.8	eight candidates on stage.
0:54.9	There were only seven on stage Wednesday night for the second debate.
0:59.6	The former two-term Arkansas governor, Asa Hutchinson, did not meet the criteria to
1:05.0	be on stage for the second debate.
1:07.1	So we had a little bit of a smaller crowd.
1:09.6	Of course, former president Donald Trump was also not present.
1:13.8	He opted to be in Michigan and gave a speech there.
1:18.5	What did you notice in the difference in this second debate from the first one?
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