Fourth Republican Debate: Meet the Press Special

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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After the fourth GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Kristen Welker speaks with Nikki Haley Campaign Spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas, Gov. Ron DeSantis Campaign Manager James Uthmeier and Vivek Ramaswamy Senior Adviser Tricia McLaughlin. NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd and Correspondent Garrett Haake provide analysis of the night’s events. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson and Nnamdi Egwuonwu speak with voters in Iowa and Georgia. Amy Walter, Matt Gorman and Hugh Hewitt join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday it's four candidates lashing out of each other, 40 points behind the
0:07.8	front runner with just 40 days to Iowa.
0:10.6	It's the fourth presidential debate, the fourth down of the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.
0:17.0	This is a meet the press Special. Live from Washington.
0:24.0	Here is Kristen Welker.
0:28.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Special coverage of the fourth Republican presidential debate.
0:32.0	I'm Kristen Welker in Washington.
0:34.4	Tonight, four Republican presidential candidates
0:36.6	sparred on stage in what could be the final primary debate
0:40.3	before voting begins next month.
0:42.8	Over the last two hours, the action on the stage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
0:46.9	playing out once again without the fields front runner, Donald Trump.
0:51.5	The former president has skipped every debate so far while
0:54.4	weathering criminal indictments, fraud charges, trials, and pushback against
0:59.8	inflammatory campaign rhetoric and threats of political retribution.
1:04.7	But with the candidates about to walk off the stage tonight, the reality inside the Republican
1:09.6	Party and in these debate halls has been undeniable.
1:14.0	Donald Trump is running away with the nomination
1:16.4	and the remaining candidates are running out of time.
1:19.5	It was a night of personal insults and animosity
1:21.9	with most of the fields fire directed at each other
1:24.2	not the front runner. Instead the night began with a rapid-fire series of attacks aimed at the
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