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The Fox News Rundown

From Washington: Looking Ahead To The Second GOP Debate

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On Wednesday night, eight Republican candidates made their case as to why they should be the next president. With the next debate just weeks away, what adjustments must the candidates make in order to gain traction and catch up to the GOP frontrunner former President Donald Trump? President of KAConsulting, former Senior Counselor to President Trump and FOX News Contributor Kellyanne Conway shares which moments from Wednesday's debate stuck out to her the most and discusses what voters must do to keep their campaigns alive. For the fifth consecutive year, the United States Department of Defense failed an audit. This comes as Congress is considering a topline defense spending total of nearly 900 billion dollars. President of Citizens Against Government Waste Thomas Schatz speculates as to where our defense spending is going, debates whether past Presidents have any stake in the blame for this issue, and reminds listeners that just because other agencies have passed audits does not mean their systems are economically sound. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Saturday, August 26th, 2023, I'm Jessica Rosenthal. The first debate is over, but there's

0:10.1

another chance around the corner to make a mark next month with the second debate hosted

0:14.9

by Fox Business.

0:16.0

That audience and the audience at home, what are they really going to hear on your

0:19.9

screen in Putin? What are they truly want you to do on the border and immigration? And

0:24.5

of course, the last point is the former president and an indisputed front runner in extension

0:30.3

on Ryan Schmelz, $3.5 trillion with 61% of the Pentagon's assets on accounted for. Why does

0:39.5

arguably the most important government agency to our national safety continue to fail audits?

0:45.4

The Department of Defense is great at protecting our national security and terrible at accounting.

0:51.2

This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.

1:04.1

Heading into debate night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis was number two in

1:08.2

the polls, far behind number one, former president Trump, but still the expectation was, even according

1:13.2

to his own campaign, that the candidates would be going after him. But it was tech entrepreneur

1:17.8

Vivek Ramaswamy who took more of the incoming, especially from former vice president Mike Pence

1:22.6

and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie. Everyone had a moment. It's just some had more than

1:27.5

others. I will never let the deep state bureaucrats lock you down. I'm the only person on the stage

1:33.8

who isn't bought and paid for so I can say this. The climate change agenda is a host. I was a

1:39.3

house conservative leader before it was cool. A Margaret Thatcher said if you want something said

1:43.8

ask a man if you want something done, ask a woman. Now the stakes shift ahead of the second debate

1:48.6

at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in CB Valley, California hosted by Fox Business.

1:53.4

In order to qualify, one needs to have at least 3% in polling and 50,000 unique donors. Either way,

1:59.5

the debuted debate performance may leave each candidate reflecting on what they did well and what

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