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Hits and Misses From Third GOP Presidential Debate

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🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

The third Republican presidential debate was held on Wednesday night in Miami. Five candidates took the stage: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.  Former President Donald Trump was again absent, choosing instead to hold a rally in a Miami suburb.  NBC News’ Lester Holt and Kristen Welker moderated the debate along with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt. They asked candidates how they would lead on issues of foreign policy, including in matters related to Israel. Candidates also discussed border security, China, and technology concerns.  Karen Jaroch, the Florida state director for Heritage Action for America, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss her biggest takeaways from the third debate and offer analysis on the candidates’ responses. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation. Heritage Action for America is an independent nonprofit organization affiliated with Heritage.) Enjoy the show! 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 Civil Podcast for Thursday, November 9th. I'm Virginia Allen.

0:10.0

The third GOP presidential candidate debate was last night in Miami, Florida.

0:15.0

Five candidates were on stage including Florida Governor Ron Desantis,

0:19.2

former South Carolina, Governor Nicki Haley, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina,

0:24.0

entrepreneur Vivek Rama Swami, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

0:28.7

Former President Donald Trump was again absent on the debate stage.

0:33.0

Instead, he held a rally just north of Miami.

0:37.3

A lot of ground was covered during this two hourhour long debate.

0:42.6

So joining us to break down some of the biggest moments

0:46.4

from the night is Heritage Action for America's

0:50.1

Karen Jaroche.

0:51.3

Karen, thanks so much for being with us.

0:53.2

Thank you for having me.

0:55.2

Well, Karen, you serve as the Florida State Director for Heritage Action for America.

1:00.8

You live in Florida right where this debate was taking place. I want to begin by asking

1:06.3

you about a pretty big moment that happened really early on in the night. The debate was hosted by NBC News Lester Holt and Kristen Welker.

1:18.4

They were the moderators along with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt. and right at the beginning of the night

1:24.8

Vivek Ramaswami really kind of went after the NBC moderators, the NBC

1:31.2

news moderators and he questioned why the moderators, NBC News moderators.

1:32.8

And he questioned why the media that, quote,

1:36.6

rigged the 2016 election was hosting the debate.

1:41.4

And he added that who should actually be hosting this debate are folks and he

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