Republicans turn on each other in fourth debate
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🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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USA TODAY National Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey recaps the fourth GOP presidential primary debate.
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is leaving Congress.
Released hostages slam Israel, saying they feared airstrikes 'would kill us.'
The top 1% of American earners now control more wealth than the nation's entire middle class.
Norman Lear has died at 101.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning and happy Hanukkah. I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday |
| 0:16.9 | December 7th 2023. This is the excerpt. Today a look at last night's GOP debate plus Kevin McCarthy is leaving |
| 0:28.0 | Congress and we remember Norman Lear and then there were four. |
| 0:34.4 | Republican candidates took the stage again last night for the fourth GOP primary debate. |
| 0:38.8 | Former South Carolina Governor Nicky Haley, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, |
| 0:44.8 | an entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswami |
| 0:47.1 | clashed on a number of issues |
| 0:49.2 | and again addressed the elephant in the room, |
| 0:51.4 | front runner Donald Trump. |
| 0:53.4 | I caught up with USA Today, National Political Correspondent, Philip M. Bailey, after the debate |
| 0:58.4 | for a recap. |
| 0:59.6 | Philip, thanks for making some time for us. |
| 1:01.5 | Taylor, what's going on? |
| 1:02.6 | So Philip, there was a focus, especially early in the night it felt on former South |
| 1:08.1 | Carolina Governor Nicky Haley. |
| 1:10.5 | How did candidates go after her? Well, look, I think that Nicky Haley is clearly positioned herself as I'm the chief rival to Donald Trump. |
| 1:20.0 | Her campaign hours before the debate alluded to this saying quote this is a two person race between |
| 1:26.1 | one man and one woman that could be either a reference to Donald Trump or maybe even President |
| 1:31.2 | Joe Biden and And guess what? |
| 1:33.0 | Her opponents probably understand that too. |
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