Sparks Fly At Fourth Republican Primary Debate
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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| 1:05.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm Sarah McCammon, I cover the presidential campaign. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm Jimena Bustillo and I cover politics. |
| 1:13.0 | And I'm Domenica Mona Nara, senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 1:16.0 | And then there were four. |
| 1:18.0 | Four Republican candidates took to the stage tonight at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa for another |
| 1:24.4 | primary debate. They were former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former UN |
| 1:28.8 | Ambassador and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Florida Governor Ron Desantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswami. |
| 1:36.0 | Now the GOP front runner, you might not be surprised, former President Donald Trump was not |
| 1:40.3 | there, as he has not been at any of these debates. |
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