The fourth and final GOP Presidential debate…without the front-runner

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Republican presidential hopefuls took the stage for the fourth and final debate before the Iowa caucuses. At the University of Alabama, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie faced off, while Donald Trump was absent once again. Pop music goliath, Taylor Swift has been named Time Magazine’s person of the year. The first-ever Swiftie reporter joins the 11th Hour to talk about Swift’s achievements and influence. Ali Vitali, Matthew Dowd, Stuart Stevens, Luke Broadwater, Max Rose, Joyce Vance, and Bryan West join.

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0:00.0	Tonight pulling back the curtain on a potential second Trump term his plans for day one of his administration
0:08.0	plus his 2024 opponents facing off on the debate stage the the state of the race, less than six weeks
0:14.8	out from the Iowa Caucus. And Kevin McCarthy officially stepping down what
0:20.1	his departure means amid chaos on Capitol Hill.
0:24.0	Then pop mega star Taylor Swift named Time magazine's person of the year,
0:30.3	her global impact far beyond the charts as the 11th hour gets underway on this
0:35.6	Wednesday night.
0:38.6	Good evening once again I'm Stephanie Rule at MS NBC headquarters here in
0:46.2	New York City. Tonight some of the Republicans running for president held their
0:50.9	fourth and final debate before the Iowa
0:53.3	Caucasus now less than six weeks away.
0:56.3	Ron DeSantis, Nicki Haley, Vivek Ramaswami, and Chris Christie
1:00.5	came out swinging facing off in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at a Trump-free event.
1:06.0	Trump-free why? Because the former president was a no-show once again.
1:10.0	But despite him not being there, things got heated and heated quickly.
1:15.0	I am sick of Republicans who are not willing to stand up and fight back against what the
1:21.4	left is doing to this country. You have other candidates up here like Nicky Haley she caves anytime
1:27.4	the left comes after anytime the media comes after her.
1:30.4	Aren't you too tight with the banks and the billionaires to win over the GOP's working class base?
1:36.0	In reference to donors coming on board, look, we will take support from anybody we can take support
1:41.9	from. But I have been a conservative
1:43.9	fighter all my life. Nicky you were bankrupt when you left the UN. After you left the
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