Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis managed to avoid a pile-on as he protects his No. 2 position in the Republican presidential race and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley forced the political world to take them seriously in the pack chasing former President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination.
Those were the key takeaways from a late-night GOP brawl in Milwaukee that featured schoolyard taunts among an eight-candidate slate but did not include the front-runner, who was reporting to a Georgia jail Thursday for a criminal booking.
She said Ms. Haley, the only woman on stage, made an impression by staking out positions on climate change and abortion that might appeal to younger voters and suburban women, voting blocs the GOP desperately needs to win back the White House. Mr. Trump holds a 40-point polling lead over his closest rivals, on average, and drama around his Georgia arrest on Thursday quickly displaced mainstream news coverage on the prior day’s debate.
Despite the rookie treatment, Mr. Ramaswamy gave as good as he got, earning him swift praise from voter panels and Mr. Trump, as he rises in the polls and pledges to give America a new, younger identity. Ms. Haley is trying to lift her single-digit polling numbers, while Mr. Ramaswamy wants to maintain a remarkable surge that has him closing in on Mr. DeSantis, who’s occupied the second position since the start of the race.
“Ron DeSantis was the clear winner and proved that he is ready to beat Joe Biden and serve as America’s 47th president. The debate highlighted that DeSantis is the only candidate with the vision to reverse our nation’s decline and revive the American Dream,” the campaign said in a Thursday email to supporters.
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