The second debate of the Republican candidates for the 2024 US presidential election ended this Wednesday. seven members united in their criticism of Joe Biden’s government and in his repeated reproaches against Donald Trumpvery absent from appointments.

However, during the event, which was organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (Simi Valley, California), four criminal cases were not considered faced by the former Conservative President (2017-2021).

Trump remains the top favorite to take on Biden againthat, according to the survey Washington Post And ABC News published last Sunday, will now exceed this figure with 51% support compared to 42% awarded to a Democrat.

This second Republican debate brought together the former Vice President of the United States. Mike Pence; Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis; businessman Vivek Ramaswamy; former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley; former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie; Senator from South Carolina Tim Scott; and the Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum.

Christie mentioned Trump in the first ten minutes of the meeting, assuring him that he “He hides behind the walls of his golf club. not answer questions,” and DeSantis said former C.E.O. “missing”.

Moreover, his figure remained absent until the final stage of the debate. The former president chose to travel to Detroit to address the auto strike, which has seen pickets at Ford, Stellantis and General Motors (GM) plants since mid-September.

The candidates were well aware that Biden was their common enemy. They showed it from the first minute with criticism of the current American president and his presence in the Detroit auto workers strike.

“I shouldn’t have been on the picket line, but We are working to close our southern border.” Scott said, to which Pence added that Biden’s seat is the “unemployment line.”

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Ramaswamy, whose speeches received the most applause at the event, was more decisive towards the strikers, saying their suffering was understandable but “Sacrifice is optional” and they had to demonstrate in front of the White House and against Biden.

Migration to the United States across the border with Mexico was another of the main topics of the meeting, managing to compare candidates by its alleged connection to the fentanyl crisis the country is experiencing. and with the “necessity” to continue to expand the wall with Mexico.

Hayley made a commitment deploy 25,000 more border guards to “contain” the entry of “six million undocumented people” and a crisis that is “killing more Americans than the wars in Iraq, Vietnam or Afghanistan combined.”

Ramaswamy called the border “Swiss cheese,” and DeSantis, for his part, spoke out fiercely about fentanyl, promising will use the US military “against the Mexican cartels” without specifying whether he could send them to Mexican soil.

On the other hand, the American economy and inflation were considered primarily by Haley, who brought the discussion down to families with financial problems even to tackle health insurance: “If I become president, we will change everything. The first thing we need is to be transparent,” added the only woman in this race.

However, the economic segment was deeply noted by China and its relationships with American companies.

DeSantis said he would emulate former President Reagan (1981-1989) regain “real power” in the Indo-Pacific and contain Chinese “ambitions” within the United States.

Based on average data from surveys prepared on the Internet FiveThirtyEight, Behind Trump (55.1%), the governor of Florida has the most opportunities. for the Republican nomination with 13.3% of the vote, followed by Ramaswamy (6%) and Haley (5.9%).

“Need focus on companies that make in America and support them, not helping those who help China,” Haley concluded during a heated debate.

The quote slightly overlooks issues like reproductive rights or sexual freedom, but one of the most powerful statements of the day came again from Ramavsamy when he stated that “Transsexuality, especially in children, is a mental disorder.”

DeSantis, who was much freer at this second meeting than at the first, held in August in Milwaukee, commented on his intention to “empower parents.” preserve traditional “values” in cases where minors wish to change their sex or gender.

The war in Ukraine has also further highlighted the divide between those like DeSantis and Ramaswami. They opposed the issuance of a “blanche” and continue to fund the government of Vladimir Zelensky at any cost, as well as those who, like Christie, argued that “if Ukraine is not protected now, Poland will be next.”

The debate was delayed until the final minutes, another blow from DeSantis against Trump because, according to the Florida governor, “Polls are not how presidents are chosen. but voters.”

Christie reproached the former CEO for “division between families across the country” while Ramaswamy respected Trump’s leadership but called for taking the “America First” agenda to the next level.

Meanwhile, not far from the debate venue one hundred Conservative voters followed the event with banners who wore the face of the former president, demonstrating that despite his absence, only the rule of law could stop his decisive race for the White House.

(EFE)