Simi Valley, United States – Seven US presidential hopefuls tussled over immigration, China and the economy Wednesday at the second
Republican primary debate — but saved some of their most strident remarks to slam frontrunner Donald Trump for spurning the showdown.
“You’re ducking these things, and let me tell you what’s going to happen. You keep doing that, no one up here is gonna call you Donald Trump anymore. We’re gonna call you a Donald Duck,” he said, earning boos for the zinger. More than 3,000 kilometers away in Michigan, Trump was attempting to boost his blue-collar credentials and attack the pro-worker reputation cultivated by President Joe Biden, who visited striking union members in the state on Tuesday.
While Ramaswamy voiced sympathy with the workers, Scott made clear his priority was immigration rather than the labor dispute. Despite being the leading candidate onstage, DeSantis wasn’t asked a question in the first 16 minutes. When he did get his turn, he took his own swipe at the frontrunner for not showing up.
Despite a fractious debate, with the candidates regularly shouting over one another, the presidential hopefuls agreed on much. But there was genuine division over the war in Ukraine, with Christie, Scott and Pence defending US support for Kyiv, in contrast with skepticism from DeSantis and Ramaswamy.
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