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5:32Now PlayingVivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley each attempt to dunk on climate change reality and accountability and fail miserably during the Fox News Republican primary debate. Francesca Fiorentini and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report.
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Combative Vivek Ramaswamy emerges as surprise focal point of GOP debate
"Vivek Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old biotech entrepreneur running third in Republican polling, emerged in the absence of Donald Trump as a surprise focus of the first debate of the Republican primary, showing scant respect for other candidates and drawing heavy fire in return.
“We live in a dark moment,” Ramaswamy declaimed, in the distinctly Trumpian and conspiratorial fashion that has become a hallmark of his campaign.
Ramaswamy’s bid for the Republican nomination has been hit by recent scandals over remarks that suggested sympathy for conspiracy theories around the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the January 6 assault on the Capitol. But he has sought to portray himself as a Trump-like outsider taking on the establishment with his extreme views.
All the other presidential candidates onstage in Milwaukee, Ramaswamy repeatedly said, were “bought and paid for” by donors."
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