Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was in full beast mode during Wednesday night’s GOP primary debate. Generally speaking, I like Ramaswamy, and he often says the right things. But during the debate, he lost me with a few words.
On the issue of Ukraine, Ramaswamy took a major risk by challenging his opponents to name three provinces in Eastern Ukraine and then attacking Nikki Haley’s intelligence. At that point, Chris Christie jumped in to defend her. Then Ramaswamy launched into a brutal assault.
“I think we just learned something from Chris Christie,” he said. “We learned three things. We learned three things right there. First of all, Chris Christie also doesn’t know what provinces in eastern Ukraine he actually wants us to fight for. Chris, your version of foreign policy experience was closing a bridge from New Jersey to New York. So do everybody a favor; just walk yourself off that stage, enjoy a nice meal, and get the hell out of this place. When it comes to Nikki, I think if you’re going to actually send your sons and daughters to go die in somebody else’s war—”
“I haven’t heard a time when you weren’t speaking,” Chris…
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