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>>> TONIGHT, CRITICAL TEST IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. FIVE REPUBLICANS BATTLING TO BECOME THEIR PARTY'S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE. THE CANDIDATES READY TO MAKE THEIR CASE ON WHY THEY ARE PREPARED TO BE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF AMID TWO WARS ON THE WORLD STAGE, HOW THEY PLAN TO TACKLE STUBBORN INFLATION AND HOW THEY CAN UNITE DEEPLY DIVIDED ELECTORATE. WHO IS BEST TO TAKE ON PRESIDENT BIDEN AND CAN ANY OF THEM FIRST BEAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO IS FAR AHEAD IN THE POLLS? THE CANDIDATES ARE HERE, FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS, FORMER U.N. AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY, ENTREPRENEUR VIVEK RAMASWAMY, FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR, CHRIS CHRISTIE, AND SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT. >> FROM NBC NEWS, THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. LIVE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. >>> AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, I'M LESTER HOLT, ANCHORAGE "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS". I'M KRISTEN WELKER, MODERATOR OF NBC ME THE PRESS. >> I'M HUGH HEWITT, HOST OF HUGH HEWITT RADIO SHOW. >> PRIMARY VOTERS BEGIN TO DECIDE THEIR PARTY NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT TONIGHT WE QUESTION FIVE CANDIDATES SEEKING THAT NOMINATION ON HOW THEY ARE BEST PREPARED TO BE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF AND HELP US TO BRING DOWN PRICES IMPACTING AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE HAVE TWO HOURS FOR A SERIOUS DEBATE ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS. CANDIDATES HAVE ONE MINUTE AND 30 SECONDS FOR ANSWERS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CLOSING STATEMENT. FOLLOW-UPS WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF ALL OF US AT THE TABLE, THE MODERATORS. INVOKING A CANDIDATE'S NAME OR POLICY DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE MENTIONED CANDIDATE IS ENTITLED TO A RESPONSE. WE WANT TO CAUTION ALL CANDIDATES NOT TO INTERRUPT OR SPEAK OF HER FELLOW DEBATERS, IF YOU TALK OVER EACH OTHER, THE VOTERS CAN'T HEAR YOU. GIVEN CRITICAL ISSUES WE ARE FACING SPECIFICALLY ON THE WORLD STAGE, WE WANT EVERYONE TO HEAR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY. CONTINUED INTERRUPTIONS MAY HAVE LOSS OFLEASE, PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE SO ADDITIONAL C QUESTIONS. TO OUR AUDIENCE, PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE FOR THE CANDIDATES CAN BE HEARD. WITH THAT SAID, LET'S HAVE A GOOD DEBATE. THE FIRST QUESTION IS ONE FOR ALL OF YOU, DONALD TRUMP IS THE FIRST EX-PRESIDENT IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS TO RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN. HE REMAINS POPULAR AMONG REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS AS LEGAL CHALLENGES MOUNT. GOVERNOR DESANTIS, LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU, SPEAK TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP, WHY SHOULD YOU AND NOT HIM PETER REPUBLICAN NOMINEE TO FACE JOE BIDEN A YEAR FROM NOW? >> THIS COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE AND THE ELITES THAT PUT US HERE, THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU, THEY DON'T CARE YOU HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH HIGHER GROCERY PRICES OR HAVE HIGHER GAS PRICES, THEY DON'T CARE YOUR FAMILY IS LESS SECURE BECAUSE OF THE OPEN BORDER THAT HAS ALLOWED TERRORIST TO COME INTO THIS COUNTRY. I CARE, I WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY AND LET THIS COUNTRY CONTINUE ITS DOWNWARD SPIRAL. WE NEED LEADERSHIP AND WE NEED IT NOW. I WILL TAKE THE HITS, I WILL TAKE THE ARROWS IN THE FLAMES, ULTIMATELY IT IS NOT ABOUT ME, IT IS ABOUT YOU. I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU. I WILL MAKE SURE TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY'S REVIVAL AND WIN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY . ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR EXCUSES, IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE ALL THESE DISTRACTIONS. AS A VETERAN, I WILL GET THE JOB DONE. IF YOU LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW, A LOT DIFFERENT FROM 2016. DONALD TRUMP IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN HE WAS IN 2016. HE OWES IT TO YOOULD EXPLAIN WH STAGE AND EXPLAIN WHY HE SHOULD GET ANOTHER CHANCE. HE SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY HE DID NOT HAVE MEXICO PAY FOR THE BORDER WALL, HE SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY HE RACKED UP SO MUCH DEBT, EXPLAIN WHY HE DID NOT DRAIN THE SWAMP. HE SAID REPUBLICANS WOULD GET TIRED OF WINNING. WE SAW LAST NIGHT I'M SICK OF REPUBLICANS LOSING. IN FLORIDA, I SHOWED HOW IT IS DONE. ONE YEAR AGO HERE, WE WON A HISTORIC VICTORY INCLUDING MASSIVE LANDSLIDE IN MIAMI SO I PROMISE YOU THIS AS THE NOMI, E NEXT DADE COUNTY. THAT IS HOW WE DO IT, I PROMISE YOU THIS, AS THE NOMINEE NEXT NOVEMBER, I WILL GET THE JOB DONE AND AS PRESIDENT I WILL DELIVER. >> TIME IS UP. LET ME TURN TO AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY, WHY YOU AND NOT THE FORMER PRESIDENT? I THINK THE FACT $34 TRILLION IN DEBT, 60% OF AMERICANS LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, 50% OF AMERICAN FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD DIAPERS. ONE IN SIX AMERICAN FAMILIES CANNOT PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL. YOU HAVE PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT WHAT IS BEING SAID OR TALK TO THEIR CHILD IN THE CLASSROOM, THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY. WE HAVE ANTI-SEMITISM ALL OVER OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND STUDENTS FEEL UNSAFE. YOU HAVE AN OPEN BORDER WHERE TERRORISTS CAN COME THROUGH AND WE HAVE WARS HAPPENING ALL OVER AND THERE'S DANGER AROUND US THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP. I CAN TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I CAN TELL YOU I THINK HE WAS THE RIGHT PRESIDENT AT THE RIGHT TIME. I DON'T THINK IS THE RIGHT PRESIDENT NOW. I THINK HE PUT US $1 TRILLION IN DEBT AND OUR KIDS WILL NEVER FORGIVE US FOR THAT. I THINK THE FACT HE USED TO BE RIGHT ON UKRAINE AND FOREIGN ISSUES COME HE IS GETTING WEAK I FRIENDLY AGAIN. I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE WE CAN'T LIVE IN THE PAST, WE CAN'T LIVE IN OTHER HEADLINES, WE HAVE TO START FOCUSING ON WHAT WILL MAKE AMERICA STRONG AND PROUD. THAT IS WHAT I'M FOCUSED ON DOING. MAKE SURE WE PAY DOWN OUR DEBT. I THINK WE NEED AN ACCOUNTANT AT THE WHITE HOUSE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN THE CLASSROOM. AS A MOM, I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. MAKE SURE WE SECURE OUR BORDERS OR FAMILIES ARE SAFE, LET'S GET CRIME DOWN BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES WANT TO KNOW THEY CAN BE SAFE NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO AND AS THE WIFE OF A COMBAT VETERAN, I WILL TELL YOU THE MILITARY NEEDS TO KNOW WE HAVE THEIR BACK AND MAKE SURE AMERICA IS STRONG. >> THANK YOU LET ME JUST -- LET ME JUST. LET ME CAUTION THE AUDIENCE, LET'S NOT GO DOWN THIS ROAD, WE ASKED YOU TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR RESTRAINING YOURSELVES, IT IS COUPLED TO HEAR THE CANDIDATESWR THEM. BECAUSE THESE ARE IMPORTANT ISSUES AND THE VOTERS WANT AND NEED TO HEAR THEM. MR. RAMASWAMY, LET ME TURN TO YOU, PLEASE MAKE YOUR CASE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE THE NOMINEE AND NOT THE FORMER PRESIDENT? >> THERE SOMETHING DEEPER GOING ON AND TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND I'M UPSET WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE BECOME A PARTY OF LOSERS AT THE END OF THE DAY, CANCER OF THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT. I SPEAK THE TRUTH, SINCE RONNIE McDANIEL TOOK OVER OF THE RNC, WE HAVE LOST 2017, 2022, NO RED WAVE. WE GOT TROUNCED LAST NIGHT IN 2023. I THINK WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR PARTY. IF YOU WANT TO COME ON STAGE, LOOK AT THE GOP VOTERS IN THE EYE AND YOU RESIGN, I WILL YIELD MY TIME TO YOU. FRANKLY, THE PEOPLE CHEERING FOR LOSING WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, AND ABOUT WHO IS MODERATING THIS DEBATE. SHOULD BE TUCKER CARLSON, JOE ROGAN, ELON MUSK, 10 TIMES THE VIEWERSHIP ASKING QUESTIONS GOP PRIMARY VOTERS ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT AND BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO OUR PARTY. AND THE DEMOCRATS WITH KRISTEN WELKER HERE, DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATS WOULD HIRE TO HOST THE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE? THEY WOULD NOT DO IT. THIS IS ABOUT YOU IN THE MEDIA AND THE CORRUPT MEDIA ESTABLISHMENT AND THE RUSSIA TRUMP HOAX, WAS THAT REAL OR HILLARY CLINTON MADE UP INFORMATION? ANSWER THE QUESTION, GO. THIS IS HOW WE GET OUR COUNTRY BACK. WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE THIS MEDIA RIGGED THE 2016 ELECTION AND RICK THE 2016 ELECTION AND THEY WILL RIGGED THE SELECTION. >> YOUR TIME IS UP. LET'S TURN TO GOVERNOR CHRISTIE. WHY YOU? AUDIENCE, LET'S NOT DO THIS. LET THE CANDIDATES SPEAK. GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, WHY YOU AND NOT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP? >> YOU SET IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEBATE, WE ARE DEALING WITH EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE OUR GREATEST ALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST UNDER FIRE FROM THE TERRORIST GROUP THAT HAS COMMITTED TO WIPING THEM AND EVERY JEWISH PERSON IN THIS WORLD OFF THE MAP. WE HAVE UKRAINE, WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN, A COMMUNIST KGB DICTATOR, WHO WANTS TO PUT THE OLD BAND BACK TOGETHER, HE IS STARTING IN UKRAINE AND WILL MOVE TO THE BALTICS AND POLAND AFTER THAT. WE HAVE INFLATION IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS CHOKING, CHOKING EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY THAT WANTS TO TRY TO RISE UP. AND GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A BETTER LIFE. TONIGHT, WE NEED TO DECIDE WHICH PRESIDENT WILL BE THE ONE TO TACKLE THE BIG ISSUES, WHO WILL MAKE THE COUNTRY LOOK ONCE AGAIN NOT JUST IN WORD BUT LOOK OUTWARD AT THE WORLD AND SAY, AMERICA IS THE COUNTRY, INDISPENSABLE NATION THAT MAKES THIS A SAFER WORLD AND A SAFER WORLD, AMERICAN INNOVATION, AMERICAN HARD WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE THING THAT HAS DRIVEN OUR COUNTRY TO GREATER THINGS. I'M GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT WHO WILL DO THE FIXING, WE WILL NOT BE SMALL. I WILL SAY THIS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP, AND ONE SPENDING THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF FOCUSING ON KEEPING THEMSELVES OUT OF JAIL AND COURTROOMS CANNOT LEAD THIS PARTY OR COUNTRY, IT NEEDS TO BE SAID PLAINLY. THANK YOU, SENATOR SCOTT, YOU SAID FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN'T WIN. MAKE YOUR CASE TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS. SPENT I WOULD SAY WITHOUT QUESTION, THE TRUTH OF MY LIFE DESTROYS THE LIVES OF THE RADICAL LEFT WE NEED A PRESIDENT AND CANDIDATE WHO WILL ACTUALLY HELP OUR BASE SOLIDIFIED AND ATTRACT INDEPENDENT VOTERS INTO OUR PARTY. THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY PARTY IS WINNING BACK AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTERS AND HEAD -- HISPANIC VOTERS BECAUSE WORKING ON FOUNDATION BASED ON FAITH OUR NATION IS FACING THE CHALLENGES. THAT HAS LOST FAITH IN THIS NATION THAT IS PART OF THE EROSION WE ARE SEEING EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS RESTORING FAITH, RESTORING OUR CHRISTIAN VALUES THAT WILL HELP THIS NATION ONCE AGAIN BECOME THE CITY ON THE HILL. WHEN RONALD REAGAN TALKED ABOUT THE CITY ON THE HILL, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MATTHEW 5, PRESIDENT LINCOLN TALKED ABOUT A HOUSE DIVIDED, THAT WAS MARK. OUR FOUNDING DOCUMENTS SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAITH FOUNDATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A CHRISTIAN FOR AMERICA TO WORK FOR YOU BUT AMERICA DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT A FAITH FILLED JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION. I WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT TO HELP US RESTORE FAITH IN GOD, FAITH IN EACH OTHER, AND FAITH IN OUR FUTURE WITHOUT THAT FOCUS, NONE OF THE ISSUES, THE POLICIES MATTER. WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO BEING A NATION, THAT IS A FACT, THE CITY ON THE HILL, THAT BELIEVES IN EACH OTHER, ENOUGH FOR US TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE. >> SENATOR SCOTT, THANK YOU. CHALLENGE AND FACING THE NEXT COMMANDER IN CHIEF, FIELDING QUESTIONS FOR ME AND REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION AND THEN KRISTEN WELKER AND HUGH. THAT ISRAEL-HAMAS WORK IS BARELY A MONTH OLD, TONIGHT ISRAELI TROOPS ARE FIGHTING INSIDE GAZA CITY WITH OVER 200 HOSTAGES WHO REMAIN CAPTIVE THERE AND CIVILIAN CASUALTIES MOUNT INSIDE GAZA. AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHAT WOULD YOU BE URGING ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO DO AT THIS MOMENT? GOVERNOR DESANTIS. >> I WOULD TELL HIM TO FINISH THE JOB ONCE AND FOR ALL WITH THE BUTCHERING OF HAMAS. THEY ARE TERRORISTS, MASSACRING INNOCENT PEOPLE, THEY WOULD WIPE EVERY JEW OFF THE GLOBE IF THEY COULD . HE CANNOT LIVE WITH THAT THREAT RIGHT BY HIS COUNTRY. HAMAS SHOULD RELEASE EVERY HOSTAGE AND UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDER. I'M SICK OF HEARING THE MEDIA AND OTHER PEOPLE BLAME ISRAEL JUST FOR DEFENDING ITSELF. WE WILL STAND WITH ISRAEL IN WORD AND DEED IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. I CAN TELL YOU AS GOVERNOR, I DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BIDEN'S SON NEGLECT HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS. WE HAD FLORIDIANS OVER THERE AFTER THE ATTACK, HE LEFT THEM STRANDED, THEY COULD NOT GET FLIGHTS OUT. I SCRAMBLED RESOURCES IN FLORIDA, I SENT PLANES OVER TO ISRAEL AND I BROUGHT BACK OVER 700 PEOPLE TO SAFETY. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE HOSTAGES HAD WE NOT ACTED. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, I MET THE FIRST PLANELOAD WHEN THEY CAME TO FLORIDA, ONE OF THE MOTHERS POINTED TO 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN SAYING THE LAST TWO NIGHTS, MOMMY, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE BOMBS OR ROCKETS, I WANT TO GET BACK TO FLORIDA. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORDS AND DEEDS, WE ACTED AND SAVED LIVES. >> THANK YOU. AMBASSADOR HALE HE, WHAT WOULD YOU BE URGING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, HUMANITARIAN PAUSE? THE FIRST THING I SAID TO HIM WHEN IT HAPPENED, FINISH THEM. FINISH THEM. THE REASON IS, I HAVE WORKED ON THIS EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS AT THE UNITED NATIONS. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THEY HAVE TO ONE, ELIMINATE HAMAS. TWO, SUPPORT ISRAEL WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED WHENEVER THEY NEED IT THREE, MAKE SURE WE BRING HER HOSTAGES HOME WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR TO KNOW THERE WOULD BE NO HAMAS WITHOUT IRAN, THERE WOULD BE NO HEZBOLLAH WITHOUT IRAN, THERE WOULD NOT BE THAT HOUTHIS WITHOUT IRAN, THERE WOULD NOT BE THE IRANIAN MILITI TRYING TO HIT OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR IRAN. AND WHO IS FUNDIA G IRAN RIGHT N N SYRIA AND IRAQ TRYING TO HIT OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR IRAN. WHO IS FUNDING IRAN RIGHT NOW? CHINA IS BUYING OIL FROM IRAN, RUSSIA IS GETTING DROWNED IN MISSILES FROM IRAN, THERE IS AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR I, THE LAST THING WE NEED TO DO IS TO TELL ISRAEL WHAT TO DO THE ONLY THING WE SHOULD BE DOING IS SUPPORTING THEM ELIMINATING HAMAS. IT IS NOT THAT ISRAEL NEEDS AMERICA, AMERICA NEEDS ISRAEL. THEY ARE THE TIP OF THE SPEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISLAMIC TERRORISM AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THEIR BACKS IN THAT PROCESS. >> THANK YOU. MR. RAMASWAMY, ANY DAYLIGHT BETWEEN YOU AND THE CANDIDATES WE HEARD IN THIS ISSUE WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE PRIME MINISTER? NOTHING I WOULD TELL THE PRIME MINISTER, I WOULD GO ONE STEP FURTHER, THE FOUNDING OF ISRAEL BASED ON THE IDEA THEY DID NOT WANT TO SYMPATHY AND DIRECTION DEFENDING THEMSELVES. WHAT I WOULD TELL BIBI, ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO DEFEND ITSELF. I WOULD TELL HIM TO SMOKE THE TERRORIST ON HIS SOUTHERN BORDER AND I WOULD TELL HIM AS RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WILL SMOKE THE TERRORIST ON OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. THAT IS HIS RESPONSE ABILITY, THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. THAT IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD INTO AVOID MAKING THE MISTAKES FROM THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PAST. CORRUPT POLITICIANS IN BOTH PARTIES SPENT TRILLIONS, KILLED MILLIONS, MADE BILLIONS FOR THEMSELVES IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN FIGHTING WARS THAT SENT THOUSANDS OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS PEOPLE MY AGE, TO DIE IN WARS THAT DID NOT ADVANCE ANYONE'S INTEREST ADDING $7 TRILLION TO OUR NATIONAL DEBT. JOE BIDEN SOLD OFF OUR FOREIGN POLICY. JOE BIDEN SON, HUNTER BIDEN GOT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BRIDE FROM UKRAINE SENDING $200 BILLION TO THAT SAME COUNTRY. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT THAT MUCH BETTER. THE LIKES OF NIKKI HALEY WHO STEPPED DOWN FROM HER TIME AT THE U.N., BANKRUPT OR AND THAT WITH HER FAMILY, SHE BECOMES A MILITARY CONTRACTOR, JOINS THE BOARD OF BOEING AND NOW A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. THAT IS DO YOU WANT WRONG ADIF FROM A N DEMOCRATS DO IT. THAT IS THE PROBLEM WE FACE. TO A LEADER FROM A DIFFERENT GENERATION TO PUT THE COUNTRY FIRST OR YOU WANT TO CHENEY IN 3 AND SCHEELS? >> MR. RAMASWAMY THANK YOU. >> SENATOR SCOTT, SAME QUESTION TO YOU, YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT ON THE PHONE WITH THE OVAL OFFICE WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, YOU TELL HIM WHAT? >> NUMBER ONE, I TELL PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU , NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO WIPE HAMAS OFF OF THE MAP, WE WILL SUPPORT YOU, WE WILL BE THERE WITH YOU, STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER, THERE WILL BE NO DAYLIGHT. I WILL CHANGE THE STATION A LITTLE BIT AND HEAD BACK HOME TO AMERICA. I WILL SAY PRESIDENT BIDEN, DIPLOMACY ONLY IS A WEAK STRATEGY, APPEASEMENT LEADS TO WAR. FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA, TO PRESIDENT BIDEN, OBAMA SENT MILLIONS TO IRAN, TECHNICALLY PRESIDENT BIDEN HASN'T BILLIONS TO IRAN. THAT IS WHY I SAID THERE IS BLOOD DRIPPING FROM THE HANDS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. I WOULD TELL PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH CLARITY, IF YOU WANT TO STOP THE 40 PLUS ATTACKS ON MILITARY PERSONNEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST, YOU HAVE TO STRIKE IN IRAN. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, YOU CANNOT JUST CONTINUE TO HAVE STRIKES IN SYRIA ON WAREHOUSES, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CUT OFF THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE. THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE IS IRAN AND NOT SIMPLY THE PROPHECIES. IN ORDER TO HAVE A POWERFUL RESPONSE FROM AMERICA, WE HAVE TO BE IN POSITION OF STRENGTH. AS THE UNITED STATES, MY FOREIGN-POLICY IS SIMPLE, YOU CANNOT NEGOTIATE WITH PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO DESTROY EVIL. >> GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, I WANT YOU TO WEIGH IN. >> THESE ALBUMS ARE SO BIG AND SERIOUS, THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY TO PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU IS SIMPLE, AMERICA IS HERE, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS YOU NEED AT ANY TIME TO PRESERVE THE STATE OF ISRAEL. REMEMBER THAT HAMAS' MAIN GOAL IS TO GET RID OF ISRAEL, TO GET ISRAEL ABSOLUTELY OFF THE MAP. THERE ARE THREE THINGS I THINK I WOULD SAY TO HIM WHEN HE ASKS FOR ADVICE. THE FIRST IS I WOULD SAY, IT IS ABSOLUTELY YOUR OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF ISRAEL. SECONDLY TO MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT THE SECURITY AND SAFETY OF YOUR PEOPLE. EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS TO COMPROMISE EITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IT CREATES GREATER UNREST IN THE ENTIRE REGION. SECOND, YOU MUST GO AND MAKE SURE HAMAS CAN NEVER DO THIS AGAIN THE FACT IS, ISRAEL AND THEIR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FAILED. THEY FAILED HERE IN THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. WE NEED TO WORK CLOSELY BETTER AND TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS GOING ON INSIDE GAZA STRIP, WHEN IT IS GOING ON SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN'T GO WANT TO KILL 1400 INDIVIDUALS AGAIN TOOK THE THIRD THING IS TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL. MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO ISOLATE IRAN, WORK WITH REASONABLE NATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE OTHER ARAB NATIONS WHO ARE PARTNERED WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO ISOLATE IRAN BECAUSE THEIR ONLY FRIENDS IN THE WORLD ARE PART OF THE EVIL FOR SOME, CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, NORTH KOREA. >> GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE, THANK YOU. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS VEIN FROM QUESTION OF MATTHEW BROOKS, CEO OF THEARTNER OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIO REPUBLICAN IT JEWISH COALITION, PART OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE WITH THIS DEBATE. HERE IT IS. >> GIVEN ATTACKS BY IRANIAN BACKED GROUPS ON U.S. MILITARY BASES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ, I TEXT THAT HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY TWO DOZEN OF OUR U.S. SERVICEMEN, DO YOU SUPPORT THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE BY THE UNITED STATES AGAINST IRAN? >> GOVERNOR HALEY, PLEASE INSERT. >> THERE ARE FIVE AND SCHEELS AND I DON'T WEAR THEM UNLESS YOU CAN RUN IN THEM. THE SECOND THING I WILL SAY IS I WEAR HEELS, THEY'RE NOT FOHEY. FASHION STATEMENT, AMMUNITION . WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR IRAQ AND SYRIA, FIRST OF ALL, THE IDEA OUR MEN AND WOMEN COULD BE TARGETED AND WE HAVE ALLOWED ALMOST 100 HITS, THAT HAPPENED UNDER THE BIDEN WATCH IS UNTHINKABLE. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS IRAN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO AND WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT FOR TAT LIKE WHAT JOE BIDEN HAS DONE. WE NEED TO GO AND TAKE OUT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY ARE USING TO MAKE THOSE STRIKES WITH SO THEY CAN NEVER DO IT AGAIN. IRAN RESPONDS TO STRENGTH. YOU PUNCH THEM ONCE AND HARD AND THEY WILL BACK OFF. WHAT WE DON'T NEEDN DEAL. IS BI FALLING ALL OVER HIMSELF TO GET BACK TO THE IRAN DEAL, HIM GIVING $6 BILLION TO GET FIVE HOSTAGES HOME, HIM TELLING NETANYAHU HE NEEDS TO PAUSE OR CEASE-FIRE. WE DON'T NEED HIM GOING AND SITTING THERE TIPTOEING AROUND IRAN BECAUSE HE THINK THEY WILL DO SOMETHING. YOU DON'T RESPOND TO AN ENEMY AND TERRORIST WITH FEAR, YOU RESPOND WITH STRENGTH. WHEN YOU DO THAT, THAT IS WHEN THE WORLD PAYS ATTENTION AND THAT IS WHEN IRAN STOPS. >> THANK YOU. GOVERNOR DESANTIS, IF I CAN CONTINUE WITH YOU, THE U.S. LAUNCHED ANOTHER LIMITED AIR STRIKE AGAINST TARGETS IN SYRIA, THIS TIME IRANIAN LINKED FACILITY, HOW WOULD YOU GO MILITARILY TO HOLD TO HOLD IRAN ACCOUNTABLE? IRAN ACCOUNTABLE? >> MATT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE THE LAST MONTH, I NOTICED VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND APPRECIATE YOU GUYS RALLYING TOGETHER IN DIFFICULT TIMES BACK I SERVED IN IRAQ BACK IN THE DAY, WE HAD AL QAEDA IN IRAQ, MILITIAS FUNDED BY IRAN KILLING HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF U.S. TROOPS. AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, I AM NOT GOING TO PUT OUR TROOPS IN HARMS WAY UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO DEFEND THEM WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE. BIDEN HAS THEM OUT THERE, THEY ARE SITTING DUCKS. HE IS DOING GLANCING BLOWS, THAT IS JUST INVITING MORE TAX FROM THE IRANIANS. I WOULD SAY YOU HARM A HAIR ON THE HEAD OF AN AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBER AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE HELL TO PAY. WE WON'T SIT THERE AND LET OUR SERVICEMEMBERS BE SITTING DUCKS AND THAT IS TRUE WHETHER IT IS IRAN OR ANY COUNTRY ON THE WORLD. WE HAVE TO BE STRONG AND DEFEND THE PEOPLE WHO DEFEND US. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. OUR SECOND AND FINAL QUESTION FROM MATTHEW BROOKS, FROM THE REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION, PLEASE WATCH YOUR >> JEWISH STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE THREATENED AND UNDER ATTACK. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO JEWISH STUDENTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES WHO FEEL UNSAFE GIVEN THE DRAMATIC RISE WITH ANTI- SEMITISM? WHAT DO YOU SAY TO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS AND COLLEGE PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE NOT MET THE MORAL CLARITY MOMENT TO FORCEFULLY CONDEMN HAMAS TERRORISM? >> MR. RAMASWAMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT ONE? >> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE SCOURGE OF ANTI- SEMITISM ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING PLACES LIKE MY ALMA MATER, BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN NEW YORK, IT IS SAD TO SEE. HERE'S WHAT HISTORY TEACHES US, ANTI-SEMITISM IS A SYMPTOM OF A DEEPER CANCER IN A COUNTRY AND SOCIETY THAT IS LOST. WE ARE LOST. SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN I WROTE MY FIRST BOOK, I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY WERE CHANTING, DEATH TO AMERICA, DEATH TO WHITE PEOPLE, DEATH TOOK CHRISTIANS KNOWN WAS WAKING UP BACK THEN, NOW THEY SAY THAT TO ISRAEL AND WORSE. IT IS WRONG BUT WE HAVE TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE DO THIS THROUGH LEADERSHIP, NOT CENSORSHIP. LEADERSHIP MEANS FILL THE VOID WITH PURPOSE AND MEANING, DILUTE THE FOCUS ON AND ANTI SEMITISM TO IRRELEVANCE. KIDS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HECK THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE FIGHTING WITH HAMAS OVER ISRAEL, THEY ARE FOOLS. I ALSO WANT TO CAUTION HERE IF WE GO THE DIRECTION OF RON DESANTIS OR NIKKI HALEY WITH WHO I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, PRO-CENSORSHIP TELLING STUDENTS TO DISBAND. MARK MY WORDS, THEY WILL FACE THE VACCINE AND SIDE EFFECTS AND BIOTERRORISM . YOU SHARPENER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, YOUR DOMESTIC TERRORISM. STUDENTS SAY PRISONER SHOULD BE RELEASED, YOUR INSURRECTIONIST TERRORIST. THAT IS WHERE THE ROAD ENDS, WE DO NOT QUASH THIS WITH CENSORSHIP BECAUSE IT CREATES THE WORST UNDERBELLY, QUALITY THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY CALLING IT OUT. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS HAVE LOST THEIR WAY AND WE NEED LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT RESTORES OUR FOUNDING VALUESI-S. THAT'S WHERE I STAND AND HAS NO PLACE FOR THIS KIND OF ANTI-SEMITIC HATE. THAT IS WHERE I STAND WHILE RESPECTING OUR CONSTITUTION. >> SENATORS, LET ME GET YOU TO WEIGH IN. >> LET ME SAY TO EVERY SINGLE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT IN AMERICA, FEDERAL FUNDING IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, TO EVERY STUDENT WHO HAS COME TO OUR COUNTRY ON A VISA TO A COLLEGE CAMPUS, YOUR VISA IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT HER RIGHT. NUMBER THREE, ANY CAMPUS THAT ALLOWS FOR ANTI-SEMITISM AND HATE, TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO ENCOURAGE TERRORISM, MASS MURDER AND GENOCIDE, YOU SHOULD LOSE YOUR FEDERAL FUNDING TODAY, PERIOD. TO ALL THE STUDENTS ON VISAS WHO ARE ENCOURAGING JEWISH GENOCIDE, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU FROM THOSE CAMPUSES. WE HAVE TO STAY STRONG WITH OUR JEWISH AMERICANS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CANNOT HAVE OUR JEWISH STUDENTS IN THE LIBRARY BEING TOLD TO HIDE. ON OUR STREETS IN NEW YORK, JEWISH CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT TO WALK ON THE STREETS OF AMERICA WITH NO FEAR. TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES, GO TO CLASS AND NOT FEAR. WE WILL RESTORE THAT. I STARTED WORKING ON ANTI- SEMITISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN 2017 BECAUSE EVEN THEN, THERE WAS A RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. WE MUST FORCE THE PEOPLE OFF THOSE CAMPUSES. >> THANK YOU. LET ME TURN TOOK GOVERNOR DESANTIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HE JUST SAID? I WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO SAY IF YOU'RE HEARING A STUDENT VISA, MAKING COMMON CAUSE WITH HAMAS, I'M CANCELING YOUR VISA AND SENDING YOU HOME, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. SECOND, I HAVE FRIENDS IN FLORIDA WHO, THEIR KIDS DO NOT FEEL SAFE GOING TO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AT ALL OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. YOU HAVE JEWISH STUDENTS FLEEING FOR THEIR LIVES AT COOPER UNION. JOE BIDEN SHOULD HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ON THESE COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND HOLDING THE UNIVERSITIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE MONEY GOING TO THESE PLACES. I ALREADY ACTED IN FLORIDA. WE HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE, THEY HAVE COMMON CAUSE WITH,, NOT JUST SOLIDARITY, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE. WE DEACTIVATED THEM. WE WILL NOT YOU SCHOLARS TO FUND JIHAD. NO WAY. WHAT DOES BIDEN DO? NOT ONLY NOT HELPING THE JEWISH STUDENTS BEING PERSECUTED, HE IS LAUNCHING INITIATIVES TO COMBAT SO-CALLED ISLAMOPHOBIA. NO, IT IS A ANTI-SEMITISM SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO CONFRONT AND AS PRESIDENT, I CAN TELL YOU THIS >> ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR, THANK , OU.WE ARE LET NOT TURN T GOINGERN TO STAND FOR THIS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ANY LONGER. GOVERNOR, THANK YOU. LET ME TURN TO GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, CONSIDERING WHAT HE JUST SAID, YOU LEAD A STATE WITH A SIZABLE MUSLIM POPULATION, LAST MONTH 6-YEAR- OLD PALESTINIAN AMERICAN BOY WAS KILLED IN ILLINOIS BY HIS LANDLORD, HIS MOTHER ALSO STABBED MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES IN WHAT HAS BEEN CHARGED AS A HATE CRIME, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO MUSLIM AMERICANS ALSO FEELING AFRAID FOR THEIR SAFETY RIGHT NOW? >> I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THE STAGE WHO HAS HAD EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THIS. I WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BUSH TO BE THE U.S. ATTORNEY OF NEW JERSEY ON SEPTEMBER 10th IN 2001. WHEN I TOOK OVER THE JOB AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11th ATTACKS, I HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IN OUR STATE THAT WAS EXPLOSIVE THE MOST ETHNICALLY DIVERSE STATE IN THIS COUNTRY. SO FIRST, WE HEARD CREDIBLE REPORTS ABOUT JEWISH STUDENTS AND SYNAGOGUES BEING THREATENED IN OUR STATE IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11. WE MADE SURE WE SENT FEDERAL AGENTS TO THE SYNAGOGUES AND PROTECTED THEM, THE SAME THING SHOULD BE DONE NOW. AT THE VERY SAME TIME, I PERSONALLY WENT FROM MOSQUE TO MOSQUE IN NEW JERSEY AND MET WITH THE LEADERS OF THOSE MOSQUES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE MOSQUES AND I SAID THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS ON YOUR SIDE TO PROTECT IT REGARDLESS OF YOUR RELIGION. IF YOU ARE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. WE DEVELOPED FABULOUS RELATIONSHIPS WITH MUSLIM AMERICANS ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY AND WE STOPPED ANY HATE CRIMES GOING ON EITHER AGAINST JEWISH AMERICANS IN NEW JERSEY OR MUSLIM AMERICANS IN NEW JERSEY. IT TAKES LEADERSHIP TO KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. YOU MUST WORK WITH BOTH SIDES. BOTH SIDES NEED TO KNOW. LET US NEVER HAVE FALSE MORAL EQUIVALENT BETWEEN HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. THE JEWISH PEOPLE STAND FOR RIGHT AND JUSTICE AND HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH STAND FOR DEATH. >> AMBASSADOR HALEY WHAT DO YOU SAY TO AMERICANS SIMPLY AFRAID RIGHT NOW WITH THIS CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? >> I THINK YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTRY AND THE COUNTRY IS ALL OUT OF SORTS. LOOK AT WHAT THE KIDS ARE DEALING WITH ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES . WHAT MAKES ME SO ANGRY IS NOT ONLY TO HAVE THE KIDS BARRICADED IN THE LIBRARY, THEY SAID THEY WOULD SHOOT UP THE KOSHER DINING HALL. YOU HAVE KIDS DORM ROOMS SET ON FIRE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO ISRAEL ON THEIR DOORS. NO PERSON SHOULD EVER FEEL IN DANGER LIKE THIS BUT THIS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT OUR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, IF THE WERE DOING THIS, EVERY COLLEGE PRESIDENT WOULD BE UP IN ARMS. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT, YOU SHOULD TREAT IT EXACTLY THE SAME. ANTI-SEMITISM IS JUST AS AWFUL AS RACISM. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTED AND FOR EVERYBODY PROTESTING ON THESE COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN FAVOR OF HAMAS, LET ME REMIND YOU SOMETHING, HAMAS SAID, DEATH TO ISRAEL AND DEATH TO AMERICA. THEY HATE AND WOULD KILL YOU TOO. THE IDEA THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT GENOCIDE FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THAT IS NOT THE VALUES OF AMERICA. THAT IS NOT US, WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT. WE DON'T NEED TO CELEBRATE TERRORIST, WE DON'T NEED TO CELEBRATE GENOCIDE. WE DON'T NEED TO CELEBRATE VIOLENCE TOWARD ANYBODY. WE NEED TO GO BACK AND SOUL SEARCH IN OUR COUNTRY AND REMEMBER WHAT WE ARE ABOUT. WE ARE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, NOT MAKING THEM LIVE IN FEAR BECAUSE SOME OTHER TERRORIST ACTIVITY SAYS THEY WANT TO DESTROY THEM. >> THANK YOU. KRISTEN. >> THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE ENTIRE FIELD THAT YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND. SENATOR SCOTT, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH YOU. THE UNITED STATES HAS GIVEN UKRAINE FINANCIAL AND MILITARY SUPPORT SINCE THE WAR BEGAN MORE THAN 600 DAYS AGO. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TOLD ME ON SUNDAY IF RUSSIA IS NOT STOPPED NOW, QUOTE, THE PRICE WILL BE HIGHER FOR THE UNITED STATES AND AMERICANS WILL BE FORCED TO SEND YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO DEFEND NATO COUNTRIES. SENATOR SCOTT, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON MORE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE? >> I HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF UKRAINE. ULTIMATELY, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES STATES WHAT IS AMERICA'S NATIONAL VITAL INTEREST IN UKRAINE. IT IS DEGRADING THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. WE HAVE BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE USING OUR RESOURCES AND WEAPONRY AND INCREDIBLY HIGH PRICE OF UKRAINIAN BLOOD TO ACHIEVE THAT OBJECTIVE. EVERY DAY WE GET CLOSER TO THE DEGRADATION OF THE RUSSIAN MILITARY AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED THEY DO NOT HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO REMINDS US AND TELLS US, WHERE'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY, WHERE ARE THE DOLLARS, HOW ARE THOSE DOLLARS BEING SPENT? WE NEED THOSE ANSWERS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD SAY A PACKAGE OFFERED BY THE PRESIDENT FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL, THAT IS THE WRONG APPROACH. WE NEED TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON PROVIDING ISRAEL WITH THE $14 BILLION THAT THEY NEED SO WE SHOW THE WORLD WE ARE 100%, UNDENIABLY STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH ISRAEL AND AS WE TURN AWAY FROM THE DIRECT SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL, WE SHOULD GO TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND CLOSE THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH THE RESOURCES NECESSARY. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SLEEPER TERRORIST CELLS IN AMERICA, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME FROM YEMEN, IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQ. IF WE DEAL WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY AT OUR BORDER, WE HAVE TO DO IT NOW. >> THANK YOU. TO BE VERY CLEAR, IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT, IN THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY, WOULD YOU SIGN OFF ON MORE MILITARY FUNDING FOR UKRAINE OR DISCONTINUE IT? >> BOTTOM LINE, WE FIRST HAVE TO HAVE THE LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ALLOWS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE RESOURCES HAVE GONE. NUMBER ONE . NUMBER TWO, AFTER WE HAVE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TAKING CARE OF AND ACCOUNTABILITY WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE OVERALL STRATEGY THAT HELPS US DEGRADE THE RUSSIAN MILITARY WHILE USING RESOURCES AND FRANKLY, KEEPING OUR NATO PARTNERS SAFLITARY IS ABSOLUTEL ESSENTIAL.E FROM THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING ARTICLE FIVE WOULD REQUIRE SUPPORT AND DEFEND NATO OUR TROOPS ON THE GROUND . THE FASTEST WAY FOR US TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY IS FOR US TO DESTROY IF POSSIBLE THE RUSSIAN MILITARY. I DOING SO, WE ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF KEEPING OUR MILITARY HOME AND THAT IS GOOD NEWS. >> MR. RAMASWAMY, ARE YOU PERSUADED BY PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY'S URGENT NEW PLATE? WHERE DO YOU STAND? I AM NOT PERSUADED, I ENJOYED WATCHING THE UKRAINE HAWKS DELICATELY TIPTOE BACK FROM THEIR POSITION AS THIS THING UNWOUND INTO A DISASTERG . AROUND TO BE THE FIRST HALF OF THE RACE I WAS IN PRISON STANDING FOR, THERE QUIETLY COMING AROUND TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS, AS THEY SHOULD . LEVEL WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HERE. UKRAINE IS NOT A PARAGON OF DEMOCRACY. THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT HAS BANNED 11 OPPOSITION PARTY, IT CONSOLIDATED ALL MEDIA INTO ONE STATE TV MEDIA FARM, THAT IS NOT DEMOCRATIC FRIEND NOT TO HOLD ELECTIONS THIS YEAR UNLESS THE U.S. FORKS OVER MORE MONEY, THAT IS NOT DEMOCRATIC. IT CELEBRATES NAZIS IN CARGO PANTS, THE MAN CALLED ZELENSKYY. THAT IS NOT DEMOCRATIC. MORE FACTS YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THE REGION OF UKRAINE OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA RIGHT NOW IN THE DONBAS REGION, THESE ARE RUSSIAN- SPEAKING REGIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF UKRAINE SINCE 2014. OTHER PEOPLE PROBABLY COULD NOT NAME THOSE PROVINCES FOR YOU, THOSE ARE THE HARD FACTS. SOME KIND OF BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD VERSUS EVIL, DON'T BUY IT. THE SHARPEST OF THE WAR HAWKS ON UKRAINE, NIKKI HALEY WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND ANSWER, DO YOU WANT TO USE U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY TO FUND THE BANNING OF CHRISTIANS? AT IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING. THEY ARE USING THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT DID THIS LAST WEEK, SUPPORTED BY OUR DOLLARS, I THINK YOU OWE IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, NIKKI -- >> MR. RAMASWAMY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. RAMASWAMY, THANK YOU. WE ASKED THE QUESTIONS. AMBASSADOR HALEY, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON MORE FUNDING FOR UKRAINE? I'M TELLING YOU, PUTIN AND PRESIDENT XI ARE SALIVATING AT THE THOUGHT SOMEONE LIKE THAT COULD BECOME PRESIDENT. THEY WOULD LOVE IT. THIS IS WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, FIRST OF ALL -- MR. RAMASWAMY, YOU HAD YOUR TIME TO TALK. THE AMBASSADOR HAS THE FLOOR. >> THE FIRST THING I WILL TELL YOU, WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT THAT THUG DID INVADING UKRAINE, 500,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF PUTIN. CURES FREEDOM LOVING PRO AMERICAN COUNTRY FIGHTING FOR ITS SURVIVAL AND DEMOCRACY. NO, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GIVE THEM CASH, WE SHOULD GIVE THEM THE EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION TO WIN. IF BIDEN HAD DONE WHEN I FIRST ASKED FOR IT, THIS WAR WOULD BE OVER. BUT ALSO REMEMBER THIS, WHEN YOU LEFT AFGHANISTAN IN SHAMBLES AND LEFT THEM WITH A TON OF WEAPONS AND MONEY, IT IS NOT THAT WE LEFT, IT IS HOW WE LEFT WHEN WE LOOK AT UKRAINE, DON'T THINK FOR A SECOND NOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO MOVE AWAY FROM UKRAINE, THEY WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM ISRAEL A YEAR FROM NOW. AMERICA CAN NEVER BE SO ARROGANT TO THINK WE DON'T NEED FRIENDS AFTER 9/11, WE NEEDED A LOT OF FRIENDS. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET PARTNERSHIPS THIS UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND CHINA IS REAL. THERE'S A REASON TAIWANESE WANT US TO SUPPORT THE UKRAINIANS . BECAUSE THEY KNOW CHINA IS COMING AFTER THEM NEXT. THERE'S A REASON UKRAINIANS WANT US TO SUPPORT ISRAELIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF IRAN WINS, RUSSIA WINS. WE HAVE TO SEE THE COMBINATION. >> GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE AND HOW LONG SHOULD AMERICANS BE EXPECTED TO HELP FUND THE WAR IN UKRAINE? >> LET'S REMOVE THE LAST TIME WE SERVED OUR BACK ON A SHOOTING WAR IN EUROPE, IT BOUGHT US A COUPLE YEARS AND 500,000 AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN EUROPE TO DEFEAT HITLER. THIS IS NOT A CHOICE. THIS IS THE PRICE WE PAY FOR BEING THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD. THE FACT IS, THIS ALLIANCE IS NOT JUST WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA. GOVERNOR HALEY KNOWS THIS. IRAN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AS WELL AND SO IS NORTH KOREA THEY ARE ALL WORKING TO SUPPORT RUSSIA RIGHT NOW AND THE REASON THEY'RE DOING IT IS BECAUSE DICTATORS WORK TOGETHER, PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY WORK TOGETHER. WE MUST STAND WITH ALL OF THOSE STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM IN THIS WORLD. BY THE WAY, IN 1992, THIS COUNTRY MADE A PROMISE TO UKRAINE. WE SAID IF YOU RETURN NUCLEAR MISSILES THAT WERE PART OF THE OLD SOVIET UNION TO RUSSIA AND THEY INVADE YOU, WE WILL PROTECT YOU. AMERICAN PROMISE THAT IS 31 YEARS OLD IS NO DIFFERENT THAN AN AMERICAN PROMISE MADE TONIGHT ON THIS STAGE. WE NEED TO STAND BY TO . THOSE OF US WHO FORGET HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND. >> THE ABSOLUTE GIVING IN TO DICTATORS, WHICH IS BEING SUGGESTED ON THIS STAGE, JUST SHOWS THE IMMATURITY OF THE APPROACH. >> THANK YOU. GOVERNOR DESANTIS, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO WEIGH IN ON THIS IDEA, ARE YOU CONCERNED THIS COULD BECOME A WIDER WAR IF PUTIN IS NOT STOPPED NOW? ANY SUGGESTION BY ZELENSKYY OR ANYONE ELSE SENDING U.S. TROOPS THERE, I CAN TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHEN I'M PRESIDENT, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. WE WILL NOT SEND YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO UKRAINE. I WILL SEND TROOPS TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THREATS WE FACE, TERRORISTS HAVE COME IN THROUGH THE SOUTHERN BORDER. I WILL SHUT IT DOWN, I WILL HAVE THE MILITARY AND DEPORT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME, PARTICULARLY UNDER BIDEN WHO COME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, BIDEN WANTS $105 MILLION, MOST OF THAT IS UKRAINE INCLUDING SOME OF IT TO PAY PENSIONS FOR BUREAUCRATS AND SALARIES. THAT IS A TOTALLY RIDICULOUS USE OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS. HE SAYS HE HAS MONEY FOR BORDER TO TRY TO DO, THE MEDIA WILL REPEAT THAT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, MOST OF THE MONEY IS MONEY TO PROCESS MORE ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THIS COUNTRY. HOW WAS THAT FOLLOWING THE PROBLEM? THAT IS MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE. WHAT DOES HE DO FOR THE INDO PACIFIC? A PITTANCE, THAT OF THE TOP THREAT THAT WE FACE. WE NEED TO BRING THIS WAR TO END, WE NEED THE EUROPEANS TO STEP UP AND DO THEIR FAIR SHARE. WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THE TOP THREATS THIS COUNTRY FACES WHICH IS THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. >> WE ARE WILLING TO GO FROM THE HOPPERS OF UKRAINE AND GAZA AND ISRAEL TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE CALL THE NEW COLD WAR WITH CHINA. I REMIND THE AUDIENCE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR VISITORS AT HOME TO BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE IN BEIJING TO HEAR YOU. MANY REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY, THE GENERAL SECRETARY IS EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. THE FLASH POINT IS TAIWAN. DECADES AND DECADES, PRIMARILY THE UNITED STATES NAVY, HAS DETERRED AN ATTACK FROM CHINA ON THE ISLAND STATE OF TAIWAN. RONALD REAGAN'S NAVY OF 600 CHIPS IS GONE PUT THE QUESTION TO YOU, I WILL START WITH YOU AMBASSADOR HALEY BECAUSE YOU ARE PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S DESK NET, 355 SHIP NAVY, GOT TO 300, IT IS NOW 291. IS THAT EGG ENOUGH TO DETER IF NECESSARY TO DEFEAT INVASION OF TAIWAN? >> CHINA HAS THE LARGEST NAVAL FLEET IN THE WORLD, THEY HAVE 350 SHIPS. 400 CHIPS IN TWO YEARS, WE WON'T EVEN HAV CHINA HAS BUILT-UP THEIR MILITARY.E 350 SHIPS IN TWO DECADES. CHINA HAS BUILT UP THEIR MILITARY, NOT JUST LAND, AIR, SEA, THEY DO CYBER AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, SPACE. AMERICA NEEDS TO MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY. WE NEED TO DO EVERY THING WE CAN . THE FIRST THING IS YOU GO AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE BACK OF UKRAINE, THAT IS WHY THE TAIWANESE WANT US TO SUPPORT UKRAINE BECAUSE IT SENDS THE BIGGEST MESSAGE TO CHINA THE SECOND THING IS, WE GO TO CHINA AND BE TOUGH ON THEM. NO MORE SALES OF OUR AMERICAN SOIL TO CHINA AND TAKE BACK WHAT THEY HAVE STOLEN. THEN YOU GO TO THE UNIVERSITIES, NO MORE HAVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GO TO OUR UNIVERSITIES. THEN WE WILL GO AND END ALL FORMAL TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA UNTIL THEY STOP MORE DURING -- MURDERING AMERICANS FROM FENTANYL. SOMETHING RON HAS NOT SAID HE WILL DO. WE WILL MODERNIZE THE MILITARY, WHEN WE STRENGTHEN THE MILITARY AND MODERNIZE IT WITH THE FOCUS OF CYBER AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SPACE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE BACKS OF HER FRIENDS, WHETHER IT IS ISRAEL OR UKRAINE AND WE SHOULD BE ARMING TAIWAN. MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED, THE TRAINING THEY NEED NOW. THERE'S NOTHING CHINA FEARS MORE THAN KNOWIN MORE THAN KNOWING AMERICA HAS G TAIWAN'S BAAMERICA WILLLET' HAVE TAIWAN'S BACK TO MAKE SURE WE SHOWED BY MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED. >> GOVERNOR DESANTIS, MY QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE NAVY, 291 GOING DOWN TO CUT 280, IS IT ENOUGH AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO BUILD MORE? >> NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BACKUP STRATEGY OF DENIAL OF PRESIDENT XI'S AMBITION. CHINA ABLE TO BE THE WORLD LEADING SUPERPOWER, THAT WILL AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THAT IS VERY BAD, THEY WILL EXPORT AUTHORITARIANISM ALL AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS. DAY ONE THINGS LIKE SOCIAL CREDIT SCORES AND INTERNET MONITORING SO THIS IS TO THIS GENERATION WITH THE SOVIET UNION WAS FOR THE POST-WORLD WAR II GENERATION. I HAVE RELEASED A PLAN, GET THE 355 SHIPS AT THE END OF THE FIRST TIME 385 SHIPS AT THE END OF THE SECOND TERM. WILL HAVE A PATH TO 600 CHIPS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THE FUTURE OF FREEDOM DETERMINES IN THE INDO PACIFIC. NOT JUST MILITARY BUT DECOUPLING FROM THE ECONOMY AND FIGHTING THEM HERE AT HOME WITH CULTURE. AMBASSADOR HALEY SAID SOMEHOW I WAS NOT DOING, SHE WELCOMED THEM INTO SOUTH CAROLINA, GAVE THEM LAND NEAR A MILITARY BASE, WROTE THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR A LOVE LETTER SAYING WHAT A GREAT FRIEND THEY WERE, THAT WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE WEIGHT TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FLORIDA, I BET CHINA FROM VINELAND IN THIS STATE AND WE KICKED OUT UNIVERSITY, WE KICKED OUT THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE OUT OF OUR UNIVERSITY. WE RECOGNIZE THE THREAT AND ACTED SWIFTLY AND DECISIVELY. >> SINCE 2011, DEFENSE SPENDIN , WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THE MONEY AND WHAT WOULD YOU BUILD AND WHAT KIND OF SHIPS TO DETER CHINA FROM ATTACKING TAIWAN'S? >> MAJOR PROBLEM, NUMBER ONE, WE DO NOT HAVE CURRENTLY DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BANK TO ALLOW US TO HAVE THE KIND OF PRODUCTION WE NEED TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE FRANKLY, WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO FIGHT AND ENGAGE IN THREE CONTINENTS AT THE SAME TIME ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO BACK OUR STRONGEST ALLY. IN EASTERN EUROPE, WE HAVE SEEN RESOURCES AND WEAPONRY HELP DEGRADE THE WESTERN MILITARY TOOK THE INDO PACIFIC HAS REAL CHALLENGES THE LONG-TERM THREAT IS CHINA. THE IMMEDIATE THREAT IS THE SOUTHERN BORDER. IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE THE MILITARY TO FIGHT THREE DIFFERENT CONTINENTS AT THE EXACT SAME TIME WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO INVEST HEAVILY IN OUR MILITARY BUT ALSO HAVE TO INVEST HEAVILY IN INDUSTRIAL BASE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE OUR OBJECTIVES FROM THE MILITARY PERSPECTIVE . NOT ONLY WITH THE SHIPS BUT ALSO OUR PLANES. WE ARE SO OLD AS A MILITARY THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO RECALIBRATE, WE WILL HAVE TO INVEST, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO IN MY MAIDEN AMERICA STRATEGY IS TO CREATE 4 MILLION NEW JOBS BY HAVING HIGH- TECH MANUFACTURING COME BACK TO AMERICA, FROM COMPANIES FROM CHINA TO FOCUS OUR TENSION ON TRADING INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION NECESSARY FOR US TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF HAVING A MILITARY THAT IS READY TO BE LETHAL. >> MR. RAMASWAMY, I'M LOOKING FOR SPECIFICS, WHAT WOULD YOU BUILD, WHERE WOULD YOU BUILD IT, WHEN WOULD THEY BE IN THE WATER, HOW BIG WITH THE FLEET GET? FIRST ANSWER, AND THE TOXIC DIVEST TO INVEST PROGRAM. A DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, DECOMMISSIONING SHIPS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, THE FOUNDATION OF WORST ECONOMIC. REBUILD THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE AT HOME. HERE'S THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, OR ACTUAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE DEPENDS ON CHINA FOR THE SUPPLY CHAIN. FOR THE F-35 JETS, THE SHIPS WE ARE BUILDING, THINK ABOUT THIS, WHY ARE WE STOCKPILING THAT IS NOT TO BE STRONG AGAINST OUR ENEMY, CHINA? WE DEPEND ON THEM FOR THAT JUST LIKE WE DEPEND ON THEM FOR PHARMACEUTICALS. JUST LIKE WE DEPEND ON THEM FOR SEMI CONDUCTORS. HERE'S WHY WE CAN'T GET TOUGH WITH CHINA, BECAUSE WE DEPEND ON THEM FOR OUR MODERN WAY OF LIFE AND HAVE TO DECLARE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FROM OUR ENEMY. THAT IS THE DECORATION OF INDEPENDENCE THOMAS JEFFERSON AT THE AGE OF 33, TODAY IF YOU WERE ALIVE, THAT IS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE I WILL SIGN AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT. I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE RON DESANTIS WAS CORRECT ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING NIKKI HALEY'S TOUGH TALK WHEN AMBASSADOR TO THE CALLING CHINA OUR GREAT FRIEND, BRINGING IT TO SOUTH CAROLINA. WHAT YOU LEFT OUT, LOBBYING REDEMPTION IN THE BILL THAT ALLOWED CHINESE NATIONALS TO BUY LAND WITHIN 20 MILE RADIUS OF MILITARY BASE LOBBIED FOR BY ONE OF YOUR DONORS THAT WE HAVE TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE. WE NEED POLITICIANS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE FORCES THAT INCREASE OUR DEPENDENCE ON CHINA TO MY MESSAGE TO XI JINPING IS THIS, YOU'RE DONE VINELAND IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU WILL NOT DONATE TO UNIVERSITY U.S. BUSINESSES WILL NOT EXPAND INTO THE CHINESE MARKET UNTIL YOU PLAY BY THE SIMPLE RULES. MR. RAMASWAMY -- >> YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FINANCIALLY. WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. >> DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER AND PLAN ? I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE NAVAL CAPACITY BY 20% OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. I THINK WE HAVE TO AT MINIMUM ME OUR AGREEMENT STANDARD RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT RISK OF NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO MEET THE AUGUST STANDARDS WITH AUSTRALIA AND THE UK. WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN THAT REVERSES THE STANDARDS OF THE DIVEST INVEST PROGRAM 20% OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS >> GOVERNOR CHRISTIE. >> MY FIRST OBSERVATION IS THAT NOBODY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. MY SECOND OBSERVATION IS THESE THREE IN THE MIDDLE THINK THEY ARE THE ENEMY, I KNOW CHINA IS THE ENEMY AND THAT IS WHERE WE SHOULD FOCUS, LET'S BE CLEAR, THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES IN THIS UNITED STATES NAVY IS THE GREATEST DETERRENCE TO CHINESE AGGRESSION THAT IS THE FIRST PLACE I WOULD GO TO INCREASE AMERICAN NAVAL POWER. ARE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES ARE ABLE TO MOVE STEALTHILY, QUIETLY, AND EFFECTIVELY. IF WE ARE GOING TO DETER CHINA FROM INVADING TAIWAN, THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NUCLEAR SEVERANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA IN THAT AREA AND READY TO STRIKE ON THEM IF THEY DECIDE TO MOVE ON TAIWAN. WE COME AS OUR FIRST PRIORITY, NEED TO GO TO THE NUCLEAR SUBPROGRAM AND INCREASE IT DRASTICALLY. THAT IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. SHIPS WOULD COME NEXT. TO ME, THE SHIPS ARE A SECONDARY CHOICE. THE SUBMARINES ARE THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE USE TO DETER CHINA. THE OTHER THING TO DETER CHINA IS TO LET THEM KNOW THE BLOOD MONEY THEY ARE SPENDING FOR RUSSIA IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. WE SEND HOME WITH HIS TAIL BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND MAKE HIM UNDERSTAND THE SAME FATE WAITS FOR THEM IF THEY DECIDE TO MOVE TOWARD TAIWAN WITH A MORE AGGRESSIVE NUCLEAR SUBPROGRAM, ABLE TO MAKE THAT THREAT REAL. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR KEMP WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF PAUSE AND BE BACK FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE. PLEASE STAY TUNED. >>> WELCOME BACK TO TONIGHT NBC NEWS REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, ONCE AGAIN HERE'S HUGH HEWITT. >> THANK YOU, WE WILL SEE ON CHINA AND TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TIKTOKER LAST WEEK, CONGRESS AND MIKE GALLAGHER, CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH BIPARTISAN SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY PUBLISHED A LONG ESSAY ON TIKTOK FOLLOWING THE FLOODING OF PRO HAMAS BEGAN TO ON THE TED TALK ACCOUNTS ACROSS UNITED STATES. CHAIRMAN GALLAGHER CALLED IT SHOCKING, PREDATORY CONTROLLED BY AMERICA'S PRE-EMINENT ADVERSARY. ONE USE A PUSH PROPAGANDA AND DIVIDE AMERICA IS SPYWARE IN MEANS OF SURVEILLANCE. GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, DO YOU AGREE WITH CHAIRMAN GALLAGHER AND IF SO, WOULD YOU BAN OR FORCE THE SALE OF TED TALK? I 100% AGREE WITH CHAIRMAN GALLAGHER. LET ME SAY THIS, TICKED OFF IS NOT ONLY SPYWARE, IT IS POLLUTING THE MINDS OF AMERICAN YOUNG PEOPLE ALL THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. THEY ARE DOING IT INTENTIONALLY AND WHEN YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST FEW WEEK WITH ALL OF THIS ANTI-SEMITIC HORRIBLE STUFF THEIR ALGORITHMS WERE PUSHING OUT IN GARGANTUAN RATE, THIS IS CHINA TRYING TO FURTHER DIVIDE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG FAILINGS AMONG MANY OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, HE TALKED TOUGH ABOUT TIKTOK. I HEARD HIM DO IT MANY TIMES BUT WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, HE DID NOT BAN THEM WHEN HE COULD HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL NEARLY SIX YEARS OF THIS TYPE OF POISON PUT UP THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, EVEN PUTTING ASIDE THE FINES NOT IN THE STAFF OF AMERICAN PERSONAL DATA AND INFORMATION. IN MY FIRST WEEK AS PRESIDENT, WE WOULD BE IN TIKTOK. THEY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SELL IT, LET THEM SELL IT. ANOTHER REASON WE WOULD DO IT, FACEBOOK IS NOT IN CHINA. X IS NOT IN CHINA. THEY ARE NOT PERMITTING FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES YET WE OPEN THE DOOR AND LET THEM DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. TIKTOK SHOULD BE BANNED BECAUSE THERR.E POISONING AMERICAN MINDS AND I WOULD DO IT WEEK NE. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. I WANT TO GO TO GOVERNOR DESANTIS, WOULD YOU BAN OR FORCE IS THE TIKTOK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT CHINA ALLOWED AMERICAN APPS TO OPERATE IN CHINA? >> YES, I THINK CHINA IS THE TOP THREAT WE FACE. THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE INFILTRATING DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY. MY POLICY ON CHINA AND CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY IS SIMPLE, WE WIN, THEY LOSE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT NOT JUST MILITARY, IT IS ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL. A DAD THAT IS 6'5" AND D.R.E.A.M. ACT-YEAR-OLD, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DATA THEY ARE GETTING FROM YOUNG PEOPLE AND DOING TO POLLUTE THE MINDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THESE DEVICES AND HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN, I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS ARE LOOKING, HARD TO KEEP IT OUT, CHINA IS THE MOST EXTREME BUT THIS IS HAPPENING WITH OTHER THINGS SO WE WILL DO THAT AND MAKE SURE TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FULL-SPECTRUM APPROACH TO BE ABLE TO FEND OFF CHINA. YES, MILITARY DETERRENCE, ECONOMIC DECOUPLING COULD ALSO THEIR ROLE IN OUR CULTURE. IF WE IGNORE THAT, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WIN THE FIGHT. AMBASSADOR HALEY, SPEAK TO THE PARENTS, TIKTOK APPS ON HALF THE PHONES IN THIS AUDITORIUM. >> NO, I WILL SPEAK TO THE FACT TWO PEOPLE HIT ME AND DID NOT LET ME RESPOND. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CHINESE LAND FROM 10 YEARS AGO, YES, I BOUGHT A FIBERGLASS COMPANY 10 YEARS AGO TO SOUTH CAROLINA. RON, YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT AS OF LAST WEEK SAID, FLORIDA IS THE IDEAL PLACE FOR CHINESE BUSINESSES. NOT ONLY THAT, YOU HAVE A COMPANY THAT IS MANUFACTURER OF CHINESE MILITARY PLANES. YOU HAVE IT, THEY ARE EXPANDING TO TRAINING SITES AT 20 OF YOUR AIRPORT, ONE IS 12 MILES AWAY FROM A NAVAL BASE. THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMPANY EXPANDING AND THEY WERE JUST INVADED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. MINE WAS 10 YEARS AGO. >> YOU GAVE IT TO THEM, I DID NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING. >> I ABOLISHED THAT AGENCY SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. ENTERPRISE FLORIDA, WE ABOLISHED IT. >> NO, HE SCRIPTED THE WEBSITE. HE SCRUBBED THOUGH WEBSITE LAST WEEK. >> MR. RAMASWAMY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, YOU CAMPAIGN ON TIKTOK, HEIDI GET IT BANNED IF YOU USE IT? I WANT TO LAUGH AT WHY NIKKI HALEY DID NOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, LOOKING AT FAMILIES IN THE EYE. USING TIKTOK, HER DAUGHTER USING YOU FOR A LONG TIME, TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY FIRST. LEAVE MY DAUGHTER OUT OF YOUR VOICE. >> THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS ARE HERE IS THE TRUTH. IT'S TO SAY THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO JUST BAN ONE, WE HAVE TO BAN ANY U.S. COMPANY TRANSFERRING U.S. DATA TO THE CHINESE. HERE'S A STORY MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. AIRBNB HANDS OVER U.S. USER DATA TODAY'S CCP. THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH REPUBLICANS THAT TEMPORARILY GO THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS, PRETEND TO BE TOUGH ON CHINA. YOU CAN'T BE FAIR WEATHER FANS. GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE. EVEN U.S. COMPANIES IN SILICON VALLEY ARE REGULARLY DOING IT. CUT THE VIRTUE SIGNALING. DEMOCRATS ARE ON TIKTOK. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHO IS PUTTING OUT CONTENT THE WAY THE ALGORITHMS WORK. >> NIKKI HALEY. >> STOP U.S. COMPANIES. OVER DATA TO CHINESE COMPANIES. >> THE MODERATORS DON'T GET TO RESPOND TO PERSONAL ATTACKS BUT YOU DO. >> THANK YOU. HE DOESN'T KNOW THE REASON CHINA WAS PRAISED BECAUSE I NEGOTIATED NORTH KOREA GENERATION THAT IS LITERALLY REASON AREAS TESTING BALLISTIC MISSILES, SO I SAID CHINA DID GOOD ON THEIR PART. >> THOSE ARE YOUR WORDS, NOT MINE. OWN UP TO IT. DON'T LIE TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT. >> I HAVE BEEN STRONG, IN UNITED NATIONS, EVERY DAY I THOUGHT CHINA AND I DID IT BY MAKING SURE THAT NO ON ONE -- I DID IT BY MAKING SURE WE CALLED E EM OUT ON HUMAN COU GET ANY AGENCY HAD IN THE U.N., I DID IT BY MAKING SURE THAT WE CALL THEM OUT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, I DID IT BY MAKING SURE THAT WE HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE ON EVERYTHING THEY DID. THAT'S THE REASON WE GOT OUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL. I HAVE, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO SAY. >> IT'S YOUR TURN, VIVEK RAMASWAMY. EVERYBODY ELSE IS HANGING ON . SENATOR SCOTT? >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU CLAPPING FOR ME ALREADY. THIS IS WONDERFUL. I LOVE THIS CROWD. WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS BEEN TIKTOK, PERIOD. WE SAW UNDER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE TRIED TO BEEN TIKTOK TWICE AND WAS STRUCK DOWN. IF YOU CANNOT BEEN TIKTOK, YOU SHOULD ELIMINATE THE CHINESE PRESENCE ON THE OP, PERIOD. WE SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE, WE GIVE PARENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR KID PERMISSION UNDER 14 TO BE ON THOSE APPS. I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS AMERICANS TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF THE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY OF OUR KIDS. WHERE DOES IT GO? WE SHOULD KNOW THAT. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE GET TO KNOW THAT IS PARENTAL CONSENT. IF WE CAN ELIMINATE TIKTOK, THAT IS THE FIRST STEP BUT IT'S NOT JUST TIKTOK. CHINA CONTINUES TO SPY ON OUR KIDS, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE THE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLKIT TO STOP CHINA FROM BUYING FARMLAND NEAR ARBY'S. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY STOP STEALING OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. THEY ARE LITERALLY STEALING OUR IP TO COMPETE AGAINST US. MY ADMINISTRATION, WE STOPPED THAT DAY ONE AND WE STARTED MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE SIX- FIGURE INCOMES FOR JOBS MADE IN AMERICA. >> THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO TALK ABOUT VENEZUELA . MANY IMMIGRANTS ARE SETTLING RIGHT HERE, IN FLORIDA. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE TAKEN DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE REGIME WITH LITTLE RESULTS. NUMBER PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON VENEZUELA IN FACT ONE OF HIS RIVALS. RESIDENT BIDEN TEMPORARILY EASED THE SANCTIONS TO ENCOURAGE REFORM. GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, D.C. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN VENEZUELA AS A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT WOULD YOUR APPROACH BE? >> WE SHOULD NEVER ALLY -- RELY ON VENEZUELA FOR OIL. I'M GOING TO UNLEASH ALL OF AMERICA'S ENERGY POTENTIAL ON DAY ONE, TAKING ALL THE BIDEN REGULATIONS, THE GREEN NEW DEAL, RIPPING IT UP AND THROWING IT IN THE TRASH CAN WHERE IT BELONGS. WE ARE GOING TO LOWER YOUR GAS PRICES AND CREATE JOBS, LOWER ENERGY COST AND WE WILL BE MORE ENERGY INDEPENDENT AND SECURE. MIDLAND OVER MOSCOW, AND WE WILL CHOOSE BODY DOWN OVER BEIJING. THAT IS GOOD FOR AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY. BIDEN'S GREEN NEW DEAL IS GOOD FOR VENEZUELA, GOOD FOR RUSSIA, GOOD FOR IRAN, AND GOOD FOR CHINA. I WOULD TURN THE SCREWS ON THE VENEZUELAN REGIME AS IT THE CORRUPT DICTATORIAL REGIME AND WE SHOULD NEVER GO BEGGING FOR OIL FROM THEM. SPEC TO BE CLEAR, WOULD YOU REIMPOSE SANCTIONS? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY? >> I SAID ON SIMON BOULEVARD BRIDGE AND WATCH THOUSANDS OF VENEZUELANS FOR HOURS IN THE HOT SUN HOLDING THEIR BABIES TO GET THE ONE YOU THEY MIGHT GET. THEY WERE FLEEING SOCIALISM AND BEGGING FOR FREEDOM. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SANCTION MADERA. WE SHOULD NOT BE GETTING DIRTY OIL AND BIO -- BIDEN TOOK AWAY TEMPORARY PRIORITY STATUS. ON THE ENERGY SIDE, IT CRACKS ME UP THAT RON CONTINUES TO DO THIS. HE OPPOSED FRACKING, OPPOSED DRILLING, LAST TIME HE SAID IT WAS NOT TRUE AND EVERYBODY FOUND OUT IT WAS TRUE AND HE OPPOSED IT BEFORE PHOTOS ORDERS -- FLORIDA VOTERS VOTED ON AND YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR AND ACT LIKE YOU WERE NOT A LIBERAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. YOU ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, OWN IT. DON'T KEEP SAYING YOU ARE SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT. >> LET ME RESPOND. OUR WHOLE ENERGY PLAN, YOU CANNOT GET TO SHALE WITHOUT FRACKING. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO FRACK SO I DISAGREE WITH NIKKI HALEY, I DO NOT THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO DRILL IN THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES AND MOST FLORIDIANS AGREE. LIKE YOU BAND FRACKING. THANK YOU. >> LET'S TURN TO ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FOR VOTERS, THE ECONOMY. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU. AND IOWA VOTER TOLD NBC NEWS, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESTART WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK? YOU SAID THE BEST WAY TO DEAL IS COVER -- CUT GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND THAT TAKES TIME AND AMERICANS ARE STRUGGLING NOW. TIM SCOTT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO THE MOMENT YOU TAKE OFFICE TO HELP AMERICANS MANAGE THE COST OF LIVING? SHORT TERM. >> MY MOTHER WAS A SINGLE MOTHER WHO RAISED ME AND MY BROTHER IN A VERY CHALLENGING ECONOMIC SITUATION. THE FIRST THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WHEN YOUR GAS PRICES ARE 40% HIGHER THAN JUST TWO YEARS AGO, THAT WAS NOT A PROBLEM FOR MY MAMA, THAT WAS A CRISIS. I WOULD SIGN THE XL KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND SEARCHING RESOURCES FLOW. MAKE SURE THERE IS CERTAINTY AND PREDICTABILITY, SO THAT THOSE FOLKS WOULD HAVE THE CERTAINTY OF PREDICTABILITY TO GO AHEAD AND BE ENERGY INDEPENDENT. WE SHOULD FOCUS NOT JUST ON BEING CONSIDERED INDEPENDENT, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE ENERGY DOMINANT. COUNTRY ON WE CAN REDUCE THE PRICE OF ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY IF WE FOCUS ON BUILD HERE, DO NOT BORROW FROM CHINA. THAT INCREASEDION NEW -- CAN S IN THINCREASEFFER 10 MILLION NEW JOBS, WITH INNOVATION, MANUFACTURING, AND ENERGY ECONOMY. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS AMERICANS TO ACTUALLY EXPORT THE SURPLUS ENERGY THAT WE CREATE IN OUR NATION AND DISCONNECT FROM CHINA AND FROM MURDERERS TO HATERS AND TYRANTS AROUND THE WORLD. >> LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THE IDEA OF PUMPING GAS IN THE PIPELINE, THAT DOES NOT PUT GAS CHEAPER, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU BECOME PRESIDENT, WHAT CAN YOU DO SPECIFICALLY TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE SITUATION OR BE BETTER? >> IT DOES, TO BE HONEST. WITH THE WAY THE ECONOMY WORKS, THE ABILITY TO ANTICIPATE EXCESS OF SUPPLY VERSUS DEMAND. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, CONFIDENCE DRIVES OUR PRICES DOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE WILL BE A SURPLUS AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR THOSE TO HAVE THE LEASES TO DRILL AND START USING THOSE LEASES FOR MORE ENERGY EXCAVATION. YOU PUT OUR ECONOMY IN THE STRONGEST POSITION AND AS A RESULT, PRICES GO DOWN. THAT'S THE KIND OF ECONOMY THAT AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I WOULD LEAD THIS NATION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE FIRST USE THE RESOURCES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AND NOT GO OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTRY TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVES. THIS REMINDS US THAT THE BORROWER IS SLAVE TO THE LENDER. WE HAVE BECOME AN INDENTURED SERVANT TO COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA. BY HAVING AN ENERGY ECONOMY, WE START ALLOWING THIS NATION TO ONCE AGAIN RETURN. >> LET ME ASK THE SAME QUESTION TO GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS. SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, THAT WOULD PUT US ON BETTER ECONOMIC FOOTING RIGHT AWAY. >> I STARTED WORKING IN A MINIMUM WAGE JOB, SIX DOLLARS AN HOUR AS AN ELECTRICIAN THIS STENT AND I HAVE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO GET THROUGH SCHOOL AND I DID THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT AMERICA, YOU WORK HARD TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR GOD-GIVEN ABILITY, YOU CAN GET AHEAD AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, MANY OF YOU ARE WORKING HARD AND FALLING FURTHER AND FURTHER BEHIND. I MET PEOPLE IN IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE BURDENS THEY ARE FACING AND I HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THE SAME STORY. WHEN THEY GO GROCERY SHOPPING, WHAT THEY NOW DO IS THEY FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE OUT OF THE CART ONCE IT'S RINGING UP BECAUSE IT RINGS UP SO MUCH FASTER AND SO MUCH HIGHER AT THE CASH REGISTER THAT THEY CANNOT BOARD THE FULL CART OF GROCERIES ANYMORE. WE HAVE TO RESTORE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THIS COUNTRY. WHAT CAN YOU DO ON DAY ONE? I AM GOING TO TAKE ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, THE REGULATIONS, EVERYTHING INVOLVING BIDEN ECONOMICS AND RIP IT UP AND THROW IT IN THE TRASH CAN ON DAY ONE WHERE IT BELONGS. THAT WOULD GIVE THE ECONOMY BREATHING ROOM AND I'M ALSO GOING TO RAIN IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE. THEY HAVE HELPED TO CREATE, WITH THEIR RECKLESS MONETARY POLICY, WHAT WE HAVE FACED SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THEY BOTCHED IT, CONGRESS BOTCHED IT, BOTH PARTIES ARE TO BLAME THEY SHOULD FOCUS ON STABLE PRICES. THEY ARE NOT AN ECONOMIC CENTRAL PLANNER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> VIVEK RAMASWAMY, WEIGH IN. IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS IN THE SHORT TERM. >> SEL THE ECONOMIC QUESTION IS CORE TO MY POLICY. INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF EVERYTHING. THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND. INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY TO BRING DOWN THE COST AND GROW THE ECONOMY. DRILL, FRACK, BURN COAL, EMBRACE NUCLEAR AND IT CREATES THE SUPPLY OF LABOR. STOP USING TAXPAYER MONEY TO PAY PEOPLE MORE TO STAY AT HOME INSTEAD OF TO GO TO WORK. INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING. PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT THIS, THE LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS ARE CONSTRICTING THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING WHICH IS MAKING HOUSING MORE EXPENSIVE FOR ORDINARY AMERICANS. THAT'S THE ANSWER. IT TAKES A CEO IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO ACTUALLY UNDERSTANDS THIS TO GET THIS DONE BECAUSE AMERICANS AT HOME KNOW THAT BIDEN ECONOMICS LIVE. PRICES GO UP, INTEREST RATE TO BUY YOUR HOME GOES UP, WAGES REMAIN FLAT. THAT IS THE HARD DIAGNOSIS FOR OUR ECONOMY AND THIS IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST OUR ECONOMY. AS A MEMBER OF MY GENERATION, AND 38, THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO EVER RUN FOR U.S. PRESIDENT AS A REPUBLICAN. THE REASON MY GENERATION HAS LOST HER SENSE OF NATIONAL PRIDE IS BECAUSE PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION FEEL LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM. PART OF THE REASON IS WE BURDEN THEM. PEOPLE WILL BE MORE PROUD OF A COUNTRY IF WE ARE ALL MAKING MORE MONEY IN THAT COUNTRY. THIS IS HOW WE REVIVE NATIONAL PRIDE AND IDENTITY AND IT WILL TAKE A CEO IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH ZERO-BASED BUDGETING. >> LET ME TURN TO GOVERNOR CHRISTIE. >> PART OF THE ENTIRE PREMISE, AND I AGREE WITH TIM, ABSOLUTELY, ENERGY IS KEY BECAUSE IT DRIVES EVERYONE OF THOSE OTHER PRICES. FOOD GET TO YOUR GROCERY STORE, HOW TRUCKERS PAY FOR FUEL, AND WHEN YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU TELL PEOPLE, WE ARE GOING TO UNLEASH EVERY BIT OF AMERICAN ENERGY, EVERY BIT OF ITS POTENTIAL, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE MARKET? PRICES GO DOWN BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE THAT THE BIDEN PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE ARE THOSE WHO ARE BIDDING THIS UP. IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MAKING SURE THAT ISRAEL AND THE ISRAEL SITUATION THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW CAN RESOLVE AND RESOLVE QUICKLY, BRING STABILITY BACK, IT WILL NOT PERMIT COUNTRIES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO JACK THE PRICES UP AS WELL AND WHAT THEY SAY IS A RESPONSE TO A CRISIS AND THE RESPONSE PUTTING MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKET. ISRAEL MUST BE DEFENDED, NOT WITH HUMANITARIAN PAUSES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A CEASE-FIRE, BUT LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE WILL SUPPLY THEM WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED WHICH WILL BRING STABILITY. ENERGY IS THE KEY AND IT'S WHAT EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY NEEDS. WE NEED TO DO THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST. THAT IS THE SHORT-TERM ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. AMBASSADOR HALEY, LET AMERICAN RURAL COMMUNITIES ARE BEING SQUEEZED BY INFLATION. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, WITH RURAL HOUSEHOLD. HOW WOULD YOU SPECIFICALLY HELP WORLD AMERICANS SUFFERING RIGHT NOW? >> I'M A PRODUCT OF RURAL AMERICA, GREW UP IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ARE SEEING, THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER AND THE POOR ARE GETTING POORER AND WE HAVE TO START BEEFING UP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS ELIMINATE THE FEDERAL GAS TAX. WE WILL CUT TAXES ON THE MIDDLE CLASS BUT WE HAVE TO STOP THE SPENDING THAT HAPPENING BY REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE PULL BACK THE $500 BILLION OF UNSPENT COLOR DOLLARS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WE WILL GO AFTER THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COVID FRAUD THAT EXISTS, ONE OUT OF EVERY SEVEN DOLLARS AND WE WILL TOP THE BAR AND ELIMINATE THE EARMARK AND I WILL VETO ANY SPENDING BILL THAT DOES NOT GO BACK TO PRE COVID BATTLES -- LEVELS DID THAT WILL CUT CHILEANS. WE ALSO NEED TO BE NOT ENERGY INDEPENDENT, ENERGY DOMINANT. WE ARE BLESSED WITH RESOURCES. NO ONE SHOULD GIVE YOU A NUMBER ON THE AMOUNT OF SHIPS IS BECAUSE IN A FEW YEARS, OUR INTEREST EXPENSE IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN OUR DEFENSE POLICY. NO ONE CAN GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER REALISTICALLY WITHOUT FIRST TACKLING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. IT WOULD BE A FALSE NUMBER TO GIVE YOU THAT. THIS IS A CRISIS. IT'S A NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN . IF WE DO NOT DEAL WITH WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT INTEREST EXPENSE IN A FEW YEARS, WE WILL LOOK LIKE JAPAN AND WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN. >> THANK YOU. >> AMERICANS CAN SEE THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS DRASTICALLY CUT IN THE NEXT DECADE AS THE PROGRAM IS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY. NUMBER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD REPUBLICANS CUT IT. GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, YOU HAVE PROPOSED RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE FOR YOUNGER AMERICANS. WHAT WOULD THAT AGE BE AND WOULD YOU CONSIDER MAKING ANY OTHER REFORM? >> SURE, AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. IF WE RAISE THE ENTIRE -- RETIREMENT AGE A FEW YEARS FOLKS IN THEIR 30s AND 40s, I HAVE SONS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE 30. IF YOU CANNOT ADJUST FOR A FEW YEAR INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 40 YEARS, I BIGGER PROBLEMS WITH HIM THAN HIS SOCIAL SECURITY. THE FACT IS THAT WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC. THERE ARE ONLY THREE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER SOCIAL SECURITY CAN STOP OR NOT. THAT'S IT. WE ARE OVERTAXED IN THIS COUNTRY . ELIGIBILITY, ALSO. I DO NOT KNOW, IF YOU ARE WATCHING, WARREN, I DON'T KNOW IF WARREN BUFFETT HAS COLLECTED SOCIAL SECURITY BUT IF HE IS, SHAME ON YOU. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WE DO NOT GET A DIRECT BENEFIT FROM. FOOD STAMPS IS ONE. FORTUNATELY I HAVE NEVER HAD TO HAVE MY FAMILY ON FOOD STAMPS BUT I'M GLAD IT'S THERE SO THAT NO ONE IN THIS COUNTRY GOES TO BED HUNGRY AT NIGHT IF THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY OF THAT PROGRAM. THE FACT IS ON SOCIAL SECURITY, NET PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT NY NET PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WOULD GROW OLD IN THIS COUNTRY IN POVERTY AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO. RICH PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SPECIFIC AGE? >> THAT'S THE POWER OF NEGOTIATION WITH CONGRESS AND I AM NOT STARTING TO NEGOTIATE UNTIL I GET THERE. >> NIKKI HALEY, LET ME HAVE YOU WEIGH IN. YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE OPEN TO RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE. HAVE YOU DETERMINED WHAT THAT IT WOULD BE SPECIFICALLY? >> ANY CANDIDATE THAT TELLS YOU THEY WILL NOT TAKE ON RETIREMENT IS NOT BEING SERIOUS. SOCIAL SECURITY WILL GO BANKRUPT IN 10 YEARS, MEDICARE AND EIGHT. YOU HAVE RON DeSANTIS AND TRUMP JOINING BIDEN AND PELOSI SAYING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING. WE NEED TO KEEP OUR PROMISES. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PROMISED SHOULD KEEP IT. MY KIDS IN THEIR 20s, YOU CHANGE THE RETIREMENT AGE COMMENTS OF COST OF LIVING, WE SHOULD INCREASE BASED ON INFLATION. WE SHOULD LIMIT BENEFITS ON THE WEALTHY. LIMIT THE BENEFIT ON THE WEALTHY AND EXPAND MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS, SENIORS LOVE THAT, AND LET DO THAT SO THEY CAN HAVE MORE COMPETITION AND THAT IS HOW WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT AND START TO PAY DOWN THE DEBT. >> CAN YOU GIVE ME A SPECIFIC AGE? MIKE YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH CHRIS. IT'S GOING TO BE THOSE IN THEIR 20s JUST COMING INTO THE SYSTEM AND AS YOU REFLECT LIFE EXPECTANCY. >> VIVEK RAMASWAMY, HAVE YOU DETERMINED IF YOU WOULD TOUCH ENTITLEMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY? >> THIS IS IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE WORKING, IN THE LAST WINDOW I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHILE LEAVING THOSE BENEFITS INTACT. THE OTHER CANDIDATES ASSUME IT CAN'T BE DONE AND HER MOUTH ASSUMES THAT $7 TRILLION OF OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS GOING TO FIGHT WARS IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. OUR NATIONAL DEBT WOULD BE $26 TRILLION RIGHT NOW. THEN YOU GO TO ZERO-BASED BUDGETING, WHICH I HAVE PROPOSED AS A CEO AND IT'S HOW I RUN BUSINESSES. MANY DO NOT USE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AS A BASELINE. START WITH ZERO AS THE BASELINE AND ASK WHAT IS ACTUALLY NECESSARY. 75% HEADCOUNT REDUCTION IS SEVERE IN THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES IN THAT BUREAUCRACY, SHUT DOWN THE DUNGEON -- REDUNDANT AGENCIES, DELIVER ECONOMIC GROWTH. GET A 5% GDP GROWTH TO TAKE THE REGULATORY SHACKLES OFF OF OUR ECONOMY. AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, THIS IS OUR LAST, BEST WINDOW TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH THOSE MEASURES INCLUDING SACRIFICING THE BLOOD FIRST -- BLOODTHIRSTY MEMBERS, AND THAT REQUIRES DISTANCE. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING, WITH THE NATIONAL DEBT PER CAPITA. THIS IS OUR LAST WINDOW AND IT WILL TAKE A CEO FROM THE NEXT GENERATION. >> TIM SCOTT, GO AHEAD AND WEIGH IN. >> THE BOTTOM LINE IS A SIMPLE ONE. WE HAVE TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY AND CUT SPENDING. MY MAMA AND EVERY OTHER MAMA OR GRANDMOTHER RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY, I WILL PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY. WE SPENT $1.1 TRILLION OF SOCIAL SECURITY, $750 BILLION IN MEDICARE, $330 BILLION ON MEDICAID, $1.7 TRILLION. IF WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY TAINT THIS TIGER, THE WAY YOU DO IT IS NOT BY TAKING ON SENIORS WHO HAVE PAID INTO A PROGRAM THAT DESERVE THEIR MONEY COMING BACK OUT TO THEM. THE WAY YOU DEAL WITH THIS IS YOU HAVE TO GROW YOUR ECONOMY. MADE IN AMERICA, RAISE JOBS, AND BY DOING SO YOU HAD TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE TREASURY. WHEN WE CUT TAXES IN 2017, EVERYBODY SAID, GUESS WHAT? IN 2018, WHAT HAPPENED? REVENUE WENT UP AND THEN NEXT YEAR, IT WENT UP BY ANOTHER 30%. THAT APPROACH STILL WORKS. THE LOWER THE TAX, THE HIGHER THE REVENUE AND IF WE ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH IT, WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BACK TO PRE-2020, PRE-COVERED LEVELS OF SPENDING WHICH WILL SAVE HALF $1 TRILLION. BY DOING THAT, WE PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MANDATORY SPENDING. >> WOULD YOU RAISE THE RETIREMENT AGE? OR DO YOU RULE THAT OUT? >> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO A FARM IN IOWA. WATCH THE HARD WORK, THE DEDICATION. >> YES OR NO? BE MET TO LISTEN TO THIS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THE MORE PHYSICAL YOUR LABOR, A YEAR OR TWO OR THREE MORE IS ACTUALLY CHALLENGING YOUR BODY. WE MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE BUT FOR THOSE FARMERS, THEY WORK NIGHT AND DAY. >> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE AND HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH IT SOCIAL SECURITY? >> I KNOW A FEW PEOPLE ON SOCIAL SECURITY. I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT. MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED TO 91 AND A SOCIAL SECURITY WAS HER ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME AND THAT IS TRUE FOR A LOT OF SENIORS BUT I SAY TO SENIORS IN AMERICA, PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH WITH WRITING PRICES AND YOU NEED THAT SOCIAL SECURITY. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO SHORE UP SOCIAL SECURITY? ONE OF THE THINGS CAUSING PROBLEM IS INFLATION. WE HAVE TO REDUCE INFLATION. AND YOU HAVE HIGHER INFLATION, SENIORS GET A COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT WHICH MEANS THE PROGRAM IS SPENDING MORE BUT DOES NOT COVER THE INCREASE IN THE INFLATION RATE. WE DO NEED TO GET TO 3% GROWTH. YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SOLVE THE BUDGET WITHOUT IT BUT CONGRESS, FOR DECADES, TOOK MONEY FROM SOCIAL SECURITY. SOCIAL SECURITY WOULD HAVE MORE TAX REVENUE AND THEY WOULD TAKE IT AND WRITE AN IOU TO SOCIAL SECURITY. CONGRESS HAS DIRTY HANDS ON THIS. I WOULD FORCE CONGRESS TO STOP SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY AND ONE THING, THE RETIREMENT AGE IS SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED. LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE UNITED STATES IS DECLINING. >> SO YES OR NO? >> WHEN LIFE EXPECTANCY IS DECLINING, I DO NOT SEE HOW YOU CAN RAISE IT THE OTHER DIRECTION BUT WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THIS COUNTRY. >> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, THANK YOU. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER A QUICK BREAK FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. OM MIAMI, FLORIDA. >>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON NBC NEWS. >> WHEN NBC NEWS TALKS TO VOTERS AND I TALK TO VOTERS, THEY SAY THAT THE BORDER IS A TOP ISSUE. THAT CAN MEAN A LOT, 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO CROSS ILLEGALLY LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 150 ARREST OF PEOPLE ON THE TERROR WATCH LIST, THE BURDEN ON STATES OF HAVING MIGRANTS MOVE INTO THEIR STATES FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN BORDER, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OPIOIDS SPECIFICALLY AND FENTANYL. SENATOR SCOTT, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS HAVE SUFFERED A DEATH IN THEIR FAMILY AND YOUNGER PEOPLE SOMETIMES DIE FROM ONE PILL. WHAT CAN YOU DO AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF ON THE FIRST DAY TO STOP FENTANYL AND THE WATERFALL? >> WE SHOULD CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. $2 BILLION CAN CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER AND $5 BILLION ADDITIONALLY CAN USE THE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MILITARY TECHNOLOGY TO SURVEIL OUR SOUTHERN BORDER TO STOP FENTANYL FROM CROSSING OUR BORDER. I HAVE ALREADY LED ON LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SANCTION THE MEXICAN CARTEL. THE PRECURSORS COME FROM CHINA. THEY ARE MANUFACTURED IN MEXICAN LABS, AND THE MEXICAN CARTEL BRINGS THEM ACROSS THE BORDER. BY SANCTIONING THE ACCOUNTS AND LIMITING THEIR CASH WE STARVE THEM OF WHAT THEY NEED, CLOSING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER MAKES IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET IN. THE MILITARY HAS GREAT TECHNOLOGY AND THE BACKUP MAKING SURE THAT WE NOT ONLY STOP 70,000 DEATHS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS BECAUSE OF FENTANYL, AND IT ALLOWS US TO DEAL WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE TRAVESTY ENTERING OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE GOING TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH THE OVERDOSE DEATHS IN OUR COUNTRY AND THE 70,000 DIRECTLY LINKED TO FENTANYL. WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUR PORT OF ENTRY AND DEAL WITH OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. IF WE DO THAT OBJECTIVELY, WE DO SEE THE CHALLENGE FROM THE OUTSIDE AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CHALLENGE ON THE INSIDE IN THIS CRISIS. >> SENATOR SCOTT JUST MENTIONED THAT THIS IS BEEN SEIZED AT THE PORT OF ENTRY. YOU HAVE TAKEN ON CARTELS. CAN IT REALLY BE DONE QUICKLY? >> IT CAN BE. THE FIRST WAY IS EXACTLY AS YOU SUGGESTED, PORT OF ENTRY. WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS EVERY TOOL AT THEIR DISPOSAL AND DAY ONE, I WOULD SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO SEND THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PARTNER WITH THE BORDER PATROL AT PORTS OF ENTRY AND THE OPEN PORTS OF OUR BORDER. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE OVERWHELMED WITH 200,000 ENCOUNTERS IN THE LAST 11 MONTHS AND WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWER OF THE BORDER TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH IT. DEALING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOU ARE RIGHT, WE CAN DO IT, YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO DO AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOOLS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OF. >> WE NEED TO LOWER DEMAND IN THIS COUNTRY AND THE WAY TO LOWER DEMAND IS TO START TREATING PEOPLE AGAIN. WE STARTED TO DO THIS BEFORE COVID AND WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH. FOR EVERY FAMILY OUT THERE, WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE TO FENTANYL OR ANY OTHER OPIOID OVERDOSE, ALL YOU WANT IS A CHANCE FOR THEM TO WIN THEIR LIVESTOCK. WE ARE GOING TO CALL THIS WHAT IT IS. HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, AND THE OTHER DISEASE LIKE CANCER THAT CAN BE TREATED, SHOULD BE TREATED. >> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS, YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT USING UNITED STATES FORCES TO ATTACK THE CARTEL. HOW OFTEN, HOW MANY, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> I WAS SPEAKING TO A FATHER WHO LOST HIS SON TO FENTANYL OVERDOSE. HIS SON WAS NOT A DRUG ADDICT. HE HAD TAKEN SOME PILLS THAT HAD TO BE -- HAPPENED TO BE LACED WITH FENTANYL AND THE PAIN OF LOSING A CHILD IS AS BAD AS IT GETS, BUT SALT IN THE WOUND IS THAT THE ELITES IN D.C. DO NOT CARE WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY DO NOT CARE THAT WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FEWER DEATHS WITH FENTANYL POURING IN. THEY ARE NOT TAKING THE ACTION. WE NEED TO DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY I WOULD SEND U.S. MILITARY TO THE BORDER, STOP THE INVASION, DEPORT PEOPLE WHO CAME ILLEGALLY, AND I AM GOING TO BUILD THE BORDER WALL AND HAVE MEXICO PAY FOR IT LIKE DONALD TRUMP PROMISED. MEXICO WON'T FORK OVER MONEY, WE WILL SEE THE REMITTANCES OF FOREIGN WORKERS ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO RAISE THE MONEYUNT. WE WILL DESIGNATE THE CARTEL AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION OR SOMETHING SIMILAR AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND HAVE MARITIME OPERATIONS TO INTERCEPT PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AND I TELL YOU THIS, IF SOMEONE IN THE DRUG CARTEL IS SEEKING -- SNEAKING FENTANYL ACROSS THE BORDER, IT'S THE LAST THING THAT WE DO. WE WILL SHOOT THEM STONE COLD DEAD. >> AMBASSADOR HALEY. IF UNITED STATES USES SPECIAL FORCES WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICES, WHAT WOULD YOUR COLLEAGUES AT THE UNITED NATIONS THINK? >> I DON'T CARE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES AT THE UNITED NATIONS SAY. WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS FIRST OF ALL, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SOURCE. WE HAVE LOST MORE AMERICANS THAN THE VIETNAM, AFGHAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRAQ WARS COMBINED. WE LOST 75,000 AMERICANS LAST YEAR. GO TO THE SOURCE. IT'S THE REASON I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY THAT WE WILL STOP UNTIL THEY STOP MURDERING AMERICANS. I WILL SEND SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO TAKE OUT THE CARTEL. WE NEED TO GO TO WHERE THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING, WHERE THE SUPPLY CENTERS ARE AND TAKE THEM OUT. WE WILL PUT 25,000 MORE BORDER PATROL AND I.C.E. AGENTS ON THE GROUND AND LET THEM DO THEIR JOB. WE WILL DEFUND SANCTUARY CITIES, WE WILL GO BACK TO THAT POLICY SO THAT EVERYONE STAYS IN MEXICO AND THEY NEVER GET HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WE WILL GO TO CATCH AND RELEASE, INSTEAD OF CATCH AND RELEASE, CATCH AND DEPORT. THAT IS THE WAY WE DEAL WITH THE BORDER. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT I AGREE WITH CHRIS, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION CENTERS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR COUNTRY TERRIBLY BECAUSE WE DO NOT DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT GET CARE FOR MENTAL HEALTH FALLS INTO ADDICTION AND WE OWE IT TO THEM TO TREAT IT LIKE THE CANCER IT IS. >> VIVEK RAMASWAMY, SPECIAL FORCES IN MEXICO, SHOOT THEM DEAD AT THE BORDER? >> WITH HOW WE TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE, I HAVE MET MANY PARENTS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY WHO HAVE LOST THEIR KID TO LEASE PHARMACEUTICALS THAT HAVE FENTANYL. I THINK WE WOULD BE ON THE SAME PAGE, I WOULDN'T CALL THAT AN OVERDOSE. IT'S NOT. THAT IS POISONING. YOU PUT FENTANYL AND A BIG MAC, WE WOULD NOT CALL THAT AN OVERDOSE. CALL IT WHAT IT IS. IT'S BIOTERRORISM AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT UNIQUELY RELATES TO THIS CRISIS, BUT DOES WARRANT MORE AGGRESSIVE MEANS TO DEAL WITH IT. THERE'S A NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN MEXICO IN 2024, THERE WILL BE SOMEONE NEW TO THEIR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS BEEN A DISASTER. GET OUT OF THE WAY. THERE WILL BE SOMEONE ELSE IN CHARGE. I HOPE TO BUILD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF MEXICO AND WE WILL USE OUR OWN MILITARY TO SEAL OUR OWN BORDER. WE NEED TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT BORDERS HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD. THE OTHER THING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED, I'M THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE WHO IS -- HAS VISITED THE NORTHERN BORDER. THERE WAS ENOUGH FENTANYL WE CAPTURED LAST YEAR TO KILL 3 MILLION AMERICANS. WE HAVE TO GET TO TO WHERE THE PUCK IS GOING AND NOT JUST WHERE IT IS. DON'T BUILD JUST ONE WALL, BUILD BOTH. USE THE MILITARY TO SEAL THE TUNNELS THEY ARE BUILDING UNDERNEATH THE WALL. GET THE JOB DONE. >> THANK YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION RESULTS. ABORTION-RIGHTS SUPPORTERS SAW VICTORIES IN OHIO AND VIRGINIA FOLLOWING EARLIER WINS IN DATES LIKE KANSAS AND KENTUCKY. HOW DO YOU SEE THE PATH FORWARD FOR REPUBLICANS ON THIS ISSUE? >> I STAND FOR A CULTURE OF LIFE AND UNDERSTAND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE GIVES IT A SHOT. I AM REMINDED OF A STORY OF A YOUNG MOTHER WHO WAS STRUGGLING IN JAMAICA 40 YEARS AGO, SHE WAS COUNSELED AND DID -- TOLD NOT TO HAVE THE BABY BECAUSE THE BABY WAS POOR AND SHE CAME CLOSE TO AN ABORTION BUT DECIDED TO HAVE THE BABY AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT STORY IS BECAUSE THAT BABY GIRL ENDED UP EMIGRATING TO FLORIDA AND BECOMING A LAWYER AND A JUDGE AND I APPOINTED HER TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT IN AUGUST OF 2022. WE ARE BETTER OFF WHEN WE CAN PROMOTE A CULTURE OF LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME I UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE STATES ARE DOING IT DIFFERENT BUT TEXAS WON'T DO IT THE SAME AS NEW HAMPSHIRE, IOWA WON'T DO IT THE SAME AS VIRGINIA. YOU HAVE TO WORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP AND YOU HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB ON THE REFERENDUM. I THINK OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE PRO-LIFE CAUSE. THEY HAVE BEEN CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED AND HAVE BEEN LOSING THE REFERENDA. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE VOTING ARE REPUBLICANS WHO WOULD VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THAT BUT LET'S BE CLEAR. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN A POSITION THEY WILL NOT IDENTIFY AT WHICH POINT THERE IS PROTECTION AND WE CANNOT STAND FOR THAT. >> AMBASSADOR HALEY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS CONSISTENTLY BLAMED THE ABORTION ISSUE AND HOW REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. HOW DO YOU SEE THE PATH FORWARD? >> YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT'S A PERSONAL ISSUE FOR EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY MAN. I AM UNAPOLOGETICALLY PRO-LIFE NOT BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TELLS ME TO BE BUT BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WAS ADOPTED AND I HAD TROUBLE HAVING BOTH OF MY CHILDREN. HAVING SAID THAT, THEY TOOK IT OUT AT THE HANDS OF ELECTED JUSTICES AND GAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE AND NOW WE SEE STATES VOTE AND IS MUCH AS I AM PRO-LIFE, I DON'T WANT ANYONE BEING JUDGED FOR BEING PRO-CHOICE AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO JUDGE ME. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING WRONG ON THE PRO-LIFE SIDE . THE SAME ON THE PRO-CHOICE SIDE. WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEDERAL LAW, IT WILL TAKE 60 SENATE VOTES, A MAJORITY OF THE HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN IT. WE HAVE 60 SENATE VOTES AND OVER 100 YEARS. WE MIGHT HAVE 45 LIFE SENATORS NO REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT CAN BAN ABORTION ANYMORE THAN THE DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT CAN BAN STATE LAWS. LET'S AGREE ON HOW WE CAN BAN LATE-TERM ABORTION AND MAKE SURE WE ENCOURAGE GOOD QUALITY ADOPTION AND CONTRACEPTION ACCESSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THESE LAWS PUT WOMEN IN JAIL OR GIVE HER THE DEATH PENALTY FOR AN ABORTION AND LET'S FOCUS ON SAVING AS MANY BABIES AS THEY CAN AND STOP THE JUDGMENT. WE DO NOT NEED TO DIVIDE AMERICA OVER THIS ANYMORE. >> SENATOR SCOTT, HOW DO YOU SEE THE PATH FORWARD AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE ABOUT AMBASSADOR HALEY JUST SAID? >> I AM 100% PRO-LIFE. I'VE HAD A 100% PRO-LIFE VOTING RECORD AND AS PRESIDENT I WOULD HAVE A 15 WEEK NATIONAL LIMIT AND I WOULD NOT ALLOW STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS, OR NEW YORK TO HAVE ABORTIONS UP UNTIL THE DAY OF BIRTH AND I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR GOVERNORS LIKE THE DEMOCRAT FROM VIRGINIA WHO TALKED ABOUT INFANTICIDE. WE NEED A 15 WEEK FEDERAL LIMI , THREE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS AGREE WITH A 15 WEEK LIMIT. 47 OUT OF 50 COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AGREE. I WANT YOU ALL TO JOIN ME AT A 15 WEEK LIMIT. THIS IS IN OUR NATION'S BEST INTEREST AND I THINK IT IS UNETHICAL AND IMMORAL TO ALLOW ABORTIONS UP UNTIL THE DAY OF BIRTH. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THIS NATION TO STOP THAT RECKLESS BEHAVIOR FROM STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, AND ILLINOIS. WE HAVE TO START BY TALKING ABOUT FUNDING, RESOURCES. WE SHOULD SUPPORT ADOPTION. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE CAN SAY TO THE EXPECTANT MOTHER THAT WE STAND WITH YOU. WE SHOULD NOT ONLY BE PRO-LIFE BEFORE, PRO-LIFE AFTER THE CHILD IS BORN. >> AMBASSADOR HALEY, WOULD YOU SUPPORT A 15 WEEK FEDERAL LIMIT? >> I WOULD SUPPORT ANYTHING PAST BECAUSE IT WOULD SAVE MORE BABIES AND SUPPORT MORE MOMS BUT YOU HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY KEEP CALLING ME OUT FOR THIS. THERE WAS A BILL LAST YEAR, LINDSEY GRAHAM SPONSORED IT, YOU DID NOT EVEN COSPONSOR AND WHEN YOU FIRST WERE INTERVIEWED, YOU WOULD NOT SAY FOR 15 WEEKS. WHAT I AM SAYING IS LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN AGREE ON. LET'S BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND DECIDE WHAT TO AGREE ON. I WILL SIGN ANYTHING WHERE WE GET 60 SENATE VOTES BUT DON'T MAKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE GOING TO PUSH SOMETHING ON THEM WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE THE VOTES. >> VIVEK RAMASWAMY, DID YOU SUPPORT A 15 WEEK BAN? >> NIKKI HALEY DID NOT VOTE FOR BEING HONEST. HE IS HONEST ABOUT WHERE HE STOOD AND YOU SHOULD BE HONEST TO SAY IF A BILL IS SERVED UP, WOULD YOU SIGN IT? SPEAKING AS A MAN, MY HOME STATE OF OHIO, PASSED A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT NOW EFFECTIVELY CODIFIES THE RIGHT TO ABORTION ALL THE WAY UP TO THE TIME OF BIRTH WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT. I HAVE A REPUBLICAN CULTURE OF LOSING? REPUBLICANS DID NOT HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENT ON THE TABLE. I LIVED THERE, IT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COUNTRY. WE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION, ADOPTION, AND HERE'S THE MISSING INGREDIENT. SEXUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MEN. WE LIVE IN AN ERA OF RELIABLE GENETIC PATERNITY TESTS, 100% RELIABLE, MEN DESERVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL WOMEN, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. NOT MEN'S RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS. I COME BACK TO THAT CASE, A PREGNANT WOMAN WALKING DOWN THE STREET IS ASSAULTED WITH THE UNBORN CHILD DIES IN THAT ASSAULT. YOU FIND THE ONE PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY WHO SAYS THAT CRIMINAL DOES NOT DESERVE LIABILITY FOR THAT DEATH. YOU WILL NOT FIND ONE. WE SHARE THE SAME INSTINCT BUT WE REQUIRE, I BELIEVE, A DIFFERENT GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP TO LEAD US FORWARD AND UNITE THE COUNTRY. >> THANK YOU. FEDERAL LIMITS ARE IMPORTANT, WHERE DO YOU STAND AND WHAT IS THE PATH FORWARD? >> FOR 50 YEARS, CONSERVATIVE LAWYERS HAVE BEEN ARGUING THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S NOWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THEN, WE FINALLY GAIN THAT VICTORY. THAT WAS THE CREATION OF A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OUT OF THIN AIR AND NOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING TO SAY, A SHORT CIRCUIT TO KEEP STATES FROM DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AND LET'S GO RIGHT TO SOME TYPE OF FEDERAL BAN, 20 WEEKS, 15, 12, SIX. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE DECIDED IN EACH STATE. I TRUST THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, STATE-BY-STATE, TO MAKE THE CALL FOR THEMSELVES. THAT WILL LEAD IT TO A LOT OF DIVERGENCE. IN MY HOME STATE, IT GOES UP TO NINE MONTHS. I FIND THAT MORALLY REPREHENSIBLE BUT THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR STATE HAVE VOTED ON AND WE SHOULD NOT SHORT CIRCUIT THAT PROCESS. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. HERE IS THE BIGGER ISSUE. TIM BEGAN TO TOUCH ON THIS. WHY NOT PRO-LIFE FOR THE WHOLE LIFE? THAT MEANS THE LIFE OF A 16- YEAR-OLD DRIVER -- DRUG ADDICT IS PRECIOUS AND WE SHOULD GET TREATMENT FOR HER. THE 52-YEAR-OLD WHO IS DRUG ADDICTED SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT ANY OF HIS CHILDREN ARE TREATED WELL, TOO. IT'S PRO-LIFE NOT JUST IN THE WOMB, THE WHOLE LIFE. >> THANK YOU. WE WILL TAKE ONE FINAL BREAK AND WE WILL HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU IN CLOSING STATEMENTS . THIS IS THE NBC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLICAN DEBATE >>> WELCOME BACK. WITH TWO HOURS FOR A DEBATE, WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES IMPORTANT TO REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS. I WILL ASK YOU EACH TO USE YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT TO FOCUS ON ANY TOPIC YOU DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ADDRESS NYU AND NOT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD BE THE PARTIES BEST CHOICE. YOU HAVE 1:00. SENATOR SCOTT. >> THERE IS A CRISIS IN OUR NATION AND THAT CRISIS IS CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL. WE NEED A RENEWAL, A GREAT AWAKENING. WE SHOULD REJECT THE LEFT AT, VALUELESS, FAITHLESS, FATHERLESS SOCIETY. WE SHOULD EMBRACE PATRIOTISM AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. WE SHOULD STOP CHOOSING VICTIMHOOD AND START CHOOSING VICTORY. WE SHOULD STOP KNEELING IN PROTEST AND START KNEELING IN PRAYER. THERE ARE BASIC TRUTHS THAT BUILT THIS COUNTRY, IF YOU ARE IN AMERICA, YOU WORK. IF YOU TAKE IT ALONE, YOU PAY IT BACK. IF YOU COMMIT A VIOLENT CRIME, YOU GO TO JAIL AND IS GOD MADE YOU MAN, YOU PLAY SPORTS AGAINST MAN. I DO NOT JUST -- I DO NOT JUST WANT TO WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST JOE BIDEN, I WANT US TOGETHER TO WIN THE WAR FOR CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE VALUES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE. >> THANK YOU FOR HOSTING. IT'S A GIFT TO BE AN AMERICAN. I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE I AM TIRED OF SEEING THE DIVISION AND I'M TIRED OF SEEING THE ANGER AND I CAN SEE THAT IN THE EYES OF AMERICANS THEY ARE EXHAUSTED. THEY ARE EXHAUSTED FROM THE PETTY, PERSONAL POLITICS I'M RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT TO BE TO DO THE BIG THINGS, TO MAKE SURE THAT AMERICANS ALL OF THE WORLD STAY NUMBER ONE. WE STAND UP FOR OUR ALLIES AROUND THE WORLD AND WHO WE BELIEVE IN HERE AT HOME. THAT IS NOT TO ELIMINATE OUR DIFFERENCES. OUR DIFFERENCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUR STRENGTHS, NOT OUR WEAKNESS. YOU CANNOT SAY THAT YOU LOVE AMERICA UNLESS YOU OPEN YOUR HEART TO EVERY AMERICAN. I WILL AS PRESIDENT AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I RETURN WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, IN THE OVAL OFFICE. WE RESERVE -- DESERVE AND SHOULD ACCEPT NOTHING LESS. >> THANK YOU BID VIVEK RAMASWAMY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >>> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAR, AT HOME NOT BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE OR DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN BETWEEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN OUR IDEALS AND LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND A FRINGE MINORITY WHO HATES UNITED STATES AND IT WILL TAKE A COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO LEAD US TO VICTORY IN THAT WAR. IT CANNOT BE CAPTURED BY T SPECIAL INTERESTS ALONG THE WAY, FROM THE NEXT GENERATION. LEAD US TO VICTORY, TO SHUT DOWN THE DEEP STATE AND DECLARE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE. I WANT TO CLOSE WITH ONE MESSAGE . HE'S A PUPPET FOR THE MANAGERIAL CLASS, TO STEP UP AND BE HONEST. BIDEN SHOULD STEP ASIDE IN HIS CANDIDACY NOW, TELL US THE TRUTH. >> AMBASSADORS. AMBASSADORS NIKKI HALEY. >> THANK YOU. THE WORLD IS ON FIRE. WE HAVE A WAR IN EUROPE, A WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CHINA ON THE MARCH. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DEFEND AND DEFEAT TERRORISM AND SOCIALISM. WE HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. WE HAVE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT A STRONG AMERICA DOES NOT START WARS, STRONG AMERICA PREVENTS WARS AND THE WAY WE CAN FOCUS ON THAT IS TO MAKE SURE WE GO BACK TO THE SOUL OF AMERICA AND BE STRONG AND PROUD AGAIN. WE CANNOT DO THAT. WE CANNOT WIN THE FIGHT OF THE 21st CENTURY WITH POLITICIANS FROM THE 20th CENTURY. WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE CAN DO THIS. I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THIS. GO TO NIKKI HALEY.COM AND WE WILL ONCE AGAIN SHOW WHAT AMERICA DOES STRONG AND PROUD. >> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS? >> WE MUST REVERSE OUR COUNTRY'S DECLINE AND THAT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP. I WILL TAKE THE HIT. I WILL TAKE THE ARROWS, I WILL TAKE THE BARBS. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU. I AM GOING TO WIN FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND I WILL LEAVE THIS COUNTRY'S REVIVAL AS A VETERAN OF THE IRAQ WAR AND THE NAVY, I WILL ALWAYS PUT SERVICE ABOVE SELF AS PRESIDENT, AS THE FATHER OF THREE YOUNG KIDS, I WILL ENSURE THIS COUNTRY IS LEFT TO THE NEXT GENERATION IN BETTER SHAPE THAN WE FOUND IT. AS THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA, DELIVERED ON ALL MY PROMISES AND YOU CAN TRUST ME TO DELIVER FOR YOU AND I AM ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE. I WILL BE A NOMINEE TO WIN THE ELECTION AND I WILL BE A LEADER THAT YOU CAN BE PROUD OF AND I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. >> THANK YOU. THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR DEBATE IF THE AUDIENCE CAN HOLD THEIR APPLAUSE. FOR A FEW MORE SECONDS, I WILL ASK YOU TO HOLD THE APPLAUSE ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW MODERATORS. THE SPIRIT OF DEBATE IS GOOD, DEEP CONVERSATION. THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL HOST, HERE, AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE AND ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS, GOOD NIGHT, AND MIAMI. FROM MIAMI.

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