Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Donald Trump “Donald Duck” at the GOP presidential debate where Trump was visibly absent.
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Republican presidential candidates gathered in California on Wednesday for the second GOP primary debate of the 2024 election season.
The seven candidates who qualified for the event in Simi Valley battled over issues ranging from abortion rights in American to the war in Ukraine and healthcare costs. The White House hopefuls addressed the spread of fentanyl in the United States and workers’ rights.
But the debate also turned personal Former President Donald Trump didn’t attend the debate, but his Republican rivals took time to launch new attacks against the GOP frontrunner. As former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley sparred with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, she told him to “bring it” on the debate stage.
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