The Fourth GOP Fight Night
Last night’s fourth Republican debate may end up as a footnote in presidential history — Donald Trump, who is leading the race by leaps and bounds, wasn’t on the stage, and the debate aired on NewsNation rather than Fox News.
But in some ways, the debate was by far the most interesting debate of the race. It was interesting for a few reasons.
First, it showed that governance actually matters.
The battle between Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley is a battle over policy positions, sure. The debate exposed serious differences of position on social issues, for example, wherein Haley has posed as more moderate and DeSantis as more conservative. But DeSantis’ main advantage against Haley is that he can point at his accomplishments and contrast them with the empty words of his opponents.
In a normal world, DeSantis would be running away with this nomination. DeSantis was by far the most classically conservative person on the stage last night. Speaking of American president Calvin Coolidge, he said, “Silent Cal knew the proper role of the federal government. The country was in great shape when he was president of the United States, and we can learn an awful lot from Calvin Coolidge.”
Silent Cal knew the proper role of the federal government.
We can learn an awful lot from Calvin Coolidge. pic.twitter.com/mOs3MTpcCh
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) December 7, 2023
DeSantis pointed out that he, unlike Haley, signed a bathroom bill in Florida so boys could not use girls’ bathrooms.
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