Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Chris Christie, a former governor of New Jersey, received the most airtime during tonight’s debate, while Doug Burgum and Asa Hutchinson, a former governor of North Dakota, received the least.
Pence spoke for 12 minutes and 26 seconds, Ramaswamy for 11 minutes and 38 seconds, and then Chris Christie.
With 7m 24s, Asa Hutchinson had the shortest time.
In his closing remarks, former Vice President Mike Pence positioned himself as a capable leader who can “move a conservative agenda forward.”
The administration demonstrated that “we could turn this country around and I have faith we will again,” he said, but added that “different times call for different leadership.”
In his closing remarks, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy reiterated a number of what he called “common ideals,” including the notions that “there are two genders,” “an open border is not a border,” and “parents are responsible for their children’s education.”
Ramaswamy said, “I came of age in a generation that was taught to celebrate our diversity and our differences to the point where we forgot all the ways we are really just the same as Americans, bound by a common set of ideals that set this nation into motion in 1776. And now is the time to rekindle those shared ideals.”
Gov. Doug Burgum said in his final remarks that he is aware that America is struggling because “Biden’s inflation is choking us.”
Burgum asserted that “Biden’s energy policies, which are driving up the price of every product you purchase, are crushing our economy. Securizing the border is one thing I’ll do as president. I’ll get the economy moving forward, not just slowly as it is now.”
Asa Hutchinson, a former governor of Arkansas, declared that the nation needs new leadership and a president who will bring out the best in Americans.
“Joseph Biden should not serve another four years as president. The crowd booed a little when he mentioned the former president, but he continued, “The solution is not four more years of Donald Trump. “New leadership that can bring bold ideas to America and bring out the best in America” is the solution.
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