前南卡罗莱纳州州长妮基·黑利和企业家维韦克·拉马斯瓦米在上周的共和党总统初选辩论中互相抨击，这种世仇只会越来越激烈。

两人在名字、外交政策等问题上纠缠不清，看不到尽头。

与此同时，迈阿密市长弗朗西斯·苏亚雷斯周二暂停了自己的总统竞选活动，使他成为第一个退出竞选的著名总统候选人。

以下是你需要从竞选活动中了解的内容。

名称又能代表什么呢

哈利和拉马斯瓦米在上周的辩论中成为头条新闻，此前他们就外交政策进行了辩论——哈利批评拉马斯瓦米缺乏经验，拉马斯瓦米回击称，哈利正在竞选一家国防承包商的董事会席位。

自那以后，攻击变得更加个人化。

拉马斯瓦米在他新推出的“真理”上用她的政府名称称呼她，从而发起了第二轮战斗的第一枪。结束神话”一页。

“继续撒谎，尼玛拉塔·兰哈瓦，”他在谈到妮基·黑利批评他对以立场时说。她本名尼玛拉塔·尼基·兰哈瓦;海莉是她婚后的名字。

目前还不清楚为什么拉马斯瓦米会使用她的合法名字，尽管这可能是试图将她塑造成不真实的人的一部分。拉马斯瓦米和哈利一样，也是印第安美国人。

海莉周一对福克斯新闻频道说，他打消了这个念头。“我不会陷入幼稚的骂人或其他什么的，取笑他正在做的我的名字。”

“他是怎么取笑她的名字的?他的名字叫Vivek Ramaswamy，”Ramaswamy竞选发言人Tricia McLaughlin告诉ABC新闻。

哈利周二再次回击，抨击他的言论和他对以色列的外交政策，此前他表示，他将与其他历史上敌对的国家达成进一步的和平协议，同时在2028年前撤回美国对耶路撒冷的支持。

“@VivekGRamaswamy的攻击&控制损失的绝望尝试并没有改变他对待我们的朋友以色列的方式他的危险政策如何让美国变得不安全。以色列面临着来自哈马斯、真主党、伊朗，&叙利亚。“我们的下一任总统必须明白这一点，”哈利在X上写道，这个平台的前身是Twitter。维韦克说我们应该在2028年后放弃以色列。这是他的原话。"

拉马斯瓦米此前告诉演员兼活动家拉塞尔·布兰德，他希望“让以色列回到谈判的地方，回到中东其他地区的基础设施中”，并且“除了美利坚合众国之外，没有对任何一个国家做出承诺的北极星。”

他的网站现在写道，“到维韦克的第一个任期结束时，美国和以色列的关系将比以往任何时候都更加深入和牢固，因为这将不是一种附庸关系，而是一种真正的友谊，”他不会削减对以色列的援助，“直到以色列告诉美国，它不再需要援助”，因为“这是真正的朋友应该做的。”

迈阿密市长承受压力

苏亚雷斯周二宣布他中止了竞选结束了从未完全启动的投标，也没有获得足够的民调支持，从而没有资格参加上周的第一场辩论。

苏亚雷斯在x上写道:“虽然我已经决定暂停竞选总统，但我仍然致力于让这个国家成为每个美国人的美好家园。”

“我期待着与其他共和党总统候选人保持联系，并尽我所能确保我们的党提出一个强有力的提名人，他可以激励和团结这个国家，恢复美国人对我们的机构和彼此的信任，并取得胜利。"

2023年7月28日，迈阿密市长、共和党总统候选人弗朗西斯·苏亚雷斯在爱荷华州得梅因举行的爱荷华州共和党林肯日晚宴上发表讲话。

斯科特·摩根/路透社

苏亚雷斯此前曾表示，他已经获得了上周第一场辩论的资格，任何没有资格的人都应该退出比赛。然而，共和党全国委员会最终表示，苏亚雷斯没有达到其投票门槛，使他无法参加辩论。

苏亚雷斯作为迈阿密市长的工作很大程度上是象征性的，无权无势，如果他登记的话，他的支持率一直在低个位数。

x标记位置(用于政治广告)

x周二宣布，自2019年以来，它将首次允许政治广告重返平台。

x表示，它允许广告回归，以支持“人们对准确和安全的政治话语的权利”，但坚持认为护栏将保留在平台上可以发布的内容上。

“这将包括禁止推广虚假或误导性内容，包括旨在破坏公众对选举信心的虚假或误导性信息，同时寻求维护自由和开放的政治话语，”该公司表示在一篇博客文章中.

x表示，它还将加强其安全和选举团队，以遏制被操纵的媒体和虚假账户的影响。它没有提供团队扩张的细节。

x负责人埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)因取消一些审核程序而面临反弹，批评人士称，这些程序允许平台上出现更多仇恨言论，并允许前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)等此前被禁止的人物重返平台。

古老的问题

民主党人公开和私下都担心选民认为乔·拜登总统太老了，不适合连任，一项新的民意调查证实他们有一些担心。

一项新的调查显示，77%的45岁以下民主党人和62%的45岁以上民主党人表示，他们认为拜登年龄太大，不适合连任美联社-NORC公共事务研究中心民意调查。年轻选民热情下降的一个迹象是，45岁以下的民主党人中只有34%希望拜登参选。

当所有接受调查的成年人被问及他们想到拜登时想到的第一个词时，26%的人提到了他的年龄，另有15%的人提到了与迟钝和困惑相关的词。

80岁的拜登只比他最有可能的大选对手特朗普大三岁，但选民并不认为特朗普的年龄是个大问题。

但对特朗普来说，民意调查并非一帆风顺。

当被问及选民想到特朗普时想到的第一个词时，23%的人提到了与腐败、犯罪、撒谎或不值得信任相关的词。

Haley vs. Ramaswamy ramps up while Suarez winds down, and other campaign takeaways

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy lambasted each other at last week's GOP presidential primary debate, and the feud is only getting fiercer.

The two have tangled over their names, foreign policy and more, with no end in sight.

Meanwhile, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suspended his own presidential campaign Tuesday, making him the first presidential candidate of note to pull out of the race.

Here's what you need to know from the campaign trail.

What's in a name?

Haley and Ramaswamy made headlines at last week's debate after they sparred over foreign policy -- with Haley criticizing Ramaswamy for his lack of experience, and Ramaswamy returning fire by suggesting Haley is running to earn a seat on the board of a defense contractor.

The attacks have gotten more personal in the days since.

Ramaswamy launched the first volley of round two of the fight by addressing her by her government name on his newly launched "TRUTH. Over Myth" page.

"Keep lying, Nimarata Randhawa," he said of Nikki Haley for criticizing his stance on Israel. She was born Nimarata Nikki Randhawa; Haley is her married name.

It's unclear why Ramaswamy, who, like Haley, is Indian American, would use her legal name, though it could be part of an effort to cast her as inauthentic.

Haley Monday swatted away the remark, telling Fox News. "I'm not going to get into the childish name-calling or whatever, making fun of my name that he's doing."

"How is he making fun of her name? His name is Vivek Ramaswamy," Ramaswamy campaign spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News.

Haley returned fire again Tuesday, knocking him on his remarks and his foreign policy on Israel after he said he would usher in further peace deals with other historically hostile nations while pulling back on U.S. support for Jerusalem by 2028.

"@VivekGRamaswamy's attacks& desperate attempts at damage control don’t change how he treats our friend Israel& how his dangerous policies make America less safe. Israel faces genocidal threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran,& Syria. Our next president must understand that," Haley wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. "Vivek said we should abandon Israel after 2028. Those are HIS words."

Ramaswamy previously told actor and activist Russell Brand that he wants "to get Israel to the place where it is negotiated back into the infrastructure of the rest of the Middle East" and that "there's no North Star of commitment to any one country other than the United States of America."

His website now reads, "By the end of Vivek’s first term, the US-Israel relationship will be deeper and stronger than ever because it won’t be a client relationship, it will be a true friendship," and that he wouldn't cut aid to Israel "until Israel tells the U.S. that it no longer needs the aid" because "that's what true friends do."

Miami mayor takes the heat

Suarez announced Tuesdayhe's suspending his campaign, ending a bid that never fully got off the ground and did not get enough polling support to qualify for the first debate last week.

"While I have decided to suspend my campaign for President, my commitment to making this a better nation for every American remains," Suarez wrote on X.

"I look forward to keeping in touch with the other Republican presidential candidates and doing what I can to make sure our party puts forward a strong nominee who can inspire and unify the country, renew Americans’ trust in our institutions and in each other, and win."

Suarez had previously said that he had qualified for the first debate last week and that anyone who didn't qualify should drop out of the race. However, the Republican National Committee ended up saying that Suarez did not meet its polling threshold, keeping him off the debate stage.

Suarez, whose job as Miami mayor is largely symbolic and powerless, consistently polled in the low single digits, if he registered at all.

X marks the spot (for political ads)

X announced Tuesday that it will allow political ads back on the platform for the first time since 2019.

X said it was allowing the ads back to support "people's right to accurate and safe political discourse," but insisted guardrails would remain on what could be posted on the platform.

"This will include prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse," the company saidin a blog post.

X said it will also beef up its safety and elections teams to curtail the reach of manipulated media and fake accounts. It didn't offer details on what the teams' expansion would look like.

X head Elon Musk has faced backlash for removing some moderation procedures, which critics have said has allowed more hate speech on the platform, and allowing previously banned figures such as former President Donald Trump back on the platform.

The age-old question

Democrats have publicly and privately fretted that voters think President Joe Biden is too old for a second term -- and a new poll confirms they have something to worry about.

Seventy-seven percent of Democrats under age 45 and 62% of Democrats over 45 said they believe Biden is too old to serve a second term, according to a newAssociated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. And in a sign of waning enthusiasm by younger voters, only 34% of Democrats under the age of 45 want Biden to run at all.

And when all adults surveyed were asked for the first word they think of when they think of Biden, 26% cited his age, and another 15% mentioned words associated with being slow and confused.

Biden, 80, is only three years older than Trump, his likeliest general election opponent, yet voters don't view Trump's age as big of an issue.

But the poll isn't all roses for Trump.

When asked for the first word that came to voters' minds when thinking about Trump, 23% mentioned words associated with corruption, crime, lying or untrustworthiness.