2024年总统初选的第二场共和党辩论在罗纳德·里根总统图书馆举行，几乎已经过半。
这一事件比一个多月前的第一次辩论更加喧闹。候选人越来越经常地互相打断，一些人——最著名的是前副总统迈克·彭斯和前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂——直接批评了领先的唐纳德·特朗普，特朗普选择今晚不露面。
538和美国广播公司新闻将继续直播福克斯新闻频道东部时间晚上9点开始的辩论的每一个重要时刻和亮点。PolitiFact将对关键陈述进行实时事实核查。
伯根提醒我们他在这里
Burgum很久以来第一次收到一个关于农民的问题，并把它变成了一个冗长的外交政策答案。他试图保持相关性，但似乎总是在聚会上迟到一个已经谈过的话题。根据《纽约时报》，他今晚说得最少:只有5分49秒。相比之下，拉马斯瓦米说得最多:9分25秒。
克里斯蒂说，俄罗斯不能被娇惯，继续是攻击特朗普的唯一候选人
克里斯蒂批评了总统可以讨好弗拉基米尔·普京的想法，指出最近所有总统都因不够强硬而未能与普京接触。随后，他抨击特朗普称普京是“杰出的伟大领袖”。随着时间的推移，克里斯蒂仍然是唯一一个不厌其烦地攻击领先其他候选人40分或更多的候选人全国共和党初选投票.
伊利亚·卡尔德龙正在询问向墨西哥派遣美军的问题。在一个8月底/9月初上午咨询调查41%的共和党人表示，他们认为派遣美国军队打击墨西哥的卡特尔将“非常有效”地限制美国的非法毒品供应。其他策略得到了共和党人的更多支持，如向美墨边境派遣更多资源(54%)，授权美国执法部门打击阿片类药物(45%)，以及惩罚美国的毒品违法者(43%)。
哈利和拉马斯瓦米交换侮辱和投票立场
海莉追求拉马斯瓦米是第一场辩论中反复出现的主题。他们是我们上次投票中脱颖而出的候选人，有很多关于拉马斯瓦米在投票中上升的猜测——甚至可能超过德桑蒂斯。但自8月以来，拉马斯瓦米实际上已经失去了支持，以至于哈利在我们今天的平均民调中超过了他。他们再次互殴是有道理的。这似乎是海利成功的策略，拉马斯瓦米忍不住上钩了。
Republican debate live updates and analysis: Ramaswamy, DeSantis and 5 more take the stage
The second Republican debate of the 2024 presidential primary, taking place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, is almost halfway over.
The affair has been more raucous than the first debate, which took place over a month ago. Candidates are interrupting one another much more regularly and several — most notably former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — have directly criticized front-runner Donald Trump, who elected not to show up tonight.
538 and ABC News will continue live-blogging every major moment and highlight from the debate, which began at 9 p.m. EDT on Fox News. PolitiFact will be making real-time fact checks of key statements.
Burgum reminds us he’s here
Burgum gets a question for the first time in a while — on farmers — and turns it into a long foreign-policy answer. He’s trying to remain relevant but always seems to be late to the party on a topic that has already been talked out. According toThe New York Times, he has spoken the least tonight: just five minutes and 49 seconds. By contrast, Ramaswamy has spoken the most: nine minutes, 25 seconds.
Christie says Russia can't be coddled, continues to be the only candidate attacking Trump
Christie criticized the idea that the president could cozy up to Vladimir Putin, noting that all recent presidents have failed to engage Putin by not being tough enough. He then hit Trump for having said that Putin was "brilliant and a great leader." As the night has worn on, Christie continues to be really the only candidate who is bothering to attack the guy who is 40 or more points ahead of every other candidate innational GOP primary polls.
Ilia Calderón is asking about sending U.S. troops to Mexico. In alate August/early September survey by Morning Consult, 41 percent of Republicans said they thought that sending U.S. troops to fight cartels in Mexico would be “very effective” at limiting the supply of illegal drugs in the United States. Other strategies had more support among Republicans, such as sending more resources to the U.S.-Mexico border (54 percent), empowering U.S. law enforcement to combat opioids (45 percent), and punishing drug violators in the United States (43 percent).
Haley and Ramaswamy trade insults and poll positions
Haley going after Ramaswamy was a recurring theme in the first debate. They were the standout candidates in our polling last time and there was a lot of speculation about Ramaswamy moving up in the polls — perhaps even surpassing DeSantis. But since August, Ramaswamy has actually lost support, to the point where Haley passed him in our polling average today. It makes sense that they're trading blows again; this seems to be a successful strategy for Haley, and Ramaswamy can't help but take the bait.
