2024年总统初选的第三场共和党辩论迈阿密东部时间周三晚上8点开始.
五名候选人在台上:前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂、佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯、前联合国大使妮基·黑利、企业家维韦克·拉马斯瓦米和南卡罗莱纳州参议员蒂姆·斯科特。
再次失踪的是领先的唐纳德·特朗普，相反，谁在主持一场集会不远，在佛罗里达州的海厄利亚。
美国广播公司新闻和538的分析师们正在直播辩论的每一个重要时刻和亮点，并在全国广播公司播出。PolitiFact将对关键陈述进行实时事实核查。
抨击“拜登经济学”，共和党领域解决生活成本上升
NBC新闻主持人莱斯特·赫特问候选人，在他们执政的最初几天，他们将如何缓解美国人的高物价。
德桑蒂斯表示，他将通过摧毁总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的经济战略(白宫称之为“拜登经济学”)来给家庭喘息的空间，并表示他将“收回所有行政命令和法规，一切与‘拜登经济学’有关的东西，我要把它撕碎，在第一天扔进垃圾桶。”
拉马斯瓦米也抨击“拜登经济学”是一个“谎言”，然后指出他自己的商业生涯是他可以胜任这项工作的证明:“需要一位零基础预算的白宫首席执行官来完成这项工作。”
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佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯，前联合国大使妮基·黑利，维韦克·拉马斯瓦米，前
斯科特和克里斯蒂采取了不同的方法，认为能源独立是降低价格的关键。
当被问及美国农村遭受通货膨胀的具体情况时，哈利提出削减中产阶级的税收，并控制联邦支出。
核实德桑蒂斯和黑利在中国问题上的反复
在竞选广告和竞选过程中，德桑蒂斯的竞选团队一直在攻击哈利招募一家中国玻璃纤维公司到南卡罗来纳州当她还是州长的时候。
在舞台上，海莉反败为胜。
“罗恩，你是你的经济发展机构的主席，截至上周，该机构表示佛罗里达州是中国企业的理想之地，”哈利说。
“我废除了她所说的那个机构，”德桑蒂斯回应道。
哈利指着佛罗里达经济发展实体“选择佛罗里达”的网页。据《信使报》报道，该网站广泛讨论了中国的商业机会。它引用了2020年的一份报告，该报告讨论了“将佛罗里达州定位为中国公司的理想商业目的地”这些参考资料已于上周从网站上删除。
德桑蒂斯的办公室告诉《信使报》，它从Select Florida的网站上删除了一些项目，这些项目是“州长废除的一个组织的网站上的过时信息，因此它得到了相应的更新。”
候选人说，必须对抖音采取一些措施
候选人向抖音发起了挑战，他们认为这个非常受欢迎但有争议的社交媒体应用应该在美国被禁止
川普“对抖音措辞强硬，我多次听到他这么做，但归根结底，他没有在他可以而且应该禁止它们的时候禁止它们，”克里斯蒂说。"在我担任总统的第一周，我们将禁止抖音."
“我认为中国是我们面临的最大威胁。他们非常有效地渗透到我们社会的不同领域，”三个孩子的父亲德桑蒂斯说。“这些孩子得到了这些设备，他们有自己的想法。”
拉马斯瓦米对抖音的使用含糊其辞，他针对海莉的女儿使用该应用程序，引起了一些嘘声，他认为这些嘘声来自海莉的支持者。
拉马斯瓦米补充说:“我们必须禁止任何美国公司实际上将美国数据转移给中国人。”“甚至硅谷的美国公司也在这么做。”
“我们应该做的是禁止抖音，句号，”斯科特说。
抖音禁令很受欢迎，但不受年轻选民的欢迎
如同538的库珀·伯顿几个月前写道在美国，抖音禁令在大约一半的美国人中很受欢迎。但是一个遭到强烈反对的群体是年轻的美国人，共和党人在历史上一直与之斗争。
——纳撒尼尔·拉基奇对538年的分析
Republican debate live updates: Haley calls Ramaswamy 'scum' as candidates spar on foreign policy
The third Republican debate of the 2024 presidential primarybegan Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern in Miami.
Five candidates are on stage: former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.
Missing -- again -- is front-runner Donald Trump,who is instead hosting a rallynot far away, in Hialeah, Florida.
ABC News and the analysts at 538 is live-blogging every major moment and highlight from the debate, which is airing on NBC. PolitiFact will be making real-time fact checks of key statements.
Slamming 'Bidenomics,' the GOP field tackles increased cost of living
NBC News moderator Lester Holt asked candidates how they'd alleviate high prices for Americans in the first days of their adminstration.
DeSantis said he'd give families breathing room by gutting President Joe Biden's economic strategy, which the White House calls "Bidenomics," stating that he'd "take all the executive orders the regulations, everything to do with 'Bidenomics,' I'm going to rip it up, throw it in the trash can on day one where it belongs."
Ramaswamy, too, slammed "Bidenomics" as a "lie" before pointing to his own business career as proof he can take on the job: "It will take a CEO in the White House with zero-base budgeting to get the job done."
Scott and Christie took a different approach, arguing energy independence is key to reducing prices.
Haley, asked specifically about rural Americans suffering under inflation, pitched cutting taxes on the middle class and reigning in federal spending.
Fact-checking the back-and-forth between DeSantis and Haley on China
In campaign ads and on the trail, the DeSantis campaign has been attacking Haleyfor recruiting a Chinese fiberglass company to South Carolinawhile she was governor.
On stage, Haley turned the table on DeSantis.
“Ron, you are the chair of your economic development agency that, as of last week, said Florida is the ideal place for Chinese businesses,” Haley said.
“I abolished that agency that she's talking about,” DeSantis responded.
Haley is pointing to the web page of Select Florida, Florida’s economic development entity. The website talked extensively about business opportunities in China, according to The Messenger. It included a quote from a 2020 report that discussed “positioning Florida as an ideal business destination for Chinese companies.” The references were removed from the website last week.
DeSantis’ office told The Messenger it removed some items from Select Florida's website that were "outdated information on a website for an organization that the governor abolished, so it was updated accordingly."
Something must be done about TikTok, candidates say
The candidates took on TikTok, arguing that the enormously popular if controversial social media app should be banned in the U.S.
Trump "talked tough about TikTok, I heard him do it many times, but when it came down to it, he did not ban them when he could have and should have," Christie said. "In my first week as president, we would ban TikTok."
"I think that China's the top threat we face. They've been very effective at infiltrating different parts of our society," Desantis, the father of three young kids, said. "These kids get these devices, and they have a mind of their own."
Ramaswamy, who has waffled on TikTok usage, targeted Haley's daughter's use of the app, drawing some boos, which he played down as coming from Haley supporters.
"We have to ban any U.S. company actually transferring U.S. data to the Chinese," Ramaswamy added. "Even U.S. companies in Silicon Valley are doing it."
"What we should do is ban TikTok, period," Scott said.
TikTok bans are popular, but not among young voters
As538’s Cooper Burton wrote a few months ago, TikTok bans are popular among roughly half of Americans. But one group that is strongly opposed is young Americans, which Republicans have historically struggled with.
-Analysis by Nathaniel Rakich of 538
