2024年共和党初选投票将在不到六周的时间内开始，四名顶级候选人再次上台进行辩论这一次是在星期三晚上，阿拉巴马州的塔斯卡卢萨正在进行的活动已经火热进行中。
这场辩论由NewsNation主办，伊莉莎白·巴尔加斯、梅根·凯利和艾丽亚娜·约翰逊主持，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯、前联合国大使妮基·黑利、前新泽西州州长克里斯·克里斯蒂和商人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米参加了辩论。初选的领跑者、前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)尽管受到竞争对手的批评，但仍继续跳过辩论。他在佛罗里达筹款。
ABC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。PolitiFact将对关键陈述进行实时事实核查。
事实核查:哈利谈年轻人对哈马斯的看法
当她呼吁禁止抖音时，哈利说，“我们现在知道50%的18到25岁的成年人认为哈马斯对以色列的所作所为是正当的。这是个问题。”
当...的时候PolitiFact检查了民意测验11月初，我们发现哈佛-哈里斯调查发现，在10月7日以色列遭受恐怖袭击后，48%的18至24岁美国人表示他们支持哈马斯。以色列官员称，那次袭击造成1，200人死亡。
然而，该调查是基于199人的子样本，误差很大。
对其他问题的答复也与这一观点不一致。分组中的受访者以2比1的优势表示，哈马斯10月7日的行动“是一次恐怖袭击”;这些袭击“具有种族灭绝性质”;以色列“有责任”对“哈马斯恐怖分子”进行报复;哈马斯“是一个用武力和恐惧统治加沙的恐怖组织，不受他们的支持。”
我们报道说，另外三项民意调查发现哈马斯的支持率较低。
美国人认为台湾很重要，但会反对让美国军队进入地面
最近的民意调查发现，美国人认为台湾是美国的盟友，对美国的安全很重要。九月，芝加哥全球事务委员会发现65%的美国人认为美国与台湾的安全关系更多地加强了国家安全，而不是削弱了国家安全。如果中国入侵这个自治的岛屿，绝大多数人支持以不同的方式支持台湾，除了派美军去战区。总体而言，78%的美国人希望美国向台湾空运食品和药品，75%的人希望对中国实施经济和外交制裁，62%的人希望美国向台湾运送更多武器和军事物资。但在军事干预方面，一半人表示他们支持使用美国海军打破封锁，而56%的人反对向台湾派遣美军。
拉马斯瓦米，克里斯蒂说如果台湾被入侵，他们会保卫台湾;海莉，迪桑特不太清楚
拉姆斯瓦米为自己的立场进行了辩护，即尽管台湾实行零枪支政策，但美国应该用攻击性武器武装台湾人民，并补充说，美国应该“在可预见的未来”承诺保护这个自治的岛屿不受中国的侵犯，中国声称台湾是其领土。
拉马斯瓦米与德桑蒂斯形成了对比，后者更接近美国长期威慑态势背后的战略模糊性。另外，黑利说，美国必须继续保护乌克兰，以此向北京发出信号，表明它不能攻击台湾，并说美国不应该在国家安全上依赖中国。
克里斯蒂说，如果台湾被中国入侵，他将采取军事手段。
“美国现在就像9月10日一样”:海莉
当被问及在以色列-哈马斯战争期间联邦官员所谓的威胁水平上升的情况下，她担心哪些威胁会让美国措手不及时，哈利重点谈到了“外国渗透”
“美国现在就像9月10日一样。我们最好记住9月12日的感觉，因为它只需要一个人，”她说。
“我们必须将外国渗透赶出我们的国家——无论是在我们的学校，还是在我们的社交媒体上，我们需要停止所有针对国会议员的外国游说，我们需要再次开始保护美国，”她继续说道。
Republican debate live updates: Christie slams Ramaswamy, says Trump is biggest issue in the race
With voting set to start in the 2024 Republican primary in less than six weeks, four of the top candidates have againtaken the stage for a debate-- this time on Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa, Alabama -- and the ongoing event has already been fiery.
Hosted by NewsNation and moderated by Elizabeth Vargas, Megyn Kelly and Eliana Johnson, the debate features Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. The primary's front-runner, former President Donald Trump, continues to skip the debates despite criticism from his rivals. He's fundraising in Florida.
ABC News and the analysts at 538 are live-blogging every major moment and highlight from the debate. PolitiFact will make real-time fact checks of key statements.
Fact-check: Haley on sentiment toward Hamas among young people
As she called for a ban on TikTok, Haley said, “We now know that 50% of adults 18-to-25 think that Hamas was warranted in what they did with Israel. That’s a problem.”
WhenPolitiFact checked the pollsin early November, we found a Harvard-Harris survey that found 48% of American 18-to-24 year olds said they sided with Hamas after the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel that Israeli officials say killed 1,200 people.
However, that poll was based on a subsample of 199 people with a large margin of error.
The responses to other questions were also inconsistent with that view. Respondents in the subgroup said, by 2-1 margins, that Hamas’ Oct. 7 action "was a terrorist attack"; that the attacks "were genocidal in nature"; that Israel has "a responsibility" to retaliate "against Hamas terrorists"; and that Hamas "is a terror group that rules Gaza with force and fear and is not supported by them."
Three other polls found lower rates of support for Hamas, we reported.
Americans view Taiwan as important, but would oppose putting US troops on the ground
Recent polling found that Americans believe Taiwan is an ally and important to U.S. security. In September,the Chicago Council on Global Affairs foundthat 65% of Americans felt that the country's security relationship with Taiwan does more to strengthen national security than weaken it. And large majorities backed supporting Taiwan in different ways if China were to invade the self-governing island, save sending U.S. forces to the theater. Overall, 78% of Americans would want the U.S. to airlift food and medicine to Taiwan, 75% would want economic and diplomatic sanctions on China and 62% would want the U.S. to send more arms and military supplies to Taiwan. But in terms of military intervention, half said they would support using the U.S. Navy to break a blockade, while 56% opposed sending U.S. troops to Taiwan.
Ramaswamy, Christie say they’d defend Taiwan if invaded; Haley, DeSantis less clear
Ramswamy defended his position that the U.S. should arm the Taiwanese people with assault-style weapons, despite a Taiwanese zero-gun policy, and added the U.S. should “for the foreseeable future” promise to defend the self-governing island from China, which claims it as its own.
Ramaswamy drew a contrast with DeSantis, who hewed closer to the strategic ambiguity behind America’s longstanding deterrence posture. Haley, separately, said America must continue to defend Ukraine as a signal to Beijing that it can’t attack Taiwan and said the U.S. should not depend on China for national security.
Christie said he would engage militarily if Taiwan is invaded by China.
'America right now is acting like it's Sept. 10': Haley
Asked what threats she worries could blindside the U.S. amid what federal officials have called a heightened threat level during the Israel-Hamas war, Haley focused on "foreign infiltration."
"America right now is acting like it's Sept. 10. We better remember what Sept. 12 felt like, because it only takes one," she said.
"We've got to get the foreign infiltration out of our country -- whether it's in our schools, whether it's on our social media, we need to stop all foreign lobbying that's happening to members of Congress, and we need to start securing America again," she continued.
