Trump-Bashing Republican Rivals Still Don’t Break With Him
- Haley, DeSantis battle to be distant second in primary contest
- Third debate in Miami focuses on foreign policy, party losses
This article is for subscribers only.
The five Republicans scrapping to fashion themselves as the alternative to Donald Trump opened their debate Wednesday night blaming the former president for the party’s latest election embarrassment — then spent the next 90 minutes doing little to distinguish themselves from the GOP frontrunner.
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who entered the forum in Miami ascendant in the GOP’s second tier, capitalized on the debate’s foreign policy focus and effectively parried attacks from others on the stage, including deeply personal digs from entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.