the republican party, former president trump took a break from courtum appearances to tak questions in a fox news town hall. in this n town hall he said absolutely nothing new. it was the same lies, same talking points, and essentially a rally with questions. let s be very clear, folks, the only normal aspect of tonight s debate was the presence of podiums. the candidates took the stage just after vocal trump critic, former new jersey governor chris christie suspended his campaign refusing to endorse any of his former opponents. in a normal world a re-election losing 91 felony counts facic, twice impeached front-runner who didn t show up to debate at anything would be a prime candidate prime target for any candidate hoping to take the lead, right? that s in normal times. but desantis and haley declined to focus on the elephant not in the room. instead they saved their most ruthless barbs for each other. we need to stand up for the people and not bow down to woke corporati
the fact you ve had an attorney for the former president of the united states making the argument that a president should be shielded from prosecution even for doing something like attempting to assassinate a political enemy simply because he was the president of the united states. i don t understand how you don t reckon with that on this debate stage. so to your point about that phantom, it s not just speaking about donald trump because he is the front-runner. it s not just speaking about donald trump because he himself is on the debate stage, it s speaking about donald trump because his very candidacy challenges our democracy and our rule of law. and it would seem impossible to vy for the presidency of the united states without reckoning with that core reality. and i thinkre that s the poi chris christie wass making because the four of us experienced his speech and his dropout together this afternoon. it was clearge that dropout cam at that point so he could if not be on the stage,