6 highlights from the second Republican presidential debate
Vivek Ramaswamy defends his business record in China
Ramaswamy, who found himself subject to scrutiny from the other candidates at the first debate, condemned the efforts to create "artificial division" within the Republican Party and praised the "good people on this stage." Later in the debate, Scott returned to this comment: "I appreciate that because last debate, he said we were all bought and paid for."
"I thought about that for a little while and said, you know, I can't imagine how you can say that knowing that you were just in business with the Chinese Communist Party and the same people that funneled Hunter Biden millions of dollars was a partner of yours as well," Scott added. The exchange took place as the focus of the debate had shifted to the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.
After Ramaswamy dismissed Scott's claims as "nonsense," DeSantis urged the debate to pivot back to the issues and focus on Biden as he stated, "We know he did business in China; everybody knows that." Ramaswamy acknowledged that his company "opened a subsidiary in China" when "every other CEO expanded into the Chinese market."
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"You know what I did that was different than every other company?" he asked. "We got the hell out of there."
Ramaswamy insisted that when he started his second company, he "made a commitment that we would never do business in China."
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
