Notes on the First Republican Primary in Milwaukee, WI: We Need More Cops, Lawyers, and Missiles to Taiwan; Putin is a Murderous Thug, and Jesus Hates Abortions

Chris Christie, former Governor of New Jersey (60)
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida (44)
Tim Scott, South Carolina Senator (57)
Vivek Ramaswamy, billionaire entrepreneur from Cincinnati, Ohio (38)
Nikki Haley, former Governor of South Carolina and Ambassador to the United Nations (51)
Mike Pence, former Vice President, Governor of Indiana, and a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (64)
Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota (67)
Asa Hutchinson, former Governor of Arkansas, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security, 8th Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (72)

Christie got booed

Rich man song

DeSantis, “send Biden back to his basement.”

Christie – debt state, cut public pensions

Tim Scott – put the crowd to sleep

Vivek, American dream – faith in god and making millions

Nikki - doesn’t care about polls, $2.2 trillion stimulus bill (both Dems and Repubs) caused inflation

Trump added $8 trillion to the debt, other Repubs on stage voted for it

Nikki coming out FIRING

Mike Pence - incredibly proud of TRUMP PENCE, rebuild military, conservatives on Supreme Court (RIGHT TO LIFE)

Who’s the most best prepared? Pence is the best prepared, tested, qualified, leader on the Congress, balanced budgets in Indiana, spend funding in military as VP

Deal with long term national debt: social security and medicare

Growth, prosperity, fiscal responsibility

Vivek - drill, nuclear energy, yeah, only problem is the federal administrative state

Pence, “I’ll go slower this time to explain it to ya”

“Now is not the time for ON THE JOB TRAINING” (boos)

DeSantis, locking down for covid mistake, should’ve never happened

No more deep state lockdowns, sit Fauci down, ANTHONY, YOU ARE FIRED

Vivek - now that we’ve got pre-rehearsed statements out of the way, we can talk FOR REAL, do you want AMERICAN REVOLUTION NO MORE PACs

Fox News hosts, we’re going to take control back…

DOUG BURGUM, first comments: “Go to Milwaukee and break a leg…”

Green new deal, subsidizing China – farmer diesel

ASA, first comments - pro life governor, $2 billion surplus, shrink government, 14% fewer state employees

tax the administrative state

Raise your hand, do you believe in climate change…

DeSantis, “We’re not school children. Let’s debate it.”

Biden was on the beach…

Vivek, “I’m the only one on stage who isn’t bought and paid for…(boos)...climate change is a hoax.”

Host, “Governor Haley, are you bought and paid for?”

Christie, “I’ve had enough of a guy that sounds like ChapGPT… Sounds like Barack Obama, an amateur.”

Nikki, “Margaret Thatcher said, if you want something said, ask a man, if you want something done, ask a woman.” (cheers)

India and China pollute…

Host, “Senator Scott, are you bought and paid for?”

“Absolutely not. Going back and forth is childish…”

“Bring jobs back from China, with my Made in America Plan.”

FIRST COMMERCIAL

Nikki Haley, abortion is a consensus

Mike Pence, JESUS HATES ABORTIONS! 15-week federal ban

Governors: states’ rights (ND governor pulled a constitution out of his jacket pocket)

Tim Scott, “We can’t have on-demand abortions!”

CRIME

Pence, “FUND LAW AND ENFORCEMENT”

close the Department of Education?

Christie, more federal prosecutors, get people in prison, like Hunter Biden - gun charge on dad’s bill, in Christie administration, Hunter would be in prison for 10 years

DeSantis, it’s these damn Soros-funded progressive prosecutors

ASA, expanded addiction counseling in Arkansas, no more smash-and-grab, starts at the top (president under indictment)

respect for our justice system starts at the top

LIVE SHOT OF FULTON COUNTY JAIL WHERE TRUMP WILL BE PROSECUTED

SECOND COMMERCIAL

Brett (host), “The elephant not in the room…”

Raise your hand if you’d support Trump’s nomination to the RNC

Christie, “Someone’s got to stop normalizing this conduct…the conduct is beneath the office of POTUS.”

(Bridgegate)

“Booing is allowed, but it doesn’t change the truth.”

Vivek, “President Trump was the best POTUS of the 21st century. Christie’s campaign is vengeance against Trump.”

“We’re skating on thin ice … the current administration can’t use power to criminalize opponents.”

Christie, “You make me laugh.” LOTS OF BOOS, CAN’T TALK

INTERLOCKING HEADS BUTTING HEADS

Christie, “Not going to bow to anyone when we have a POTUS who disrespects the constitution.”

I WILL ALWAYS STAND UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTION REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICAL PRESSURE

DO YOU BELIEVE PENCE DID RIGHT THING? (Question)

Tim Scott, “Absolutely. Fire Merrick Garland. We need Lady Justice to wear a blindfold.”

Vivek, SHUT DOWN THE FBI

Tim Scott, “Let me finish. This DOJ uses power against conservatives. I WILL BRING CHANGE TO THE GREATEST NATION ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH.”

DeSantis, (Ignoring the question), Let’s talk about 2025.

Focus on the future, reversing the decline, I learned while in the military (Navy Seals in Iraq), you focus on the mission above all else

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS THE MISSION????????????

Pence, “I kept my oath to the constitution that day…”

DeSantis, “Mike did his duty. I got no beef with him. Are we going to rehash this? Democrats want that. I don’t want Biden’s basement to run the country…”

Brett (host), “DeSantis, you’re getting slammed by Trump in the polls. So it is an issue.”

ASA, “Trump should be disqualified under 14th Amendment because of the insurrection. Rules. Constitution. I’m not going to support somebody who’s convicted of a serious felony. RNC rules…”

Candidates badger hosts.

Christie, “Pence deserves credit. To move on with the issues, we have to dispense with the person who said we need to suspend the constitution…”

THANK YOU CHRIS (Pence).

Nikki, “I do think Pence did the right thing. I trust the American people. Let them vote. Let them decide. A new generational conservative leader. Trump/Biden is not what the public wants. We can’t win a general election with Trump.”

ND Governor, “Pence did the right thing. China is the number one threat to our country. Biden loves it. China loves it when we’re talking about the past.”

Pence, “Can I talk?”

Vivek, “MOVE OUR NATION FORWARD.”

Pence, “Here’s the difference between you and me, I’ve given pardons. There’s guilt IN OUR SOULS.”

I put my hand on the bible in January 2017 on Ronald Reagan’s bible, and it ended with a prayer, so help me god, to my heavenly father. WE ALL MUST REPENT FOR THE SINS. No one is above the law. Trump’s entitled to presumed innocence.

Trump asked me to put himself over the constitution. Kamala Harris can’t change the vote WHEN WE WIN IN NOVEMBER.”

UKRAINE WAR GETS BILLIONS

Is there anybody who wouldn’t approve more money to Ukraine?

DeSantis, “Europe needs to pull their weight. Support in China, do what we need to do with China.”

Vivek, “No money. Disastrous. Southern border. Russia-China alliance is bad. It’s offensive to go to Kiev. What about Maui and Chicago?”

Christie, “I went to Ukraine. I wanted to see what Putin was doing to their army. Children abducted to get programmed in Russia. Gouged out their eyes, cut their ears, raped wives…” WHAT THE FUCK?

This is the Putin who Trump called “brilliant” and a “genius.” Trailing off, lots of BOOs.

Pence, “We are the greatest nation on earth. The Reagan doctrine. Fight commies. If we don’t, it’s a giveaway to Putin, he’ll roll across a NATO border. Let the Ukrainians fight to drive Russians back out of Ukraine.”

Vivek, “USSR doesn’t exist anymore.”

Pence, “I’m sorry if I insulted him by calling him a communist. HE’S A DICTATOR AND A MURDERER.”

Vivek, “The real communist is China. China-Russia, BAD!”

Pence, “WE ACHIEVE PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH AND AMERICA NEEDS TO STAND FOR FREEDOM.”

(except abortions)

Vivek, “Same people who took us into Iraq and Vietnam, you cannot start another no-win war. Protect our borders and homeland.”

Host, “Nikki, do you support Ukraine more?”

Nikki, “Invaded by a thug. Less than 3 and a half percent of our defense budget has gone to Ukraine. China and Russia shook hands before Olympics. A win in Ukraine is a win for China. He wants to let China eat Taiwan (Vivek). Ukraine is a front line of defense. Putin said Poland and Baltics are next.”

“You are choosing a murderer over a pro-American country.”

Vivek, “I wish you a future career on the boards of Boeing and Raytheon.”

Nikki, “You will make America less safe. You have no foreign policy experience and it shows.”

Vivek, “Bad foreign policy creates bad wars. I’ll help Israel. No nukes in Iran. I love Israel’s border policies and their national identity and their iron dome.”

DeSantis, “First obligation is to defend the US. We need to secure our own border.”

Nikki, “We can do both.”

DeSantis, “We’re not doing both. I will send troops to the southern border.”

CHINA’S ARMY THREATENING TAIWAN

ND Gov. “Biden administration is a complete fail. He sends Blinken and Yellen over there (to China). They don’t even bring up energy. We need anti-ship missiles on Taiwan. Peace through strength.”

Disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Putin saw weakness in Ukraine.

Biden wanted lots of IRS agents instead of at the border.”

Tim Scott, “Fire IRS agents and hire border agents. 70,000 deaths of Americans because of fentanyl. Illegal crossings aren’t getting stopped. $10 billion we could finish the wall.

Stop the flow of fentanyl to save the lives of 70,000 Americans a year. My priority will be finishing the border wall.”

Gov ND, “Too many mass casualties since Biden took office. We’ve got ND troops down there to stop trans-national criminals.”

Brett (host), “Do you consider cartel members getting into Texas with rifles an invasion?”

ASA, “I met with the Mexican President under George Bush. Cooperation makes a difference.”

Current (Mexican) president hasn’t been helpful. We need to use economic pressure.

The military has to be limited in its use. After 9/11, we had the global war on terror. And guess what? We protected the border at the same time. You can do both.”

Lady (host), “Do you support using special forces to take out fentanyl labs in Mexico?”

DeSantis, “Yes, I’d do it on day one. We have to reestablish the rule of law and defend our people. Use all the available powers as Commander in Chief. (Another anecdote.) A lady’s son took a Percocet laced with fentanyl and died. Would I treat cartels as foreign terrorists? You’re darn right.”

Brett (host, to Pence), “Why didn’t your administration finish the wall?”

Pence, “We reduced illegals by 90%. A wave of human tragedy across this country unleashed by Biden.”

I negotiated to get the money for the wall. Because we used economic pressure to get Mexicans to the table. We got the Mexicans to deploy their national guard to their border.

I will engage Mexico and partner with the Mexican military to hunt down and destroy the cartels that are destroying lives in the United States of America.”

Lady (host), “7 million illegals crossing under Biden…”

Christie, “Stop anymore from coming. With the folks that are here, we have to have law and order. Enforce the law. People who come here illegally shouldn’t be rewarded. People waiting legally are kept waiting.

We have to detain illegals and not reward them for breaking the law.

Fentanyl, with China, we can’t take the eye off the ball. China is sending these chemicals to these drug cartels to kill 100s of thousands of Americans. The Chinese are committing an act of war.”

Lady (host), “Would you send those people back?”

Christie, “Of course. You have to.”

AMERICAN CHILDREN SUCK AT READING AND MATH. LET’S TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

DeSantis, “We need education in this country and not indoctrination. We had schools open during COVID. These lockdown states locked down their kids. I stood for our kids.

Focus on solid academics. In Florida, we eliminated critical race theory and gender ideology. We’re teaching our kids about the constitution and the bill of rights.

We cannot graduate students that don’t have a foundation in what it means to be an American.”

Brett (host), “Vivek, you want to eliminate the feds?”

Vivek, “That’s correct. Take that money and give it to parents. Get rid of teacher unions and revive our national identity. Same civics test for high school students as immigrants.

I didn’t grow up with money. But I did have two parents who focused on educational achievement.

We have a federal government who pays women to NOT have a man in the house.

Education starts with the nuclear family, the greatest form of governance known to mankind!”

Lady (host), “Gov, should kids be trans?”

Gov ND, “With education, there’s no one-size-fits-all by the feds. They differ by states. Teachers aren’t indoctrinating people.

I built a global company. We listened to customers. As governor, education is a big part of the state budget. I’m going to every class at our schools.

What needs to change is innovation. Not regulation.

I’d get rid of DOE.

Cut red tape. Teachers care about kids.”

Lady (host), “Nikki, you said this is the biggest women’s issue of our time?”

Nikki, “We gotta get these kids reading. By 3rd grade. Transparency in the classroom. Parents shouldn’t have to wonder what’s being taught.

Let’s put vocational classes back in our high schools.

I’m gonna fight for girls all day long. Biological boys don’t belong in the locker rooms of girls.”

LIGHTNING ROUND OF QUESTIONS

Lady (host), “Biden will be too old to serve. Should presidents have to pass tests to serve?”

Pence, “Everybody in Washington, D.C. should maybe pass a mental test.”

No. We don’t need a president who’s too old. We don’t need one who’s too young. (BOOs)

I’ll shut down the federal DOE. We’ll give school choice to every family.”

Vivek, “We need people to know the difference between an automaton and a thinking person. Look at my campaigns in Chicago and Philadelphia. We need to build a multi-ethnic candidacy to deliver a Reagan ‘84 Revolution. We’re gonna do that in ‘24.”

Brett (host), THIS IS A LIGHTNING ROUND NOT A ROLLING THUNDER. (candidates bickering)

ASA, “Compete with China. We need computer science in rural areas.”

Lady (host), “Faith is on decline. Is there a role for the POTUS to change that?”

Tim Scott, “Our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values and it’s the best nation on god’s green earth.

Break the backs of the teacher’s unions.”

Brett (Host), “Do you think we should have mandatory military service?”

DeSantis, “Volunteer. I was in Iraq. You gotta focus on the issues. My sole focus would be on reversing this country’s decline.”

Lady (host), UFO QUESTION EVERYBODY’S LAUGHING

Christie, “COME ON, MAN. I GET THE UFO QUESTION?

Especially coming from a woman from New Jersey, I think it’s horrible to get that question. We’re different but we’re not that different.

The POTUS’s job is to stand for truth. Serve as a role model for our children.

I went after teacher’s unions in 2010. That is the biggest threat to our country. Not UFOs.”

COMMERCIAL BREAK BEFORE FINAL COMMENTS

Brett (Host), “Only 39% of Americans are proud to be an American. Reagan called America the shining city on the hill.”

Lady (Host), “How can you bring it back?”

Gov ND, “I grew up working and taking showers. Biden’s inflation is ruining this country. We need to secure the border and get this economy sprinting.

When I’m on horseback in North Dakota, the horizon is limitless.

We gotta cut the red tape. To win the cold war with China, we need to improve innovation.”

ASA, “Our nation is in trouble because of bad leadership. The solution is not four more years of Biden or Trump. We need new leadership to bring the best out of our people. Like Reagan did.

I’ll bring back individual responsibility and enforce the rule of law. Our faith. Join in this fight ASA2024.com.”

Tim Scott, “I grew up in poverty. The dream is alive, it’s well, it’s healthy. My mom worked 16-hour days.

Work. Pay back your loan. You commit a crime, you go to jail. And if you’re a man, you play sports against men.

Go to TimScott.com to make a contribution.”

Christie, “We have to beat Joe Biden. I’m the only person on this stage who’s beaten a Democrat incumbent. That hasn’t been done since Jimmy Carter. (Beating him.)

The Democrats want a nominee who isn’t me. I’ll restore our country by winning it.”

Nikki, “My husband is a veteran from Afghanistan. I watched him go to a country to protect America over there to protect it here. I’ll beat Joe Biden, strengthen our economy, bring down inflation, and boost national security. America should be strong and proud. Go to my website and let’s get it done.”

Pence, “Thank you Brett and Martha. It’s an honor to be here. Joe Biden has weakened us at home and abroad. Disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, etc.

Proven leadership at the national level. I have faith in the American people.

I have faith that god is not done with America yet. Renew our faith in each other and in HIM.

Our best days are yet to come.”

Vivek, “I was born into a generation to celebrate our differences. We’re Americans. This is our moment to revive god is real, there are two genders, and fossil fuels RIP.

The nuclear family is the greatest governance known to man. Capitalism lifts us up from poverty.

The American REVOLUTION LIVES IN 2024!”

DeSantis, “We will send Joe Biden back to his basement and reverse the decline of this country. I wore a blue collar when working for the American dream. I served in Iraq. I’m a dad and a husband. In Florida, we can protect families. I delivered on promises. I will get the job done and I will not let you down as your president. God bless us all.”

THANKS EVERYBODY!

WE’LL SEE YOU ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

TAKE IT AWAY, SEAN HANNITY.