GOP Debates 2024 – Round 1 round up

For those of you who decided to ride a bike, feed cats, get haircuts or otherwise not watch the Republican debate last night, here are eight headlines and ledes about the event. That’s one set for each of the eight people who are either hoping tRump dies of apoplexy before the election or they’re even more delusional than the average Republican politician.

Warning – there will be cliches.

1. Republican debate highlights and analysis: Fiery faceoff on Trump, Ukraine and more
   The first Republican debate of the 2024 presidential primary was held in Milwaukee on Wednesday night. – ABC
2. Republican candidates fight each other, and mostly line up behind Trump, at the first debate
   The Republican presidential candidates vying to be the leading alternative to front-runner Donald Trump fought — sometimes bitterly — over abortion rights, U.S. support for Ukraine and the type of experience needed to manage an expansive federal government during the first debate of the 2024 campaign. – AP News
3. Ramaswamy emerges as lightning rod at GOP debate
   Raucous, uncivil and loud: Tonight’s first GOP debate featured lots of sparring between four of the candidates, with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy a central figure in just about every fight. (Of course Axios is trying to make Vivekmentum happen. Dipshits.) – Axios
4. Takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate
   With Donald Trump skipping the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate, eight of his primary rivals – most of them men wearing ties similar to the bright red one regularly worn by the former president – brawled for second-place status Wednesday night. – CNN
5. Who won, who lost and who fizzled in the first Republican debate
   Ron DeSantis expected to take the brunt of his opponents’ fire. – Politco
6. Takeaways from the Republican debate: Candidates tangle on Trump, Ukraine and abortion
   Outside, Milwaukee was covered in a heat dome. – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
7. Ramaswamy Seizes Spotlight as DeSantis Hangs Back: 7 Debate Takeaways
   One thing was clear when former President Donald J. Trump decided to skip the first debate of the 2024 Republican primary race: There would be a vacuum to fill. (Because he really sucks, amirite?) – New York Times
8. The winners and losers from the first Republican debate
   Eight Republican presidential candidates who sought some kind of traction against former president Donald Trump faced off Wednesday night at the first debate of the 2024 GOP primary race in Milwaukee. Trump was absent. – Washington Post

Bonus article from the MJS because the debate occurred on their turf. And one of my relatives worked for the paper.

In competing events, Trump and his 8 challengers offer split-screen view of GOP’s future

And again, thanks to those of you who did risk your sanity and cardiovascular health by watching and relaying tidbits to the rest of us. If you played some sort of drinking game based on Republican buzzwords or how much skeeve DeSantis oozed all over the place, may your memory be a blessing. But why are you wasting your afterlife reading this?

People who post off-topic comments watched the debate and wished it had been longer.