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    In first 2024 presidential debate, 8 GOP hopefuls target Biden and each other

    MILWAUKEE — Like a chorus line awaiting its leading man, eight Republican presidential hopefuls opened their first debate Wednesday night without the party’s main attraction, hoping to show they can solve a puzzle that has bewildered GOP politicians for eights years: how to get past former President Donald Trump. The opening moments of the debate illustrated how far the Republicans have come ...
    by Seema Mehta and David Lauter, Los Angeles Times Aug 23, 2023 6 minutes
    Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the first debate of the GOP primary season, hosted by FOX News, at the Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee.

    MILWAUKEE — Like a chorus line awaiting its leading man, eight Republican presidential hopefuls opened their first debate Wednesday night without the party’s main attraction, hoping to show they can solve a puzzle that has bewildered GOP politicians for eights years: how to get past former President Donald Trump.

    The opening moments of the debate illustrated how far the Republicans have come from the pre-Trump era, in which the party typically deferred to candidates with long experience in politics.

    Vivek Ramaswamy, the campaign’s political newcomer, quickly became the center of attention, rebutting accusations by former Vice President Mike Pence that he’s unqualified.

    “We don’t need to bring in a rookie,” Pence said.

    As Ramaswamy declared himself the “only candidate not bought and paid for,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired back that

    “I’ve had enough already tonight of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT.”

    Most directed their criticism at President Joe Biden and each other, but there were also direct attacks on Trump.

    The former president, who

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