‘Every Time I Hear You, I Feel a Little Bit Dumber’
The second GOP primary debate made Trump’s 2024 advantage clearer than ever.
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Suddenly, it just tumbled out: “Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say.”
That was former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s rebuke of the businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, easily the best line of last night’s messy and awkward GOP primary debate. Ramaswamy, for his part, produced his own meme-worthy quote during a heated exchange with Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina: “Thank you for speaking while
