Christie, pointing his finger at Ramaswamy, said in the first 20 minutes of the debate that Ramaswamy would be voted “the most obnoxious blowhard in America.”
“So shut up for a little while,” Christie said.
The former New Jersey governor then offered a defense of Haley, who has so far been the main target of the night.
“He has insulted Nikki Haley’s basic intelligence. Not her positions, her basic intelligence,” he said, adding, “Look, if you want to disagree on issues, that’s fine. Nikki and I disagree on some issues. I’ve known her for 12 years … and while we disagree about some issues and we disagree about who should be president of the United States, what we don’t disagree on is this is a smart accomplished woman. You should stop insulting her.”
Haley turned to Christie and said, “Thank you.”
Ramaswamy went on to criticize both on their foreign policy positions and brought back an attack line he used on Haley at a previous debate: “You can put lipstick on Dick Cheney, it is still a fascist.”
-ABC News’ Alexandra Hutzler
Source: abc news
