2023-11-09 03:40:21
Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley asked not to lift sanctions on Nicolás Maduro’s regime. (REUTERS/Marco Bello)
The Republican candidate for the White House Ron DeSantis pointed out this Wednesday that if he becomes president of the United States he would reimpose sanctions on Venezuela, “a country on which the United States should not depend for its oil supply,” a premise in which he agrees. Nikki Haley, in addition to the risk posed by China.
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During the third Republican debate held in Miami, the governor of Florida stated that the Nicolás Maduro regime must be “tightened” and business should not be done with that “corrupt dictatorial regime,” and rather opt for independence. energy.
Along these lines, former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley agreed with DeSantis and pointed out that the country should not be “receiving dirty oil,” and was also in favor of sanctions against Maduro.
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He also warned of the effect that the recent approval may have in favor of some 500,000 Venezuelans of the immigration permit known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
During the third electoral debate, the five presidential candidates also addressed the threat posed by China, a country that according to Haley has the largest naval fleet in the world and, therefore, urged the modernization of the US Army with technology and Artificial Intelligence.
During the third meeting of the candidates for the White House, the governor of Florida stated that the Venezuelan dictatorship must be “tightened” and that business should not be done with that “corrupt regime.” (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
For his part, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie opted for nuclear submarines. “We must increase our naval power quietly and effectively,” said the presidential candidate.
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Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy expressed that the country needs to increase its naval capacity by 20% in the coming years and also favored prohibiting American companies from doing business with China.
Senator Tim Scott agreed with the rest in banning the TikTok platform, while DeSantis pointed out that it should not be ignored that the fight against China is not only economic “but cultural.”
“We will win and they will lose,” warned the governor of Florida, second in voting intention according to surveys, although a great distance from the main favorite of this party, former president Donald Trump (2017-2021).
The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, and the former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley began their participation in the third Republican debate with criticism of Donald Trump, whom they assured is not the president that the US needs now.
Donald Trump was the big absentee from the debate. (REUTERS/Octavio Jones)
“Donald Trump is a very different guy than he was in 2016,” said DeSantis, alluding to the former president’s first presidential campaign, in his opening speech, during which he accused the former president of being responsible for the poor results for the Republicans on Tuesday’s election day.
“I’m tired of Republicans losing,” added the governor of Florida, who also regretted that the former president has not participated in any of the three debates held to date in this primary process.
“He should explain to you why he should get another chance,” DeSantis told NBC News moderator Lester Holt.
In turn, Haley did not hold back from criticizing the former head of state, whom she said was “the right president at the right time.”
“I don’t think he’s the right president now,” said Haley, third in voting intentions, who also accused Trump of increasing the national debt.
Meanwhile, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pointed out that Trump will have to spend the next year in court to answer for the four criminal cases he faces instead of focusing on the country’s problems, while businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Senator Tim Scott avoided direct attacks on the former president.
“Donald Trump is a very different guy than he was in 2016,” said DeSantis, alluding to the former president’s first presidential campaign. (REUTERS/Octavio Jones)
The Adrianne Arsht Center in downtown Miami, in southern Florida, hosted the third Republican debate this Wednesday with the participation of five candidates and the significant absence of Donald Trump, who preferred to hold a parallel event in Hialeah, 12 km from the venue of the event.
The former president is developing his campaign in the midst of a complicated legal scenario, with four open processes that have not made a dent in him, according to the polls.
Knowing that the focus of national politics was this Wednesday in Florida, a state where there are more registered Republicans than Democrats, the Democratic National Committee was present with bilingual advertisements (English and Spanish), in the southern counties of Miami-Dade and Broward, in addition to other mobile billboards that circulate near the Adrianne Arsht Center.
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