particularsii th moment was the republican primary.ic i think there is aan clear answ vivek ramaswamy. he absolutely dominated ton tonight s debate both when h e ot was speakingh , also with the attacks on him. this not to say he had a perfec night by enemies but he absolutely was the person that was dominant means. in that sense i think increase the narrative and momentum that we ve seen which is vivek going up andh is ron desantis going d. i don t think ron desantis did anything to stop the declineyth campaign which is what we ve seen. the big loser i think was mike pence who had absolute disaster overnight. he should get out of this thing tomorrow. why a? because just the substance of what he said that wae s completely lacking in any kind of originality or relevanc to many of the questions. but the demeanor. i think that he comes across as soe come insincere.er it is fake sincerity that ithe t consistently projects of this
said, everybody including me and including a lot of people said, this really has to be a time for ron desantis to shine. and for him to shine, and for other people to get their message out, you got to go after desantis and they didn t really go after desantis. but they did go after vivek ramaswamy, who has got the momentum, like they know something we don t potential i think they all know, as steve pointed out, that vivek seems to be rising. dissent is not going anywhere. if he is going anywhere, it is downwards. and he needed a better debate. i agree with steve. he did not do well enough tonight to change the momentum and i think what you saw with desantis is what we always have known. competent, a little bit stern, not enough of that likability and you can underestimate the importance of some likability. the fact seem to have that in spades, a thought, tonight. desantis did not. and i think i don t think it has changed in the dynamic. i think vivek is still on the way up. desantis
three people shot and killed. it is unclear exactly how many others may have been wounded. you can see it is kind of an all hands on deck situation there in orange county. but we do not know if this was someone who walked in shooting. we don t know what the basis of that shooting was, the information has just started trickling into us. and we will bring you more about this shooting in orange county, california, just south of los angeles as soon as we get it. but for now, we know that there are at least three victims and those three victims are breaking news coming in as we get it. meantime, let s get back to jason rantz and the whole concept here of the talk of crime. did we talk enough about crime during the debate? was there a candidate you thought excelled in this category, jason. i thought desantis had the best answer when it came to the crime. he had something specific that he could play to that he has already done that explains how he would take charge as president, even as p
sean: all right. thanks. byron pitts good to see you. chip kelly good to see you. that is all the time we have left this evening. thank you for being with us. this day with the fox news channel for continuing coverage of the 2024 republican presidents are debate. trace gallagher is next. and i m going to be his guest. so stay tuned. don t touch that out. i will be on with respect have a great night. trace: good evening, on his m trace gallagher. breaking tonight, rough-and-tumble first debate for republican white house hopefuls even without former president trump. will have the highlights, the low lights and where it all goes from here. sean hannity will join us in moments from the spin room. we begin with bill melugin. he is live in milwaukee. good evening. reporter: face, good evening to you. come into the night, the expectation was that florida
strong in his reaction to many of the questions that were asked in the grip. i thought was interesting. everybody sort of came along in their own pace, trace. and once again, he said this is something that will be good for the country. i think that was the general view among those taking part in the debate. maybe in lots of other people around the country may agree to disagree. all the same, made for a very interesting exchange. trace: it did indeed and kevin corke, stand by if you would but i would but i would like to play that just to kind of brings out. i want to bring steve hilton back into the conversation. but vivek ramaswamy, 30 seconds, he talks about former president trump being the best president in the 21st century. let s play this and then we will and then we will get steve s response. president trump, i believe, was the best president of the 21st century. [cheers and applause] and chris christie, honest to god, your claim that donald trump is motivated by vengeance and