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Ximena Bustillo

Climate change made it in the GOP debate. Some young Republicans say that's a win

From left to right: Former Vice President Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

It was an unusual opening for a Republican primary debate. Barely 20 minutes into the 2 hour GOP presidential debate on Fox News, moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum played a video from Alexander Diaz, a student at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., who submitted a question on behalf of fellow young conservatives.

"How will you as both president of the United States and leader of the Republican Party calm their fears that the Republican Party doesn't care about climate change?" Diaz asked.

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