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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Goading Trump, hating Vivek, fighting everyone: Key takeaways from the second GOP debate

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Another Republican debate is in the books, and the race is still very much divided between Donald Trump and the Everyone Else mob.

While the former president was absent for another matchup of the 2024 Republican field, his rivals tore each other to shreds with a vigour that seemed to have grown since their last meeting. Also growing: the field’s exasperation with Mr Trump’s total lack of interest in meeting them head-on.

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