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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Race to close the gap with Donald Trump gets weirder

The first Republican presidential debate saw the rivals clash over abortion, Ukraine and Donald Trump — but the former president was absent ahead of his arrest in Georgia later on Thursday.

The eight candidates faced off, with political novice Vivek Ramaswamy, 38, grabbing the limelight and claiming: “I’m the only person on the stage who isn’t bought and paid for.”

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