Republican U.S. candidates participate in their third debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Miami, Florida

GOP candidates in debate bash their own party for 2023 election results

Candidates used their party’s poor performance in Tuesday’s elections as a punching bag at the start of the debate.

“We’ve become a party of losers,” Vivek Ramaswamy said.

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“I’m sick of Republicans losing,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

For each of them, it was a chance to pitch himself as the antidote to what ails Republicans. Ramaswamy promised to take on the establishment, while DeSantis bragged about his electoral record in Florida.

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