Republican Debate Was a Missed Opportunity to Bring up Climate Change

Last week’s debate in Miami gave Republican presidential hopefuls another shot to make their appeal to Americans as to why they should be the nominee. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy all converged on Miami for another debate. Viewers might have noticed that the debate stage was considerably smaller, as only five candidates qualified for this round. The good news is that with fewer interruptions and debaters, the third debate proved more substantive in nature as the candidates were allotted what felt like more time to answer questions and instead of trying to land punches and soundbites, they shared their respective visions for the future. Overall, the event was reminiscent of previous presidential primary debates with candidates flexing their Republican credentials and explaining how they would do better than the sitting president. While topics ranged from foreign policy to sending aid to Ukraine to outlawing TikTok, there was a missed opportunity by the moderators to bring up climate change. <a href="https://maryannamancuso.medium.com/republican-debate-was-a-missed-opportunity-to-bring-up-climate-change-ec69438bd354">Read More</a>